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{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1885–1982)}}
{{for|the American football and baseball coach, known as Scooter|Ray Morrison (coach)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ray Morrison
| image = Jesse Raymond Morrison.png
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|2|28}}
| birth_place = [[Switzerland County, Indiana|Sugar Branch, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|11|19|1885|2|28}}
| death_place = [[Miami Springs, Florida]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1908–1911
| player_team2 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]] (football)<br>[[Catcher]], [[Outfielder]] (baseball)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1915–1916
| coach_team2 = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]]
| coach_years3 = 1918
| coach_team3 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
| coach_years4 = 1921
| coach_team4 = SMU (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1922–1934
| coach_team5 = SMU
| coach_years6 = 1935–1939
| coach_team6 = Vanderbilt
| coach_years7 = 1940–1948
| coach_team7 = [[Temple Owls football|Temple]]
| coach_years8 = 1949–1952
| coach_team8 = [[Austin Kangaroos football|Austin]]
| coach_sport9 = Basketball
| coach_years10 = 1918–1920
| coach_team10 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
| coach_sport11 = Baseball
| coach_years12 = 1919
| coach_team12 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores baseball|Vanderbilt]]
| overall_record = 155–130–33 (football)<br>8–2 (basketball)<br>3–3 (baseball)
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record = 
| championships = Football<br>As coach, 3 [[Southwest Conference|SWC]] (1923, 1926, 1931)<br>As player, 2 [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association|SIAA]] (1910, 1911)<br>Baseball<br>As player, 2 SIAA (1910, 1912)
| awards = 2x [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] ([[1910 College Football All-Southern Team|1910]], [[1911 College Football All-Southern Team|1911]])<br/>''AP'' Southeast All-Time team (1869-1919)<br/>1934 All-time Vandy team<br/>[[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year|SEC Coach of the Year]] (1937)
| coaching_records = 
| CFBHOF_year = 1954
| CFBHOF_id = 1388
}}
'''Jesse Raymond Morrison''' (February 28, 1885 – November 19, 1982) was an [[American football]] and [[baseball]] player and a coach of football, [[basketball]], and baseball.<ref>{{cite book |last=Porter |first=David L. |date=1987 |title=Biographical dictionary of American sports. Football |url= |location=New York, New York |publisher=Greenwood Press |page= |isbn=031325771X}}</ref> He served as the head football coach at [[Southern Methodist University]] (1915–1916, 1922–1934), [[Vanderbilt University]] (1918, 1935–1939), [[Temple University]] (1940–1948), and [[Austin College]] (1949–1952), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 155–130–33.   He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] as a coach in 1954.

As a player, he was one of the greatest [[quarterbacks]] in the history of [[Vanderbilt Commodores football]]. Morrison was selected as the quarterback and [[Return specialist|kick returner]] for an ''[[Associated Press]]'' [[Southeastern United States|Southeast Area]] All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. He piloted the team to two [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] (SIAA) titles in [[1910 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1910]] and [[1911 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1911]]. The 1910 team fought defending national champion [[1910 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]] to a [[1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game|scoreless tie]]. Yale coach [[Ted Coy]] called Morrison "the greatest player I have seen in years." In 1911, Coy selected Morrison [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] and the ''[[Atlanta Constitution]]'' voted Vanderbilt the best [[backfield]] in the South.

He took over as coach at his ''[[alma mater]]'' Vanderbilt after the retirement of legendary coach [[Dan McGugin]]. Morrison was the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) Coach of the Year in 1937. He was also the first head coach in the history of [[SMU Mustangs football]], and helped popularize the [[forward pass]] in the [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]] with his "Flying Circus" teams, most notably when led by [[Gerald Mann]].

==Early years==
Ray Morrison was born on February 28, 1885, in [[Switzerland County, Indiana|Sugar Branch, Indiana]]. Soon after the family moved to [[McKenzie, Tennessee]], where Morrison attended school. He also spent a year at [[McTyeire College|McTyeire School for Boys]].

