| 1906 Carlisle Indians vs. Vanderbilt Commodores football game | |||||||||||||
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| Date | November 22, 1906 | ||||||||||||
| Season | 1906 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Dudley Field | ||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike Thompson | ||||||||||||
The 1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game, played November 22, 1906, was a college football game between the Carlisle Indians and Vanderbilt Commodores. Vanderbilt defeated the northern school by a single, 17-yard Bob Blake field goal,[1] Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin described the win as "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season."[2] The 1906 Vanderbilt team had one of the greatest seasons in school history, once rated by Innis Brown as the best the South ever had.[3]
- ^ "Vanderbilt Beats Carlisle". Daily Press. November 23, 1906. Retrieved March 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dan McGugin (1907). "Football In Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 49.
- ^ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
