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1935 Vanderbilt

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Morrison. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠3–⁠1, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1935, game by game: won vs. Union (Tennessee) 34–0; won vs. Mississippi State 14–9; won vs. Cumberland (TN) 32–7; lost at Temple 3–6; lost at Fordham 7–13; lost vs. LSU 2–7; won at Georgia Tech 14–13; won vs. Sewanee 46–0; won at Tennessee 13–7; won vs. Alabama 14–6+46−6Won 34–0 vs. Union (Tennessee)+34Union (Tennesse…Won 14–9 vs. Mississippi State+5Mississippi Sta…Won 32–7 vs. Cumberland (TN)+25Cumberland (TN)Lost 3–6 at Temple-3TempleLost 7–13 at Fordham-6FordhamLost 2–7 vs. LSU-5LSUWon 14–13 at Georgia Tech+1Georgia TechWon 46–0 vs. Sewanee+46SewaneeWon 13–7 at Tennessee+6TennesseeWon 14–6 vs. Alabama+8Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsUnion (Tennessee)W 34–⁠090%
Sep 28vsMississippi StateW 14–⁠970%
Oct 5vsCumberland (TN)W 32–⁠790%
Oct 12atTempleL 3–⁠632%
Oct 19atFordhamL 7–⁠1344%
Oct 26vsLSUL 2–⁠742%
Nov 2atGeorgia TechW 14–⁠1350%
Nov 9vsSewaneeW 46–⁠082%
Nov 16atTennesseeW 13–⁠736%
Nov 28vsAlabamaW 14–⁠633%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 14–⁠6; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1935.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
179–⁠68
Coach
Ray Morrison
Elo
1583 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.8 No. 28 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Willie Geny

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Willie GenyEAP-1; AU-1

Second team

  • Samuel BrownOGAP-2
  • Rand DixonQBAP-2; AU-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠17–⁠3
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠3
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠63–⁠7
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.