1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	#12
1948 record	8–2–1 (4–2–1 SEC)
Head coach	Henry Russell Sanders
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	John Clark
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1948 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
#13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1948 college football season. This was Henry Russell Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt lost their first game of the season to Georgia Tech, tied their second with Alabama, and then lost the next to Mississippi, who finished the season 8–1. Vanderbilt won the last eight games of the season, which ties as the school’s second longest and remained the longest win streak for the program until a seven game streak to end the 2012 season. The 1948 Vanderbilt team outscored their opponents 328 to 73 and posted four shutouts. The Commodores played only four home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. Lee Nalley broke the record for punt return yardage.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 25, 1948	Georgia Tech		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–13
October 2, 1948	at Alabama		Ladd Stadium • Mobile, AL	T 14–14
October 9, 1948	at #13 Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	L 7–20
October 16, 1948	at Kentucky		Stoll Field/McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 26–7
October 23, 1948	at Yale*		Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 35–0
October 29, 1948	at Auburn		Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	W 47–0
November 6, 1948	LSU		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 48–7
November 13, 1948	Marshall*		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 56–0
November 20, 1948	at Maryland*		Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	W 34–0
November 27, 1948	Tennessee	#15	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 28–6
December 3, 1948	at Miami*	#12	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL	W 33–6
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.