1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1939 college football season. The Commodores were led by Ray Morrison, who served in the fifth season of his second stint, and sixth overall, as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 2–7–1 overall and 1–6 in conference play. The Commodores played their six home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. On October 7, Kentucky defeated Vanderbilt. 21–13, for the 100th loss in the schools football program.

1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–7–1 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Morrison (6th season)
Captain	Raymond Andrus
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Georgia Tech +	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Alabama	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Florida	0	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Sewanee	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Vanderbilt was ranked at No. 84 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Tennessee Tech*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	T 13–13	8,000	[2]
September 30	at Rice*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 13–12	20,000	[3]
October 7	Kentucky	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–21	10,000	[4]
October 14	VMI*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 13–20	5,000	[5]
October 21	Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 6–14	19,000	[6]
October 28	at LSU	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 6–12	10,000	[7]
November 4	vs. Ole Miss	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 7–14	15,000	[8]
November 11	vs. Sewanee	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 25–7	7,000	[9]
November 18	at No. 1 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–13	25,000	[10]
November 30	Alabama	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–39	18,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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