# 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.

## 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
* Gary Veach – Assistant Head Equipment Manager

### 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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky* | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | SECN | L 12–14 | 30,307 |
| September 12 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 10 Georgia | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN (rivalry / SEC Nation) | CBS | L 14–31 | 37,185 |
| September 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Austin Peay* | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | SEC Alt. | W 47–7 | 31,399 |
| September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Ole Miss | Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (rivalry) | ESPNU | L 16–27 | 60,654 |
| October 3 | 6:00 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee* | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | CBSSN | W 17–13 | 25,411 |
| October 17 | 3:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECN | L 10–19 | 75,159 |
| October 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Missouri | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | SECN | W 10–3 | 31,128 |
| October 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Houston* | TDECU StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN2 | L 0–34 | 29,565 |
| November 7 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 11 Florida | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | ESPN | L 7–9 | 90,061 |
| November 14 | 4:00 p.m. | Kentucky | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN (rivalry) | SECN | W 21–17 | 30,301 |
| November 21 | 6:30 p.m. | Texas A&M | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | SECN | L 0–25 | 32,482 |
| November 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at Tennessee | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | SECN | L 28–53 | 100,098 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### WKU

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

### Georgia

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

### Austin Peay

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

### Ole Miss

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

### Middle Tennessee

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

### South Carolina

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

### Missouri

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

### Houston

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

### Florida

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

### Kentucky

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

### Texas A&M

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

### Tennessee

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