2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2009 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	2–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jamie Bryant (1st season)
Captain	3 Patrick Benoist Ryan Hamilton Bradley Vierling
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 39,773)

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
• Gary Veach - Assistant Equipment Manager

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:30 p.m.	Western Carolina*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	CSS	W 45–0	36,350
September 12	6:00 p.m.	at No. 11 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	L 9–23	91,566
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	FSN	L 3–15	31,840
September 26	7:00 p.m.	at Rice*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CSS	W 36–17	19,753
October 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 21 Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 7–23	39,625
October 10	11:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBS College Sports	L 13–16 OT	34,357
October 17	11:21 a.m.	Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SEC Network	L 10–34	38,340
October 24	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPNU	L 10–14	75,624
October 31	6:30 p.m.	No. 11 Georgia Tech*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	CSS	L 31–56	30,262
November 7	6:15 p.m.	at No. 1 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	L 3–27	90,694
November 14	11:21 a.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SEC Network	L 13–24	33,675
November 21	6:00 p.m.	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 16–31	100,124
*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	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