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American college football season
The 1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an
American football team that represented
Vanderbilt University as a member of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the
1948 college football season . In their sixth year under head coach
Red Sanders , the Commodores complied an overall record of 8–2–1, with a conference record of 4–2–1, and finished ninth in the SEC.
[1]
This was
Red 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 .
Lee Nalley broke the record for
punt return yardage.
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 25
Georgia Tech L 0–1322,000
[2]
October 2 at
Alabama T 14–1436,000
[3]
October 9 at No. 13
Ole Miss L 7–2022,500
[4]
October 16 at
Kentucky W 26–725,000
[5]
October 23 at
Yale * W 35–030,000
[6]
October 29 at
Auburn W 47–018,000
[7]
November 6
LSU Dudley Field Nashville, TN W 48–721,000
[8]
November 13
Marshall * Dudley Field Nashville, TN W 56–016,000
[9]
November 20 at
Maryland * W 34–021,000
[10]
November 27
Tennessee No. 15 Dudley Field Nashville, TN (
rivalry ) W 28–624,074
[11]
December 3 at
Miami (FL) * No. 12 W 33–628,952
[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
[13]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AP — — — — — — — 15 12 (2)
References
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"1948 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2023 .
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"Jackets smack Vanderbilt, 13 to 0" . The Macon Telegraph and News . September 26, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Alabama scores last-second TD to tie Vandy" . The Huntsville Times . October 3, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Ole Miss downs Vandy on late splurge, 20–7" . The Birmingham News . October 10, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vandy topples UK, 26 to 7" . The Cincinnati Enquirer . October 17, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Turkin, Hy (October 24, 1948).
"Commodores overpower Yale, 35–0, on ground" . Sunday News . Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vandy scores in every period to wallop Auburn, 47–0" . Alabama Journal . October 30, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vanderbilt humbles Louisiana State 48–7" . Johnson City Press . November 7, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vanderbilt mauls Marshall by 56–0" . The Chattanooga Times . November 14, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vanderbilt extends victory string; Wallops Terps 34–0" . The State . November 21, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vandy foils Vol hex in 28-to-6 rout" . The Knoxville News-Sentinel . November 28, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Vanderbilt trips Hurricanes, 33–6" . Wilmington Morning News . December 4, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Coaching Records Game by Game: Harry R. "Red" Sanders 1948" . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from
the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2010 .
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