1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football
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Conference Southeastern Conference
1947 record 6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach Henry Russell Sanders
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain
2
  • John North
  • Tex Robertson
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.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 27, 1947 at Northwestern Evansville, IL W 3–0  
October 2, 1947 Alabama Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 14–7  
October 11, 1947 #18 Ole Miss #10 Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 10–6  
October 18, 1947 #20 Kentucky #10 Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–14  
October 25, 1947 at #18 LSU* #19 Baton Rouge, LA L 13–19  
November 1, 1947 Auburn Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 28–0  
November 8, 1947 Tennessee Tech Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 68–0  
November 14, 1947 at Miami* Miami, FL W 33–7  
November 22, 1947 Maryland* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 6–20  
November 29, 1947 Tennessee Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) L 7–12  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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