Vanderbilt Commodores football

Vanderbilt Commodores football

The Vanderbilt Commodores football program represents Vanderbilt University in the sport of American football. They compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt plays their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium, located on the university’s Nashville, Tennessee campus. The longest win streaks for Vanderbilt is from 1901 to 1913.

About Vanderbilt Commodores football in brief

Summary Vanderbilt Commodores footballThe Vanderbilt Commodores football program represents Vanderbilt University in the sport of American football. They compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt plays their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium, located on the university’s Nashville, Tennessee campus. The team has played in 1,250 games over 126 seasons. Vanderbilt does not claim any national championships, but Berryman QPRS, a major selector in the NCAA Division I FBS Record Book, selected Vanderbilt as champion based on retroactive analysis of the national 1921 and 1922 seasons. The most recent head coach was Derek Mason, who served from 2014 until his firing on November 29, 2020.

Vanderbilt has won 13 conference championships, with five shared and eight won outright. The longest win streaks for Vanderbilt is from 1901 to 1913. The largest margin of victory for Vanderbilt was by 76 points in 1918 at Old Dudley Field in Nashville. Vanderbilt and Tennessee have played 112 times since 1892, Tennessee leads the series 75–32-5. The Georgia-Vanderbilt football series has been played annually since 1968. The two are divisional opponents in the SEC East. The series is led by Kentucky at 44-42–4 with the average score being Vanderbilt 16. 9-Kentucky 15.