1928 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1928 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1928 college football season. The 1928 season was Dan McGugin's 24th year as head coach.

1928 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record8–2 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJimmy Armistead
Home stadiumDudley Field
Uniform
1928 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Georgia Tech $ 7 0 010 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 19 0 1
Florida 6 1 08 1 0
VPI 4 1 07 2 0
Alabama 6 2 06 3 0
LSU 3 1 16 2 1
Clemson 4 2 08 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 08 2 0
Tulane 3 3 16 3 1
Ole Miss 3 3 05 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 25 3 2
Kentucky 2 2 14 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 16 2 2
Maryland 2 3 16 3 1
VMI 2 3 15 3 2
Georgia 2 4 04 5 0
NC State 1 3 14 5 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 02 4 2
Virginia 1 6 02 6 1
Washington and Lee 1 6 02 8 0
Sewanee 0 5 02 7 0
Auburn 0 7 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at Chattanooga*W 20–0
October 6Colgate*W 12–7
October 13at Texas*
W 13–12[1]
October 20at Tulane
W 13–6[2]
October 27Virginia
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 34–0
November 3Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–7
November 10at Georgia TechL 7–19
November 17Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–6[3]
November 24Centre*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 26–0
November 29Sewanee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 13–0[4]
  • *Non-conference game

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Coaching staff

References

  1. "Vanderbilt scores early to defeat Texas, 13 to 12". The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Vandy trims Tulane although off color". The Birmingham News. October 21, 1928. Retrieved April 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Vanderbilt beaten 6–0". Nashville Banner. November 18, 1926. Retrieved August 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Vandy puts Sewanee to rout again, 13–0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1928. Retrieved April 17, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1928 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results".
  6. "1928 Football Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2015.


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