2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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.

2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2015 record	4–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Derek Mason
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 40,550)

2015 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 25 Florida x		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 22 Tennessee		5	–	3					9	–	4
Georgia		5	–	3					10	–	3
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					4	–	8
Kentucky		2	–	6					5	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7					5	–	7
South Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^		7	–	1					14	–	1
No. 10 Ole Miss		6	–	2					10	–	3
Arkansas		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 16 LSU		5	–	3					9	–	3
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	5
Mississippi State		4	–	4					9	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					7	–	6
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
– College Football Playoff champion ^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Coaching staff

• 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

Post season awards

• Zach Cunningham—All-SEC First Team

Schedule

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
September 3	7:00 p.m.	WKU*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	L 12–14	30,307
September 12	2:30 p.m.	No. 10 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	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	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 16–27	60,654
October 3	6:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN	W 17–13	25,411
October 17	3:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	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*	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN2	L 0–34	29,565
November 7	11:00 a.m.	at No. 11 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	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	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	L 28–53	100,098
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Kentucky	0	0	7	7	14
Vanderbilt	3	0	0	9	12

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1938	Vanderbilt, 12–0

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Georgia	7	7	10	7	31
Vanderbilt	0	6	0	8	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–54–2	2014	Georgia, 44–17

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Austin Peay	0	7	0	0	7
Vanderbilt	3	16	21	7	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	Vanderbilt, 38–3

Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	3	0	10	3	16
#3 Ole Miss	7	7	6	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–49–2	2014	Ole Miss, 41–3

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	3	0	0	14	17
MTSU	3	3	0	7	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–3	2005	Middle Tennessee, 17–15

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	7	3	0	10
South Carolina	6	0	10	3	19

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–19	2014	South Carolina, 48–34

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	0	3	0	0	3
Vanderbilt	0	7	0	3	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2014	Missouri, 24–14

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	0	0	0	0
#18 Houston	7	13	14	0	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	01/04/2014	Vanderbilt, 41–24

Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	7	0	0	7
Florida	6	0	0	3	9

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–36–2	2014	Florida, 34–10

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kentucky	3	7	7	0	17
Vanderbilt	7	14	0	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–42–4	2014	Kentucky, 17–7

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	6	10	6	3	25
Vanderbilt	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	Texas A&M, 56–24

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	7	7	0	14	28
Tennessee	17	10	16	10	53

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–74–5	2014	Tennessee, 24–17

References

1. "SEC announces 2015 Vanderbilt football schedule" (Press release). Vanderbilt Athletics. October 14, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
2. "2015 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 22, 2014.