1919 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

McGugin was returning from his stent in the Army during World War I where he was relieved by interim head coach Ray Morrison.

Josh Cody was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp, for the second time (he also received the honor in 1915).

Early in the second quarter, Riggs Stephenson fumbled the ball that was recovered by Tommy Zerfoss and returned 35-yards for a 7–0 Vanderbilt lead.

[15] Alabama rallied in the second half with a pair of two-yards Stephenson touchdown runs in the third and fourth quarter that made the score 13–12.

[15] Cody then provided for the final margin in the 16–12 Commodores' victory with his 30-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

[17] On a field wet from previous rains, the Sewanee Tigers put up a game fight as Vanderbilt won 33–21.

We defeated Georgia Tech, who tied Tulane, so we are champions...The newspapers, however, more or less generally supported the claim of Auburn..."[19]