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Vanderbilt Football Team History


Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt University
 Nashville, TN
Founded: 1873
Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium
Capacity: 41,448
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach:
Conference: Southeastern-East

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Vanderbilt News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1890  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1897, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
1910, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1922, 1923
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 553-577-50
 Winning Pct. 48.9%
 National Championships 0
 Southeastern Conference Titles 0
 Other Conference Titles 13
 Conference Record 118-381-18
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 379-280-30
 Away Record 172-295-19
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 123
 Winning Seasons (#1) 62
 Losing Seasons (#1)56
 Most Wins in A Season 9 (1904)
 Most Loses in A Season 10 (2010)
 10 Win Seasons 0
 Most Points Scored in a Game 97 (10/29/1904)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 474 (1904)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 83 (11/3/1917)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 457 (1990)
 Largest Margin of Victory 97 (10/29/1904)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 83 (11/3/1917)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 97 (10/29/1904)
 Last Shutout 9/5/2009
 Last Time Shutout 10/8/2011
 Shutouts All-Time 269
 Been Shutout All-Time 141
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 13 (11/14/1903-10/7/1905)
 Longest Losing  16 (10/7/1961-11/10/1962)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 2-2-1
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  42-100
 1990-99 33-77
 1980-89 33-77-1
 1970-79 37-71-3
 1960-69 24-70-6
 1950-59 49-44-9
 1940-49 44-33-2
 1930-39 54-33-7
 1920-29 68-17-7
Next Game
 8/30/2012 (Thu)  
vs. South Carolina in a Conference Game
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Last Time: Vanderbilt lost 3-21 in 2011.
All-Time:
 Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina 4-17-0 19.0% 
 
2012 Season
 Thu., Aug. 30  vs. South Carolina
 Sat., Sep. 8  @ Northwestern
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Presbyterian
 Sat., Sep. 22  @ Georgia
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Missouri
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Florida
 Sat., Oct. 20  vs. Auburn
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Massachusetts
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Kentucky
 Sat., Nov. 10  @ Mississippi
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Tennessee
 Sat., Nov. 24  @ Wake Forest
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Southeastern East Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Vanderbilt & Tennessee have played 106 games.
Vanderbilt has won 28 games.
Tennessee has won 73 games.
with 5 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-27
 10 or more 42-73
 20 or more  37-34
 30 or more 23-8
 40 or more 11-2
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 11-0
 10 or more 31-100
 20 or more 14-89
 30 or more 0-54
 40 or more 0-19
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.