1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team information
American college football season
1939Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Record
2–7–1 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach
Ray Morrison (6th season)
Captain
Raymond Andrus
Home stadium
Dudley Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 Tennessee +
6
–
0
–
0
10
–
1
–
0
No. 16 Georgia Tech +
6
–
0
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
No. 5 Tulane +
5
–
0
–
0
8
–
1
–
1
Mississippi State
3
–
2
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Ole Miss
2
–
2
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Kentucky
2
–
2
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
Auburn
3
–
3
–
1
5
–
5
–
1
Alabama
2
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Georgia
1
–
3
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
LSU
1
–
5
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Vanderbilt
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
7
–
1
Florida
0
–
3
–
1
5
–
5
–
1
Sewanee
0
–
3
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1939 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who served in the fifth season of his second stint, and sixth overall, as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 2–7–1 overall and 1–6 in conference play. The Commodores played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. On October 7, Kentucky defeated Vanderbilt. 21–13, for the 100th loss in the schools football program.
Vanderbilt was ranked at No. 84 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]
^E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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