1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1917 college football season. The 1917 season was Dan McGugin's 14th year as head coach.

1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3 (3–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort punt
CaptainAlfred T. Adams
Home stadiumDudley Field
1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech $ 4 0 09 0 0
Auburn 5 1 06 2 1
Clemson 5 1 06 2 0
Centre 1 0 07 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 1 06 1 0
Alabama 3 1 15 2 1
Sewanee 4 2 15 2 1
Tulane 2 1 05 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 05 3 0
LSU 2 3 03 5 0
South Carolina 2 3 03 5 0
Wofford 1 2 05 4 0
Furman 1 3 03 5 0
Florida 1 3 02 4 0
Ole Miss 1 4 01 4 1
Howard (AL) 0 2 13 3 1
The Citadel 0 2 03 3 0
Mississippi College 0 4 00 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The south's first national champion Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its biggest loss in school history, 83 to 0. Vandy captain Alfred T. Adams praised the Tech team: "Tech's magnificent machine won easily over Vanderbilt. It was simply the matter of a splendid eleven winning over an unseasoned, inexperienced team. "Tech played hard, clean football, and we were somewhat surprised to meet such a fair, aggressive team, after the reports we had heard. I think that Vanderbilt could have broken that Tech shift if we had had last year's eleven. Being outweighed, Vanderbilt could not check the heavy forwards, or open up the line. Thereby hangs the tale."

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