1899_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team

1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season

The 1899 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Commodores were coached by James L. Crane, in his first year as head coach. Quarterback Frank Godchaux Sr., the father of Frank Godchaux, from Abbeville, Louisiana, who transferred from LSU to Vanderbilt in 1897, lettered this year in football.[1] After football, he became a self-made business magnate of a successful rice milling company.[2] Grantland Rice lettered at end.[3]

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    Couch, Ernie (2001). SEC Football Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc.
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    Kathy Rivers. "Godchaux Family". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014.
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    John A. Simpson. The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie. p. 27.
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    "Cumberland University team defeated by the Vanderbilt team". Nashville Banner. October 7, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Vanderbilt 12, Miami 0". The Courier-Journal. October 15, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Who Will Win—Vanderbilt and Cincinnati Meet To-Morrow Afternoon". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. October 20, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "To Cincinnati Comes Victory". The Nashville American. Nashville, Tennessee. October 22, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Indiana wins; Vanderbilt University defeated by a score of 20 to 0". The Indianapolis News. October 31, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Not A Brilliant Contest". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. November 5, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Vanderbilt 22, Bethel College 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Texas up against it again". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 19, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Vanderbilt defeated Central University, score 21 to 16". The Journal and Tribune. November 26, 1899. Retrieved April 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "To-morrow's Game Will Be Great". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. November 29, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved July 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Thanksgiving Game On Dudley Field". The Nashville American. Nashville, Tennessee. December 1, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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