==Vanderbilt University==
To achieve funds for college, Morrison worked on a dredge boat on the [[Mississippi River]] for a year.<ref name=btray46>{{Harvnb|Traughber|2011|pages=46}}</ref> Morrison won [[Bachelor of Ugliness]] for the class of 1912. He played on the football and [[Vanderbilt Commodores baseball|baseball]] teams with his brother Kent.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmwmAQAAIAAJ|title=Vanderbilt University Quarterly|year=1914}}</ref>
===Football===
He played football as a prominent quarterback and [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt football teams from [[1908 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1908]] to 1911.<ref name=raychc>{{cite web|url=http://www.vucommodores.com/genrel/092607aac.html|title=CHC: Ray Morrison - Vanderbilt Player and Coach|access-date=November 12, 2015|archive-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423102206/http://www.vucommodores.com/genrel/092607aac.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is considered one of the best quarterbacks in Vanderbilt's long history.<ref name=btray46/> The team posted a 30–6–2 record during his four years.<ref name=btray47/> He was selected for an all-time Vanderbilt team in 1934. Morrison was selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388|newspaper=Gadsden Times|date=July 27, 1969|title=All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present}}</ref> In 1915, John Heisman selected his 30 greatest Southern football players, and Morrison was one of two quarterbacks selected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1915-03-12/ed-5/seq-11/print/image_681x798_from_0,0_to_5419,6355/|title=Dixie's Football Hall of Fame|date=March 12, 1915|work=Atlanta Georgian|author=J. W. Heisman}}</ref> He weighed some 155 to 159 pounds.<ref name=btray46/>

====1908====
The 1908 squad was hampered by a wealth of [[sophomore]]s, which McGugin with the help of halfback Morrison led to a 7–2–1 campaign,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/fottballsgreates00pope#page/340/mode/2up|title=Football's Greatest Coaches|page=341|author=Edwin Pope|author-link=Edwin Pope|via=[[archive.org]]|access-date=March 8, 2015|year=1955}} {{Open access}}</ref> including a loss to [[Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry|rival]] [[1908 Sewanee Tigers football team|Sewanee]]. In a 16&ndash;9 defeat of [[1908 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]], widely considered their greatest team at that point,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=USsSAQAAMAAJ&q=1908+leach|title=Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football|year=1982|page=34|isbn=9780880110716|last1=Fields|first1=Bud|last2=Bertucci|first2=Bob|publisher=Leisure Press }}</ref> [[Walker Leach]] got loose for a 60-yard run on a fake kick, tracked down by Morrison and stopped short of the goal.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NiDOAAAAMAAJ&q=football|journal=Vanderbilt University Quarterly|pages=28–35|title=Vanderbilt Athletics|year=1909|volume=9}}</ref>

====1909====
The [[1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1909 team]] lost to SIAA champion [[1909 Sewanee Tigers football team|Sewanee]], its first loss to a Southern team in six years.

====1910====
The 1910 team won the SIAA title and fought defending [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national champion]] [[1910 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]] to a [[1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game|scoreless tie]] on [[Yale Field (1884)|Yale Field]]. Yale coach [[Ted Coy]] called Morrison "the greatest player I have seen in years."<ref name=btray46/>  He was selected [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] by several writers.<ref>{{Closed access}} {{Cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Y4ET4ESEMTQxMDI3Njg5OC40Mjc3NTE6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=30&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=30&p_docnum=8&p_docref=v2:1223BCE5B718A166@EANX-122ACF8107A1BC40@2419014-1228336458E2E538@11-13204451DD2BE891@All%20S.%20I.%20A.%20A.%20Team.%20Consensus%20of%20Opinion%20Gives%20Places%20to%20Players.%20Vanderbilt%2C%20Sewanee|title=All S. I. A. A. Team.|date=December 8, 1910|work=Times-Picayune}}</ref>

Vanderbilt won a close game over [[1910 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Mississippi]] 9–2. Late in the first quarter, Morrison returned a [[Punt (gridiron football)|punt]] 90 yards for Vanderbilt's [[touchdown]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5217011/the_tennessean/|author=Grantland Rice|author-link=Grantland Rice|page=8|date=October 30, 1910|title=Morrison's Brilliant Ninety-Yard Dash The Main Factor In Mississippi's 9-2 Defeat|work=The Tennessean|access-date=May 10, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5183584/the_houston_post/|title=Vandy Outlucked Them|page=19|date=October 30, 1910|work=The Houston Post|access-date=May 6, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> [[John Heisman]] was the game's [[Official (American football)|field judge]], and McGugin did not want to show too much, playing Heisman's [[1910 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] in two weeks.<ref>{{Harvnb|Vanderbilt University|1910|page=305}}</ref> Morrison was the star of the Georgia Tech game, scoring two touchdowns.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5216553/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|date=November 13, 1910|page=2|title=Ray Morrison Licks Jackets|access-date=May 10, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

