1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).^[1] The team's head coach was Charles L. Upton, who only coached one season in that capacity, at Vanderbilt for one year.

1895 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–3–1 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Charles L. Upton (1st season)
Captain	Phil Connell
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons ← 1894 1896 →

1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt	3	–	0	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Georgia	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	2	–	1
Alabama	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12		at Missouri*	Rollins Field Columbia, MO	L 0–16		^[2]
October 19		at Central (KY)*	Richmond, KY	W 10–0	400	^[3]
October 28		North Carolina*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–12	2,000	^[4]
November 2		Centre*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	T 0–0		^[5]
November 9		Auburn	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 9–6		^[6]
November 12		at Nashville Athletic Club*	Nashville, TN	W 20–4
November 16	2:00 p.m.	vs. Virginia*	Athletic Park Atlanta, GA	L 4–6	2,500	^[7]
November 23		Georgia	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 6–0	1,200	^[8]
November 28		Sewanee	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 18–6		^[9]
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

References

1. "Hall and Campus". The Atlanta Constitution. December 9, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved December 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
2. "Missouri boys are all right, defeated the Vanderbilt boys on the gridiron". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Vanderbilt 10, Central University 0". The Courier-Journal. October 20, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Butler makes a magnificent run". The Chicago Tribune. October 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Vanderbilt 0, Center College 0". The Times-Democrat. November 3, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Vanderbilt wins in muddy field". The Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Virginia Won It". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 17, 1895. p. 16. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
8. "Georgians make a claim of foul, Vanderbilt however is given the game played at Nashville". The Chicago Tribune. November 24, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Vanderbilt defeats Sewanee". The Times-Democrat. November 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.