1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 12
1948 record	8–2–1 (4–2–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry Russell Sanders
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons

1948 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 Georgia †	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
#13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1948 college football season. This was Henry Russell Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt lost their first game of the season to Georgia Tech, tied their second with Alabama, and then lost the next to Mississippi, who finished the season 8–1. Vanderbilt won the last eight games of the season, which ties as the school’s second longest and remained the longest win streak for the program until a seven game streak to end the 2012 season. The 1948 Vanderbilt team outscored their opponents 328 to 73 and posted four shutouts. The Commodores played only four home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result
September 25, 1948		Georgia Tech		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		L 0–13
October 2, 1948		at Alabama		Ladd Stadium • Mobile, AL		T 14–14
October 9, 1948		at #13 Mississippi		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		L 7–20
October 16, 1948		at Kentucky		Stoll Field/McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 26–7
October 23, 1948*		at Yale		Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT		W 35–0
October 29, 1948		at Auburn		Montgomery, AL		W 47–0
November 6, 1948		LSU		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 48–7
November 13, 1948*		Marshall		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 56–0
November 20, 1948*		at Maryland		Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC		W 34–0
November 27, 1948		Tennessee	#15	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 28–6
December 3, 1948*		at Miami	#12	Miami, FL (Burdine Stadium)		W 33–6
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.