1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team information
American college football season
1936Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Record
3–5–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Ray Morrison (3rd season)
Captain
Dick Plasman
Home stadium
Dudley Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 LSU $
6
–
0
–
0
9
–
1
–
1
No. 4 Alabama
5
–
0
–
1
8
–
0
–
1
Auburn
4
–
1
–
1
7
–
2
–
2
No. 17 Tennessee
3
–
1
–
2
6
–
2
–
2
Mississippi State
3
–
2
–
0
7
–
3
–
1
Georgia
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
1
Georgia Tech
3
–
3
–
1
5
–
5
–
1
Tulane
2
–
3
–
1
6
–
3
–
1
Vanderbilt
1
–
3
–
1
3
–
5
–
1
Kentucky
1
–
3
–
0
6
–
4
–
0
Florida
1
–
5
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Ole Miss
0
–
3
–
1
5
–
5
–
2
Sewanee
0
–
5
–
0
0
–
6
–
1
$ – Conference champion
The 1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1936 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Ray Morrison, the Commodores compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 1–3–1 in conference play, finishing ninth in the SEC. They played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt began the season by shutting out Middle Tennessee and Chicago, but did not score a point over the next four games before shutting Sewanee for their third win of the season. On October 17, the Commodores lost, 16–0, to the SMU Mustangs. Morrison had served as head coach for the Mustangs from 1922 to 1934.
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