1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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The 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Commodores were coached by James L. Crane, in his first year as head coach. Quarterback Frank Godchaux Sr., the father of Frank Godchaux, from Abbeville, Louisiana, who transferred from LSU to Vanderbilt in 1897, lettered this year in football.[1] After football, he became a self-made business magnate of a successful rice milling company.[2] Grantland Rice lettered at end.[3]

Record7–2 (5–0 SIAA)
Headcoach
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1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainWalter H. Simmons
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 â†’
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1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Sewanee $11–0–012–0–0
Vanderbilt5–0–07–2–0
Alabama1–0–03–1–0
Nashville4–1–04–1–1
Tennessee2–1–06–2–0
Auburn2–1–13–1–1
Texas3–2–06–2–0
North Carolina1–1–07–3–0
Ole Miss3–4–03–4–0
Georgia2–3–12–3–1
Clemson1–2–04–2–0
Central (KY)1–2–01–2–0
LSU1–3–01–4–0
Kentucky State0–1–05–2–2
SW Presbyterian0–1–01–1–0
Cumberland (TN)0–3–00–3–0
Georgia Tech0–5–00–6–0
Tulane0–5–00–6–1
  • $ – Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Cumberland (TN)Cumberland, TNW 32–0[4]
October 14Miami (OH)*W 12–0[5]
October 213:30 p.m.Cincinnati*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–61,000[6][7]
October 30Indiana*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–20[8]
November 4vs. Ole Miss
W 11–0[9]
November 11Bethel (KY)*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 22–0[10]
November 18Texas
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 6–0[11]
November 25Central (KY)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 21–16[12]
November 302:30 p.m.Nashville
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 5–04,000[13][14]
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