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1890 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1890 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
CaptainElliott Jones
Seasons
1891 →
1890 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman     2 0 0
Vanderbilt     1 0 0
Virginia     5 2 0
Navy     5 1 1
Delaware     3 2 0
Georgetown     3 3 1
Columbian     2 3 0
Johns Hopkins     0 1 0
Nashville     0 1 0
Trinity (NC)     0 1 0
Richmond     0 3 0

The 1890 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1890 college football season. The team's head coach and team captain was Elliott Jones, who served his first season in that capacity. In its inaugural season of play, Vandy played only one game, in Nashville, Tennessee, against Nashville Peabody Normal School.