[1] This was Red Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach.
Vanderbilt won the last eight games of the season, which ties as the school's second longest and remained the longest win streak for the program until a seven-game streak to end the 2012 season.
The 1948 Vanderbilt team outscored their opponents 328 to 73 and posted four shutouts.
The Commodores played only four home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.
Lee Nalley broke the record for punt return yardage.