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1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football
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National champion (QPRS)
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
1922 record 8–0–1 (5–0 SoCon/SIAA)
Head coach Dan McGugin (18th year)
Assistant coach Wallace Wade
Assistant coach Lewie Hardage
Offensive scheme Short-punt
Captain Jess Neely
Home stadium Curry Field/Dudley Field
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt* + 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
North Carolina + 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech + 4 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
VPI 3 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 1
Florida 2 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Auburn 2 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 3 – 2 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Virginia 1 – 1 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 2
Kentucky 1 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Clemson 1 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 1
LSU 1 – 2 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Georgia 1 – 3 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
Tulane 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
South Carolina 0 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 1
NC State 0 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SIAA
Week 1: Middle Tennessee Normal at Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Normal 0 0 0 0 0
• Vanderbilt 7 25 0 6 38
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Curry Field
    Nashville, TN
  • Game attendance: 2,500
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Week 2: Henderson-Brown at Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Henderson-Br. 0 0 0 0 0
• Vanderbilt 7 0 6 20 33
  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Curry Field
    Nashville, TN
  • Referee: Alfred T. Adams
  • Sources:
Week 3: Michigan at Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 0 0 0 0 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0
  • Sources:
Week 4: Vanderbilt at Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
• Vanderbilt 13 0 0 7 20
Texas 3 7 0 0 10
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Fair Park Stadium
    Dallas, TX
  • Game start: 3:00 p. m.
  • Game attendance: 11,000
  • Referee: A. M. Venne
  • Sources
Week 5: Mercer at Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Mercer 0 0 0 0 0
• Vanderbilt 0 12 0 13 25
  • Sources:
Week 6: Vanderbilt at Tennessee
1 2 3 4 Total
• Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14
Tennessee 0 0 0 6 6
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Week 7: Kentucky at Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0
• Vanderbilt 3 6 0 0 9
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Dudley Field
    Nashville, TN
  • Game start: 2:30 p. m.
  • Game attendance: 12,000
  • Referee: Ed Finlay
  • Sources:
Week 8: Vanderbilt at Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
• Vanderbilt 6 0 6 0 12
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0
  • Sources:

The 1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1922 Southern Conference football season. During the season, Dan McGugin's 18th as head coach, Vanderbilt compiled a record of 8–0–1 (5–0 in conference games) and outscored its opponents 177 to 16. The Commodores' defense was unrivaled in the South, leading the nation in giving up just 1.8 points per game, none of them at home.

1922 was immediately dubbed one of the best seasons in Vanderbilt and Southern football history. It was also the Commodores' first year in the newly formed Southern Conference (SoCon), in which the team tied with North Carolina and Georgia Tech for the conference championship. This was Vanderbilt's second consecutive year as leader of its conference, having tied with Georgia, Centre, and Georgia Tech for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title in 1921. Sportswriters often recognized the undefeated Commodores as the greatest Southern team, leading some to consider them among the best teams in the U.S., along with Princeton, Cornell, California, Michigan, and Iowa. Both Clyde Berryman and James Howell named Vanderbilt as a retroactive national champion for the second consecutive year. The season included a tie with Michigan at the dedication of the new Dudley Field; the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football.


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