2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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Captain	3 Patrick Benoist Ryan Hamilton Bradley Vierling

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
Vanderbilt		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.

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
• Des Kitchings - Running Backs Coach
• Michael Hazel - Asstant 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

Schedule

September 56:30 p.m.Western Carolina*

• Vanderbilt Stadium
• Nashville, TN

CSSW 45–036,350 September 126:00 p.m.at No. 11 LSU

• Tiger Stadium
• Baton Rouge, LA

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*

• Rice Stadium
• Houston, TX

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*

• Michie Stadium
• West Point, NY

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

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

ESPNUL 10–1475,624 October 316:30 p.m.No. 11 Georgia Tech*

• Vanderbilt Stadium
• Nashville, TN

CSSL 31–5630,262 November 76:15 p.m.at No. 1 Florida

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

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

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)

ESPNUL 16–31100,124

Game notes

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	4	OT	Total
Vanderbilt	0	3	0	10	0	13
Army	0	0	10	3	3	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