2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record2–10 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBruce Fowler (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy   6 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 15 Tennessee x   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 24 Florida x   6 – 2     8 – 5  
South Carolina   2 – 6     5 – 7  
  1 – 7     2 – 10  
Kentucky   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#   7 – 1     13 – 1  
No. 13 Ole Miss x   7 – 1     10 – 3  
Auburn   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Arkansas   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Alabama   2 – 6     4 – 9  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bobby Johnson, Commodores compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom the SEC's Eastern Division standings. The team played home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 2003 season was Vanderbilt 21st consecutive losing campaign, nut the Commodores ended 230game consecutive losing streak to SEC teams with a win over Kentucky in the second to last game of the year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:30 a.m.Ole Miss
JPSL 21–2429,411
September 66:00 p.m.Chattanooga*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 51–626,176
September 1311:30 a.m.Auburn
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
JPSL 7–4537,703
September 206:00 p.m.at No. 20 TCU*
L 14–3037,192
September 276:00 p.m.Georgia Tech*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
PPVL 17–24 OT25,007
October 41:30 p.m.at Mississippi State
L 21–3040,156
October 111:00 p.m.Navy*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 27–3725,417
October 181:00 p.m.No. 4 Georgia
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
PPVL 8–2727,823
October 256:00 p.m.at South Carolina
PPVL 24–3577,227
November 812:00 p.m.at No. 17 Florida
PPVL 17–3590,122
November 151:00 p.m.Kentucky
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 28–1726,440
November 2212:00 p.m.at No. 9 Tennessee
PPVL 0–48105,462
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 6 Jay Cutler  So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 91 Jovan Haye So
DT 95 Ralph McKenzie So
DE 96 Robert Dinwiddie Jr
DE 97 Antron Dillon Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2003-12-22

Team players drafted into the NFL

No players from the 2003 Vanderbilt team were drafted.[1]

References

  1. ^ "2004 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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