Vanderbilt scored 459 points in its first seven shutout games, and 514 points in 510 minutes of actual playing time by season's end, making it a legitimate "point-a-minute team" leading the nation in scoring with a school record still unequaled today.

[1] In the line was sophomore tackle Josh Cody, "a fierce tackler and dominating blocker,"[1] who was also the team's kicker.

[2] The Commodores were coming off a losing record of 2–8, the first under head coach Dan McGugin, and the second in the school's 25 years of playing football.

[3] [14] Using conventional football, Vanderbilt opened the season with an easy win over Middle Tennessee Normal (MTSU) 51–0.

[18] With four players out due to injury,[21] the Commodores still managed to defeat the Cumberland Bulldogs 60–0 in a drizzling rain.

[22] Catching Henderson-Brown exhausted, John Jarrett returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

The team's manager James Stahlman foraged through neighboring orchards near the tracks and picked three or four hatfuls of green apples.

[23] Curry ate several of them,[24] and proceeded to score six touchdowns and kick eight extra points against Ole Miss.

[25] The Tennessee Volunteers were the first real test for the Commodores, coming to Nashville as the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) defending champions and loaded with confidence.

[28] The next time he ran 60 yards himself for the touchdown, and the last score came on a 20-yard dash by Cutter Northcutt, Curry's substitute.

In one of the greatest exhibitions of punt covering, Cody smothered the receiver every time, recovering two fumbles, one across the goal line for a touchdown.

[34] Thoroughly outplayed the first two quarters as Captain Bob Dobbins and Hek Clark led the Tiger attack, intermission found the Commodores behind 3–0, the result of "Red" Herring's field goal from the 20-yard line.

[34] Finally a sustained drive got underway that ended with "Dough" Ray plunging in for a touchdown from the four-yard line.

Then Tom Lipscomb and Cody blocked a punt and Pud Reyer recovered on the five-yard line.

[34] Curry was hurt from the terrible pounding by Sewanee, but he still managed the top run of the day, 80 yards for a touchdown with Cody clearing his path.

[23] In 1975, the team's manager, James G. Stahlman, organized a sixtieth reunion the weekend of the Georgia game.

Seven lettermen were present: Cohen, Dough Ray, Hubert Wiggs, Kent Morrison, Alf Adams, and Tom Zerfoss.

[23] The following chart provides a visual depiction of Vanderbilt's lineup during the 1915 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses.