2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record2–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (8th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJamie Bryant (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
3
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
2009 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 3 Florida x%   8 – 0     13 – 1  
Georgia   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Tennessee   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Kentucky   3 – 5     7 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 5     7 – 6  
  0 – 8     2 – 10  
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#   8 – 0     14 – 0  
No. 17 LSU   5 – 3     9 – 4  
No. 20 Ole Miss   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Arkansas   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Auburn   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Mississippi State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2009–10 college football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his eighth season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Eastern Division since its formation in 1992. The Commodores played their six home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since 1922. The Commodores finished the season 2–10 and 0–8 in SEC play.[1]

Coaching staff

  • Bobby Johnson – Head coach
  • Ted Cain – Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach
  • Bruce Fowler – Defensive coordinator
  • Robbie Caldwell – Assistant head coach/offensive line coach
  • Rick Logo – Defensive line coach
  • Warren Belin – Linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator
  • Jamie Bryant – Defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator
  • Charlie Fisher – Co-passing game coordinator & wide receivers
  • Jimmy Kiser – Co-passing game coordinator & quarterbacks
  • Desmond Kitchings – Running backs coach
  • Michael Hazel – Assistant director of football operations
  • Joey Orck – Offensive quality control
  • Andy Frank – Defensive quality control
  • Norval McKenzie – Offensive graduate assistant
  • Mark Moehring – Defensive graduate assistant
  • Tom Bossung – Head athletic trainer
  • Brian Reese – Associate director of student athletics
  • John Sisk – Director of speed, strength and conditioning
  • Luke Wyatt – Head equipment manager
  • Gary Veach – Assistant equipment manager
Source:[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:30 p.m.Western Carolina*
CSSW 45–036,350
September 126:00 p.m.at No. 11 LSU
ESPNUL 9–2391,566
September 196:00 p.m.Mississippi State
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
FSNL 3–1531,840
September 267:00 p.m.at Rice*
CSSW 36–1719,753
October 36:00 p.m.No. 21 Ole Miss
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
ESPNUL 7–2339,625
October 1011:00 a.m.at Army*
CBS College SportsL 13–16 OT34,357
October 1711:21 a.m.Georgia
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
SEC NetworkL 10–3438,340
October 246:00 p.m.at South Carolina
ESPNUL 10–1475,624
October 316:30 p.m.No. 11 Georgia Tech*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
CSSL 31–5630,262
November 76:15 p.m.at No. 1 Florida
ESPN2L 3–2790,694
November 1411:21 a.m.Kentucky
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
SEC NetworkL 13–2433,675
November 216:00 p.m.at Tennessee
ESPNUL 16–31100,124
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Western Carolina 0 0 0 0 0
Vanderbilt 14 7 7 17 45

LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 7 2 0 9
LSU 7 6 3 7 23

Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total
Miss. State 0 6 3 6 15
Vanderbilt 0 3 0 0 3

Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 10 0 10 16 36
Rice 7 3 0 7 17

Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Ole Miss 3 14 6 0 23
Vanderbilt 0 0 7 0 7

Army

1 2 3 4OT Total
Vanderbilt 0 3 0 100 13
Army 0 0 10 33 16

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia 7 10 3 14 34
Vanderbilt 0 3 7 0 10

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 7 3 0 10
South Carolina 0 7 0 7 14

Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 7 21 14 14 56
Vanderbilt 14 14 3 0 31

Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 0 3 0 3
#1 Florida 3 10 7 7 27

Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Kentucky 7 3 7 7 24
Vanderbilt 3 10 0 0 13

Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 3 7 3 3 16
Tennessee 10 14 0 7 31

References

  1. ^ 2010 Vanderbilt Football Media Guide (PDF).
  2. ^ "2009 Vanderbilt Football Media Guide".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.