====1911====
[[File:RayMorrisonatMichigan.png|thumb|280px|Morrison running against Michigan in 1911|alt=]]
[[Edwin Pope]]'s ''Football's Greatest Coaches'' on the 1911 team reads "A lightning-swift backfield of [[Lew Hardage]], [[Wilson Collins]], [[Ammie Sikes]], and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9–8 loss to [[1911 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]." The ''Atlanta Constitution'' voted it the best backfield in the South.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPQ8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|title=Wilson Collins|author=Charles Weatherby|page=13|journal=The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series|date=2 April 2014|isbn=9781933599700}}</ref> Ted Coy selected Morrison All-American.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dopesters Pick American Teams: Ted Coy Makes Known His Choice of Team, But Camp Has Yet to Name One|newspaper=The Syracuse Herald|date=December 4, 1911|page=12}}</ref>  He was unanimously selected All-Southern.<ref>{{cite news|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Heisman Picks 5 Commodores On His All-Southern Eleven|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1958051//|page=1|date=December 3, 1911|access-date=March 10, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Morrison, Hardage and [[Fred A. Robins|Rabbi Robins]] had two touchdowns each in a 45&ndash;0 win over [[Eastern Kentucky Colonels football|Central]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5053405/the_tennessean/|work=The Tennessean|title=Central of KY. Badly Drubbed By Vanderbilt|author=Spick Hall|page=39|date=October 22, 1911|access-date=April 25, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>  Morrison had two short touchdown runs in a 17&ndash;0 win over [[1911 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]], and had a 22-yard run on a fake punt.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4882761/the_tennessean/|work=The Tennessean|page=22|title=Georgia Puts Up A Game Fight, But Is Beaten|author=Spick Hall|date=November 5, 1911|access-date=April 9, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> In "easily the greatest southern game of the season", Vanderbilt claimed the SIAA title by beating [[1911 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Mississippi]] 21&ndash;0. Morrison had a 70-yard run, and on a fake punt out of his own [[end zone]] ran for 75 yards.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4882873/the_inter_ocean/|work=The Inter Ocean|page=27|date=November 29, 1911|title=Vanderbilt Lands Honor of South|access-date=April 9, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Vanderbilt University|1911|page=261}}</ref> Against [[1911 Sewanee Tigers football team|Sewanee]], Morrison threw a [[touchdown pass]] to Hardage, as well as had a short touchdown run.<ref>{{Harvnb|Vanderbilt University|1911|pages=261–263}}</ref>

===Baseball===
Morrison also played on the baseball team, moved to the [[Outfielder|outfield]] from [[catcher]] in his junior year, and back to catcher as a senior. The [[1910 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|1910]] and [[1912 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|1912]] teams won the SIAA. Morrison was [[Captain (sports)|captain]] of the 1912 team.

==Coaching years==
Morrison first taught and was athletics director at Branham & Hughes Military Academy in [[Spring Hill, Tennessee|Spring Hill]].<ref name=btray47/> Upon [[American entry into World War I]], Morrison went to [[Fort Oglethorpe (Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia)|Fort Oglethorpe]]. In 1919, Morrison spent a year at [[Gulf Coast Military Academy]] as athletics director and teacher.<ref name="btray48">{{Harvnb|Traughber|2011|page=48}}</ref>

===SMU===
Ray Morrison was the first head coach in the history of SMU Mustangs football.<ref name=upiob>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/20/Ray-Morrison-Southern-Methodists-first-football-coach-died-the/5264406616400/|title=Ray Morrison, Southern Methodist's first football coach, died the ...}}</ref> He won just two games in two years from 1915 to 1916.<ref name=btray47>{{Harvnb|Traughber|2011|page=47}}</ref>

====Return ====
In 1920, Morrison returned to SMU. He notably brought the forward pass to the southwest during his time at SMU.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RqQQHqQdAAC&pg=PA101|title=Shaping College Football|isbn=9780815608868|last1=Schmidt|first1=Raymond|date=18 June 2007|publisher=Syracuse University Press }}</ref>  Morrison was one of the first to pass not just on [[Down (gridiron football)|first down]], but on first and second down too.<ref name="btray48" /> His teams earned the nickname the "Flying Circus".<ref name="quits" />

