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1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1947 record 6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach Red Sanders (2nd year of 2nd stint; 5th overall year)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
« 1946 1948 »
1947 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Ole Miss $ 6 1 0     9 2 0
#10 Georgia Tech 4 1 0     10 1 0
#6 Alabama 5 2 0     8 3 0
Mississippi State 2 2 0     7 3 0
Georgia 3 3 0     7 4 1
Vanderbilt 3 3 0     6 4 0
Tulane 2 3 2     2 5 2
LSU 2 3 1     5 3 1
Kentucky 2 3 0     8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0     5 5 0
Auburn 1 5 0     2 7 0
Florida 0 3 1     4 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1947 college football season. The season featured the first top-20 ranking in the school history in 1947, where the team was ranked #10 after opening the season with two wins. The team defended its ranking with a defeat of #18 Mississippi, the first time Vanderbilt played a ranked school while ranked.


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