1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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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.

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Headcoach
CaptainDick Plasman
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1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Plasman
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 LSU $6–0–09–1–1
No. 4 Alabama5–0–18–0–1
Auburn4–1–17–2–2
No. 17 Tennessee3–1–26–2–2
Mississippi State3–2–07–3–1
Georgia3–3–05–4–1
Georgia Tech3–3–15–5–1
Tulane2–3–16–3–1
Vanderbilt1–3–13–5–1
Kentucky1–3–06–4–0
Florida1–5–04–6–0
Ole Miss0–3–15–5–2
Sewanee0–5–00–6–1
  • $ – Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Middle Tennessee State Teachers*
W 45–07,000[1]
October 3at Chicago*
W 37–012,000[2]
October 10Southwestern (TN)*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–125,000[3]
October 17at SMU*
L 0–1620,000[4]
October 24Georgia Tech
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
T 0–010,000[5]
October 31No. 8 LSU
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–1910,000[6]
November 7Sewaneedagger
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–0[7]
November 14Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 13–2620,000[8]
November 25at No. 3 Alabama
L 6–1425,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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