A Look Back to 1948...

... from a Vandy football perspective:

The season opened with The Battle For the Cowbell against Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets under Coach Bobby Dodd were picked to win the SEC and compete for national honors, and Vandy was an underdog at home. Tech lived up to its preseason hype and dominated the game from start to finish, winning 13-0 in front of a Dudley Field capacity crowd of 22,000. The Yellow Jackets threw for close to 300 yards, while Vandy's offense barely broke 100 total yards. It was the first opening-game loss for Vandy since 1903.