page_title: Ray Morrison
section_title: 1911
hierarchical_section_title: Ray Morrison / Vanderbilt University / Football / 1911
caption_attribution_description: Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt running with the ball against Michigan
context_page_description: J. Ray Morrison was an American football and baseball player and a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University, Vanderbilt University, Temple University, and Austin College, compiling a career college football record of 155–130–33. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
  As a player, he was one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of Vanderbilt Commodores football. Morrison was selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. He piloted the team to two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles in 1910 and 1911. The 1910 team fought defending national champion Yale to a scoreless tie. Yale coach Ted Coy called Morrison "the greatest player I have seen in years." In 1911, Coy selected Morrison All-American and the Atlanta Constitution voted Vanderbilt the best backfield in the South.
  He took over as coach at his alma mater Vanderbilt after the retirement of legendary coach Dan McGugin. Morrison was the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in 1937.
context_section_description: Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches on the 1911 team reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9–8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South. Ted Coy selected Morrison All-American.  He was unanimously selected All-Southern. 
  Morrison, Hardage and Rabbi Robins had two touchdowns each in a 45–0 win over Central.  Morrison had two short touchdown runs in a 17–0 win over Georgia, and had a 22-yard run on a fake punt. In "easily the greatest southern game of the season", Vanderbilt claimed the SIAA title by beating Mississippi 21–0. Morrison had a 70-yard run, and on a fake punt out of his own end zone ran for 75 yards. Against Sewanee, Morrison threw a touchdown pass to Hardage, as well as had a short touchdown run.
caption: Morrison running against Michigan in 1911.
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