1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football
SIAA champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1906 record	8–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Dan McGugin (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	Short-punt
Captain	Dan Blake
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Clemson +	4	–	0	–	1			4	–	0	–	3
Sewanee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Texas	1	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Davidson	1	–	1	–	1			3	–	2	–	2
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	2	–	1
LSU	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	2	–	2
Mercer	0	–	2	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
Tulane	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	1			1	–	6	–	2
Auburn	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	1
Cumberland			–							–
Nashville			–							–
+ – Conference co-champions

Kentucky State at Vanderbilt

1 2 Total Kentucky St. 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 18 10 28 Date: October 6 Location: Curry Field • Nashville, TN Game start: 3:15 p. m. Referee: Bradley Walker Sources:

Mississippi vs. Vanderbilt

1 2 Total Mississippi 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 12 17 29 Date: October 13 Location: Curry Field • Nashville, TN Referee: Bradley Walker Sources:

Alabama at Vanderbilt

1 2 Total Alabama 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 57 21 78 Date: October 13 Location: Curry Field • Nashville, TN Sources:

Vanderbilt at Michigan

1 2 Total Vanderbilt 0 4 4 • Michigan 4 6 10 Date: November 3 Location: Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 10,000 Referee: Clarence Eldridge Sources:

Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech

1 2 Total • Vanderbilt 23 14 37 Ga Tech 0 6 6 Date: November 17 Location: The Flats • Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bradley Walker Sources:

Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt

1 2 Total Carlisle 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 4 0 4 Date: November 22 Location: Curry Field • Nashville, TN Game attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mike Thompson Sources:

Sewanee vs. Vanderbilt

1 2 Total Sewanee 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 10 10 20 Date: November 30 Location: Curry Field • Nashville, TN Game attendance: 6,000 Referee: George W. Rowbotham (Memphis) Sources:

The 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his third season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Commodores played seven home games in Nashville, Tennessee at Curry Field, and finished the season with a record of 8–1 overall and 5–0 in SIAA.

The 1906 Vanderbilt team had one of the best seasons in the school's history, outscoring opponents 278–16. Innis Brown rated the 1906 team as the best the South ever had. Vanderbilt won all of its home games, finishing the season on a 22-game home win streak. Their only loss came on the road to western power Michigan, 10–4; the game had been tied until the closing minutes.

Seven of the Commodores' eight wins came by shutout – only two teams scored on them all season. Several teams failed to gain a single first down against the Commodores. The team most notably defeated northern power Carlisle by a single Bob Blake field goal 4–0. Back Owsley Manier was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp, the South's first.

Notable losses from the 1905 team included Bachelor of Ugliness Ed Hamilton, captain Innis Brown, and quarterback Frank Kyle.

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