American college football season
The 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee , which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since 1922 . Derek Mason coached the Commodores for his second year. They are members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores finished with a losing record for the second year in a row with an overall record of 4–8 and 2–6 in SEC play.
Coaching staff [ edit ] Derek Mason – Head coach/defensive coordinator Andy Ludwig - Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Charles Bankins – Special teams coordinator/running backs coach Gerry Gdowski - Recruiting coordinator/tight ends coach Cortez Hankton – Wide receivers coach Keven Lightner – Offensive line coach Marc Mattioli - Safeties coach Frank Maile – Defensive line coach Brett Maxie - Cornerbacks coach Kenwick Thompson – Associate head coach/linebackers coach Tosin Abari – Director of player development Tyler Barnes – Director of player personnel Tom Bossung - Head Athletic Trainer Matt Britain – Assistant Director of Operations Cedric Calhoun – Assistant Strength Coach Tyler Clarke – Assistant Strength Coach Kevin Colon – Associate Director of Student Athletics James Dobson - Head Strength Coach Jason Grooms – Director of football operations Matt Ruland – Assistant-Recruiting/Operations Ben Schumacher – Assistant Strength Coach Chris Singleton – Equipment manager Vavae Tata – Assistant-Player Development Ryan Anderson – Graduate assistant - Defense Rod Chance - Quality Control Defense A.J. Haase – Graduate assistant -Offense Eric Lammers – Assistant Director, Player Personnel Chris Marve – Graduate assistant - Defense Johnell Thomas – Graduate assistant - Strength Gary Veach – Assistant Head Equipment Manager Post season awards [ edit ] Zach Cunningham—All-SEC First Team Schedule [ edit ] Vanderbilt announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Commodores will host SEC foes Georgia , Kentucky , Missouri , and Texas A&M , and will travel to Florida , Ole Miss , South Carolina , and Tennessee .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Western Kentucky * SECN L 12–14 30,307 September 12 2:30 p.m. No. 10 Georgia CBS L 14–31 37,185 September 19 3:00 p.m. Austin Peay * Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SEC Alt. W 47–7 31,399 September 26 6:00 p.m. at No. 3 Ole Miss ESPNU L 16–27 60,654 October 3 6:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee * CBSSN W 17–13 25,411 October 17 3:00 p.m. at South Carolina SECN L 10–19 75,159 October 24 3:00 p.m. Missouri Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECN W 10–3 31,128 October 31 6:00 p.m. at No. 18 Houston * ESPN2 L 0–34 29,565 November 7 11:00 a.m. at No. 11 Florida ESPN L 7–9 90,061 November 14 4:00 p.m. Kentucky Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry ) SECN W 21–17 30,301 November 21 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECN L 0–25 32,482 November 28 4:00 p.m. at Tennessee SECN L 28–53 100,098 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Western Kentucky 0 0 7 7 14 Vanderbilt 3 0 0 9 12
Georgia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #10 Georgia 7 7 10 7 31 Vanderbilt 0 6 0 8 14
Austin Peay [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Austin Peay 0 7 0 0 7 Vanderbilt 3 16 21 7 47
Ole Miss [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 3 0 10 3 16 #3 Ole Miss 7 7 6 7 27
Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 3 0 0 14 17 MTSU 3 3 0 7 13
South Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 3 0 10 South Carolina 6 0 10 3 19
Missouri [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 0 3 0 0 3 Vanderbilt 0 7 0 3 10
Houston [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 #18 Houston 7 13 14 0 34
Florida [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7 Florida 6 0 0 3 9
Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Kentucky 3 7 7 0 17 Vanderbilt 7 14 0 0 21
Texas A&M [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 6 10 6 3 25 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 7 7 0 14 28 Tennessee 17 10 16 10 53
References [ edit ]
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