1890 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1890 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Independent
1890 record	1–0
Head coach	Elliott H. Jones (1st year)
Captain	Elliott H. Jones

The 1890 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1890 college football season. The team's head coach and team captain was Elliott H. Jones, who served his first season in that capacity. In its inaugural season of play, Vandy played only one game, in Nashville, Tennessee, against Nashville Peabody Normal School.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 27	Nashville, (Peabody Normal School)	Nashville’s Athletic Park • Nashville, TN	W 40–0
*Non-conference game.

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Vandy's first game

Vanderbilt chemistry professor William Lofland Dudley was a member of the Vanderbilt Athletic Association, formed in 1886 with Dr. W. M. Baskerville as president. Most students at Vanderbilt were members. The early sports played on the Vanderbilt campus were baseball, bicycling, and track and field events.^[2]

Elliott Jones.

Vanderbilt played its first football game in 1890 at Nashville Athletic Park, against Nashville (Peabody). Vanderbilt won 40 to 0. Captain and fullback Elliott Jones recalled the meeting which beget the game. Dudley called for a meeting of the Athletic Association, after Peabody had issued a challenge to play a contest on Thanksgiving Day. He felt the challenge a serious matter; that the pride of the university was at stake.^[2] In front of some 150 students in the gymnasium, Dudley explained that if the challenge were met, a new era of athletics would be created with the game of football. From his Kansas City law office many years later Jones remembered: "There followed a general discussion of the whole situation. The difficulties, particularly the shortness of time for preparation, and the fact that regular football had not been theretofore played at Vanderbilt at all, were dealt upon. Many thought that it would be unfair to ourselves to hazard a contest under the circumstances. We knew that Peabody Normal had been playing intramural football for several years. The predominating note, however, for discussion was that we had never taken anything off Peabody Normal and should not do now. Finally, P. M. (Pat) Estes, then of St. Louis, made a motion to the effect that the challenge be accepted and that E. H. Jones be authorized and directed to organize and captain a team for the occasion. The motion was unanimously carried."

Of Dudley, Elliott Jones said: "Too much cannot be said about Dr. William L. Dudley in connection with early football at Vanderbilt. Since college days his picture has adored my office wall, and when asked by any one who the gentleman is, I always reply, 'The best friend of myself and every other student at Vanderbilt, in my college days.' He went with the team on every trip, and watched over us like a father.

"He was our inspiration as well as our guardian. He was our true and loyal friend, under any and all circumstances, in adversity as well in prosperity. I have never known a more lovable, more genuine friend. I cherish the memory of his friendship above all else in my college experience."^[2]

Roster

Line

Player	Position
A. Allen	left end
Rip Allen	right end
Charles Baskervill	right tackle
W. W. Craig	left tackle
W. H. Hardin	center
B. Knapp	right guard
Phillip H. Porter	left guard

Backfield

Player	Position
Pat Estes	quarterback
Horace E. Bemis	halfback
R. H. Mitchell	halfback
Elliott Jones	fullback

Subs

Player
John C. Wall
Herman D. Ruhm^[3]

References

↑ "Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Football". cstv.com.
1 2 3 William L Traughber (August 25, 2005). "William Dudley: a Father of Vanderbilt Athletics".
↑ "Vanderbilt University Quarterly". google.com.

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	History Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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