1917 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1917 season was Dan McGugin's 14th year as head coach.

The south's first national champion Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its biggest loss in school history, 83 to 0.

It was simply the matter of a splendid eleven winning over an unseasoned, inexperienced team.

"Tech played hard, clean football, and we were somewhat surprised to meet such a fair, aggressive team, after the reports we had heard.

Being outweighed, Vanderbilt could not check the heavy forwards, or open up the line.

Cartoon published in the Technique following Vanderbilt's loss to Georgia Tech