1915 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1915 Vanderbilt Commodores football
SIAA champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1915 record	9–1 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Dan McGugin (12th year)
Assistant coach	Owsley Manier
Offensive scheme	Short-punt
Captain	Russ Cohen
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons ← 1914 1916 →

1915 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Alabama	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
LSU	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Transylvania	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Georgia	3	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Chattanooga	3	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	4	–	2
Furman	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Mercer	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Tennessee	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Centre	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Louisville	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Wofford	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Howard	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Middle Tennessee Normal at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Normal 0 0 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 7 6 32 6 51 Date: September 26 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Referee: Ed Hamilton Sources:

Georgetown at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Georgetown 0 0 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 14 0 50 11 75 Date: October 9 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Referee: Bradley Walker Sources:

Cumberland at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Cumberland 0 0 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 28 20 12 0 60 Date: October 13 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Referee: Hord Boensch Sources:

Henderson-Brown at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Henderson-Br. 0 0 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 26 27 28 19 100 Date: October 16 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Referee: Bradley Walker Sources:

Tennessee at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 • Vanderbilt 7 0 7 21 35 Date: October 30 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Game start: 2:45 p. m. Sources:

Vanderbilt at Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 3 0 7 0 10 • Virginia 0 28 7 0 35 Date: November 6 Location: Charlottesville, VA Referee: Barry (Georgetown) Sources:

Vanderbilt at Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total • Vanderbilt 0 7 7 3 17 Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 13 Location: Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL Referee: Bradley Walker Sources:

The 1915 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Dan McGugin served his 12th season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt was a member of the SIAA. They faced a 10-game schedule. Vanderbilt scored 459 points in its first seven shutout games, and 514 points in 510 minutes of actual playing time by season's end, making it a legitimate "point-a-minute team" leading the nation in scoring with a school record still unequaled today.

Several notable players featured on the team. McGugin built his 1915 squad around a 130-pound junior quarterback Irby "Rabbit" Curry. In the line was sophomore tackle Josh Cody, "a fierce tackler and dominating blocker," who was also the team's kicker. Cody was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp. The team's captain was end Russ Cohen.

The outlook for the upcoming 1915 Vanderbilt football season was not promising. The Commodores were coming off a losing record of 2–8, the first under head coach Dan McGugin, and the second in the school's 25 years of playing football. Additionally, only 10 experienced players from the previous year were returning to the team. Despite the one-platoon system with players featuring on offense, defense, and special teams used in 1915, this meant inexperienced freshmen would be a key to the team's success.

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