This was
Red Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt lost their first game of the season to
Georgia Tech, tied their second with
Alabama, and then lost the next to
Mississippi, who finished the season 8–1. 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.
This was
Red Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt lost their first game of the season to
Georgia Tech, tied their second with
Alabama, and then lost the next to
Mississippi, who finished the season 8–1. 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.