They won the [[1923 SMU Mustangs football team|1923]], [[1926 SMU Mustangs football team|1926]], and [[1931 SMU Mustangs football team|1931]] [[Southwest Conference]] (SWC) titles. An 18-game unbeaten streak was ended in the [[1925 Dixie Classic]], with a touchdown off a tipped pass for [[West Virginia Wesleyan College|West Virginia Wesleyan]]'s [[Gale Bullman]], and a 30-yard [[field goal]] missed in the final minute.  Morrison's best passer, Hall of Fame quarterback [[Gerald Mann]], led the team to the 1926 title. The [[1929 SMU Mustangs football team|1929 team]] was undefeated, but with four ties, including one with undefeated [[1929 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]] to close the season.

===Vanderbilt===
He coached Vanderbilt in [[1918 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1918]] when McGugin left for the military, and led the Vanderbilt team to a 4–2 record. The team beat [[1918 Tennessee (SATC) football team|Tennessee]] 76&ndash;0, the largest margin of victory in the history of the [[Tennessee-Vanderbilt football rivalry|rivalry]]. Former ''[[Nashville Banner]]'' sportswriter [[Fred Russell]]'s book ''Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football'' published in 1938, wrote:

"Salient after salient was wiped out by Gen. Morrison's forces and Tennessee's reinforcements could not check the tide. The retreat turned into a bloody, hopeless rout. [[Grailey Berryhill|Berryhill]] was cited for bravery for his wonderful outflanking the enemy, by which he took six positions (touchdowns) single-handedly. The result was 76−0."

Morrison was also the head [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|basketball]] coach at Vanderbilt for one season in 1918–19, tallying a mark of 8–2, and the head baseball coach at the school in 1919, notching a record of 3–3.

====Return====
Upon the retirement of the legendary McGugin, Morrison was hand-picked as successor at his ''alma mater''.<ref name=btray49>{{Harvnb|Traughber|2011|page=49}}</ref>  Morrison brought his own staff from SMU and neglected the retained [[Josh Cody]]'s coaching abilities.<ref>{{Harvnb|Traughber|2011|page=72}}</ref>

Fred Russell offered this description of Morrison upon his arrival as coach of Vanderbilt:<ref name="raychc" />{{blockquote|A gentle, soft-spoken person who talks out of the side of his mouth with convincing firmness. Eyes with a permanent twinkle, tiny wrinkles about them when he smiles, but a set jaw that seems to enclose teeth constantly gritted tighter. A happy combination that blends austerity and affability into well-nigh perfect personality--that's the Ray Morrison of today who was known to Nashvillians twenty-five years ago as Vanderbilt's whirling quarterback.}}

Morrison's [[1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|first team]] in his second stint finished second place in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), led by captain and SEC player of the year [[Willie Geny]]. The 1936 team was captained by Dick Plasman, the last NFL player to play without a helmet. The [[1937 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1937 team]] upset [[1937 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] on a [[hidden ball trick]], the school's first-ever victory over a ranked opponent (the [[AP Poll]] began in 1936).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scout.com/college/vanderbilt/story/310898-flashback-hidden-ball-play-beat-lsu-in-1937|title=Flashback: Hidden-ball play beat LSU in 1937}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1937/10/24/page/B5/article/vanderbilt-uses-trick-to-end-l-s-u-reign-7-6|title=VANDERBILT USES TRICK TO END L. S. U. REIGN, 7-6 (October 24, 1937)}}</ref> The team's captain was SEC player of the year [[Carl Hinkle]] and also featured [[Baby Ray]]. Morrison was awarded SEC Coach of the Year in 1937.<ref name=btray50>{{Harvnb|Traughber|2011|page=50}}</ref>

===Temple===
After the 1939 season, Morrison resigned from his position at Vanderbilt to go to [[Temple Owls football|Temple]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19400304&id=PzNdAAAAIBAJ&pg=1062,3245353&hl=en|date=March 4, 1940|title=Ray Morrison Is Temple University Grid Coach|work=Lawrence Journal-World}}</ref> with Cody as his line coach. He resigned from Temple in 1949.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/01/28/page/29/article/ray-morrison-quits-as-temple-football-coach|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=January 28, 1949|title=Ray Morrison Quits As Temple Football Coach}}</ref>

===Austin College===
He finished his career at Austin College. He quit to take over "development and public relations" at SMU,<ref name=quits>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8895793/the_corpus_christi_callertimes/|title=Ray Morrison Quits Austin College To Take SMU Post|date=December 10, 1952|page=26|access-date=February 12, 2017|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|work=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times}} {{Open access}}</ref> a post he held for eleven years.

