Sewanee at Vanderbilt
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Vanderbilt beat Sewanee 20–0. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 30–4–2.
FinalAttendance 6,500
In the newspapers
The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 15, 1940, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
Football Scores Stanford 20-Washington 10 Wisconsin 6-Columbia ‘ Boston College 21-Boston o Kansas State 13-South Caro- lima 20 Oklahoma 13-Kansas 0 Georgia Tech 7-Kentucky 26 Georgia 13-Florida Is SeWanee 0-Vanderbilt 20 University of Richmond IA North Carolina 13 Tulane 6@Alabama 13 Clemson Auburn 21 Iowa 6-Nebraska IA Georgetown 41-Maryland 0 Rice 14-Arkansas T Michigan State 0-Indiana 20 Illinois 14-Northwestern 32
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Vanderbilt 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Sewanee–Vanderbilt gameVanderbilt leads 31–4–2 in 37 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1941 | Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1940 | Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1939 | Vanderbilt 25, Sewanee 7 | |
| 1938 | Vanderbilt 14, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1937 | Vanderbilt 41, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1936 | Vanderbilt 14, Sewanee 0 |
Around this game
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonSewanee in 1940
- ProgramSewanee history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. Tennessee TechNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1940
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records