1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1935 record	7–3–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Morrison (2nd year)
Captain	Charles W. Geny
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1935 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
LSU $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Auburn	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1935 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who was serving in the second stent as head and 2nd year overall as head coach. Vanderbilt went 7–3–1 Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932, the Commodores went 5–1 in conference play and finished 2nd. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The 5–1 mark is the best record that Vanderbilt has had since joining the SEC. The five wins is the high mark for Vanderbilt and was not matched until 2012, 77 years later.

Team captain was Charles W Geny, Vandy started out with three wins and then lost the next three, Vanderbilt bounced back by winning out the last 4 games, beating Georgia Tech, Rivals Sewanee and Tennessee and Alabama. Vanderbilt's three losses where all close games being outscored by only fourteen points. In the 3 game slide Vandy lost to LSU who was 9–2 overall and 6–0 in SEC play. This is the best Vandy has been in the SEC to this day.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	Union*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 34–0
September 28	Mississippi State	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–9
October 5	Cumberland*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 32–7
October 12	at Temple*	Beury Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 3–6
October 19	at Fordham*	Coffey Field • The Bronx, NY	L 7–13
October 26	LSU	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 2–7
November 2	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 14–13
November 9	Sewanee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 46–0
November 16	at Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–7
November 28	Alabama	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–6	18,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.