==Death==
Morrison died at the home of his son in [[Miami Springs, Florida]], at the age of 97.<ref name=upiob/>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
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 | conf      = [[Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
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 | name      = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt Commodores]]
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]]
 | conf      = [[Southwest Conference]]
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 | year         = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
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 | ranking      = no
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 | year         = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
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 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = [[1925 Dixie Classic|Dixie Classic]]
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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 | year         = [[1925 college football season|1925]]
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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 | bowloutcome  = 
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 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1927 college football season|1927]]
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 | confstanding = 2nd
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 | bowloutcome  = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1928 college football season|1928]]
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1929 college football season|1929]]
 | name         = [[1929 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 6–0–4
 | conference   = 3–0–2
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 | bowloutcome  = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1930 college football season|1930]]
 | name         = [[1930 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
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 | confstanding = T–4th
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1931 college football season|1931]]
 | name         = [[1931 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1932 college football season|1932]]
 | name         = [[1932 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 3–7–2
 | conference   = 1–4–1
 | confstanding = T–5th
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1933 college football season|1933]]
 | name         = [[1933 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 4–7–1
 | conference   = 2–4
 | confstanding = 6th
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1934 college football season|1934]]
 | name         = [[1934 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 8–2–2
 | conference   = 3–2–1
 | confstanding = 3rd
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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 | overall    = 84–44–22
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt Commodores]]
 | conf      = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear = 1935
 | endyear   = 1939
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1935 college football season|1935]]
 | name         = [[1935 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 7–3
 | conference   = 5–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1936 college football season|1936]]
 | name         = [[1936 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 3–5–1
 | conference   = 1–3–1
 | confstanding = 9th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1937 college football season|1937]]
 | name         = [[1937 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 4–2
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1938 college football season|1938]]
 | name         = [[1938 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1939 college football season|1939]]
 | name         = [[1939 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 2–7–1
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = 11th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Vanderbilt
 | overall    = 29–22–2
 | confrecord = 17–15–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Temple Owls football|Temple Owls]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1940
 | endyear   = 1948
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1940 college football season|1940]]
 | name         = [[1940 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 4–4–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
 | name         = [[1941 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1942 college football season|1942]]
 | name         = [[1942 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 2–5–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1943 college football season|1943]]
 | name         = [[1943 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 2–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1944 college football season|1944]]
 | name         = [[1944 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 2–4–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1945 college football season|1945]]
 | name         = [[1945 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
 | name         = [[1946 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 2–4–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1947 college football season|1947]]
 | name         = [[1947 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1948 college football season|1948]]
 | name         = [[1948 Temple Owls football team|Temple]]
 | overall      = 2–6–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Temple
 | overall    = 31–38–9
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Austin Kangaroos football|Austin Kangaroos]]
 | conf      = [[Texas Conference]]
 | startyear = 1949
 | endyear   = 1952
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1949 college football season|1949]]
 | name         = Austin
 | overall      = 5–5
 | conference   = 3–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1950 college football season|1950]]
 | name         = Austin
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 0–5
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
 | name         = Austin
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 0–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1952 college football season|1952]]
 | name         = Austin
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 1–3
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Austin
 | overall    = 11–26
 | confrecord = 4–14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 155–130–33
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
}}

==See also==
* [[List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==

*{{cite book|last=Traughber|first=Bill|title=Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History|isbn=978-1-60949-423-0|publisher=The History Press|year=2011}}
*{{cite book|title=Vanderbilt University Quarterly|year=1910|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmomAQAAIAAJ&q=football|volume=10|author=Vanderbilt University}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WomAQAAIAAJ&q=editions:sbKkcx1liGUC|author=Vanderbilt University|title=Vanderbilt University Quarterly|volume=11|year=1911}}

==External links==
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