page_title: Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry
section_title: 1921: Vanderbilt's muddiest game
hierarchical_section_title: Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry / Notable games / 1921: Vanderbilt's muddiest game
caption_attribution_description: English: Curry Field during or after the game between Vanderbilt and Sewanee in 1921.
context_page_description: The Sewanee–Vanderbilt football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Sewanee Tigers and Vanderbilt Commodores. They were both founding members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Southern Conference, and the Southeastern Conference. Both teams' histories feature some powerhouses of early Southern football, e.g. 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team and 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team. It was the oldest of Vanderbilt's rivalries; dating back to 1891 when Vanderbilt played its second ever football game and Sewanee played its first. Vanderbilt leads the series 40–8–4. It used to be claimed as the oldest rivalry in the south, older than the "South's Oldest Rivalry" between North Carolina and Virginia. Usually played towards the end of the season on Thanksgiving Day, the two teams have not met again since 1944.
  The two universities are in the same state of Tennessee and are over 90 miles away from each other. A newspaper account of the rivalry reads: "Both schools look upon the game as the big feature of their schedule each year, no matter what other games are included, and it is always the biggest drawing card on either schedule."
context_section_description: The Commodores closed the season with a 9 to 0 win over Sewanee in the "muddiest game" in its history.  The Commodores were supposedly knee-deep in mud and water, with players unrecognizable. The two teams were considered a fairly even match before the game. Sewanee felt confident its line gave them a chance to win, but also a bit nervous about Vanderbilt's passing attack. In a game for bragging rights and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title, Lynn Bomar would be injured.
  The game went scoreless until the fourth quarter, when Sewanee fumbled the snap on a punt and the punter was smothered by Jess Neely, Frank Godchaux, and Pink Wade for a safety.  Later in the fourth, Hek Wakefield would punt the ball 54 yards from his own 38 yard-line, and Elam recovered a fumble by Sewanee's Powers.  Wakefield ran in the game's only touchdown off-tackle from about 5 yards out. Wakefield kicked goal.  Sewanee had more first downs than Vanderbilt, six to Vandy's two, but suffered four successive fumbles.
caption: A soaked Curry Field.
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