The 1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).[1] The team's head coach was Charles L. Upton, who only coached one season in that capacity, at Vanderbilt for one year.
| 1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football | |
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| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 5–3–1 (3–0 SIAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Phil Connell |
| Home stadium | Dudley Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 12 | at Missouri* | L 0–16 | [2] | |||
| October 19 | at Central (KY)* | Richmond, KY | W 10–0 | 400 | [3] | |
| October 28 | North Carolina* | L 0–12 | 2,000 | [4] | ||
| November 2 | Centre* |
| T 0–0 | [5] | ||
| November 9 | Auburn |
| W 9–6 | [6] | ||
| November 12 | at Nashville Athletic Club* | Nashville, TN | W 20–4 | |||
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Virginia* |
| L 4–6 | 2,500 | [7] |
| November 23 | Georgia |
| W 6–0 | 1,200 | [8] | |
| November 28 | Sewanee |
| W 18–6 | [9] | ||
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References edit
- ^ "Hall and Campus". The Atlanta Constitution. December 9, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved December 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Missouri boys are all right, defeated the Vanderbilt boys on the gridiron". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt 10, Central University 0". The Courier-Journal. October 20, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Butler makes a magnificent run". The Chicago Tribune. October 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt 0, Center College 0". The Times-Democrat. November 3, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt wins in muddy field". The Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia Won It". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 17, 1895. p. 16. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Georgians make a claim of foul, Vanderbilt however is given the game played at Nashville". The Chicago Tribune. November 24, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt defeats Sewanee". The Times-Democrat. November 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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