Vols Vs. Vanderbilt Full Game Highlights From 1928

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Doctrippin said:
This is pretty cool. The old leather head days. Notice how much older the guys looked back then to be college students.

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Was there a Kiffen on the Vandy squad? Could have sworn someone threw a mustard bottle at him.

Go VOLS
 
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There are about 20 hs teams in the Knoxville area nowadays that would beat both of those teams to death. I wonder if that’s how they’ll see our play 100 years from now.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Both teams are wearing black. Terrible decision to make Vanderbilt our Dark Mode game in 1928.
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I believe that Vandy was wearing the black Jerseys and Tennessee was wearing a lighter Jersey. Was difficult to determine until the clip was almost over. Neyland was hired to beat Vandy and he did a very good job of doing it. Vandy was very competitive until integration changed the game. That game was played 10 years before I was born. My Dad bought his first season tickets in 1933.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
I believe that Vandy was wearing the black Jerseys and Tennessee was wearing a lighter Jersey. Was difficult to determine until the clip was almost over. Neyland was hired to beat Vandy and he did a very good job of doing it. Vandy was very competitive until integration changed the game. That game was played 10 years before I was born. My Dad bought his first season tickets in 1933.
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One day I'd love to hear all of your favorite Vols memories over the years. If you ever make a post with all of them please tag me!
 
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who was Neyland’s OC? Up the middle, up the middle every time. It’s the same playbook we’ve used for 100 years.
 
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Wasn’t the ball shaped more like a rugby ball in those days? I think it was harder to grip, harder to control which explains why teams rarely threw the ball
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
I believe that Vandy was wearing the black Jerseys and Tennessee was wearing a lighter Jersey. Was difficult to determine until the clip was almost over. Neyland was hired to beat Vandy and he did a very good job of doing it. Vandy was very competitive until integration changed the game. That game was played 10 years before I was born. My Dad bought his first season tickets in 1933.
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Integration wasn't what killed Vandy. They started to suck long before that. But yeah, they were a southern powerhouse back in the day. So was Sewanee. The power schools back in the pre 1930s seemed to be the big time academic schools. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Michigan, Notre Dame, Princeton, even Fordham. In the South, Vanderbilt, Sewanee, Duke, and Georgia Tech were all powers before Alabama and, subsequently, Tennessee broke through.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Integration wasn't what killed Vandy. They started to suck long before that. But yeah, they were a southern powerhouse back in the day. So was Sewanee. The power schools back in the pre 1930s seemed to be the big time academic schools. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Michigan, Notre Dame, Princeton, even Fordham. In the South, Vanderbilt, Sewanee, Duke, and Georgia Tech were all powers before Alabama and, subsequently, Tennessee broke through.
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Tennessee hired Neyland with the specific instructions to beat Vanderbilt and he was somewhat successful. However, when college football was integrated, Vanderbilt had difficulty in getting players of color enrolled in school. Vanderbilt finally solved that problem by negotiating an agreement with a local accredited liberal Arts college which enabled football players to take courses at that school and transfer those credits to Vanderbilt. This happened back in the 1950s. However, Vanderbilt has not been able to field teams which were/are as competitive as there teams before integration. We will have to see if heavy participation the portal will allow them to field teams as competitive as they have had the last two years. I like it that Vanderbilt is becoming more competitive. I have a number of relatives that have graduated from Vanderbilt and I respect them as an outstanding University.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
I believe that Vandy was wearing the black Jerseys and Tennessee was wearing a lighter Jersey. Was difficult to determine until the clip was almost over. Neyland was hired to beat Vandy and he did a very good job of doing it. Vandy was very competitive until integration changed the game. That game was played 10 years before I was born. My Dad bought his first season tickets in 1933.
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Notice the War Eagle sign at the beginning. Did Vandy or Vols use that phrase back then?
 
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