2010 Vanderbilt Commodores football team The 2010 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2010 college football season . The team ' s head coach was Robbie Caldwell , who had been serving as interim head coach following the unexpected retirement of previous head coach Bobby Johnson in July 2010 . 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 seven 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 , 1 – 7 in SEC play . Caldwell resigned at the end of the season . Game notes . Northwestern . Northwestern jumped out to a 10 – 0 lead in the first half led by first year starting QB Dan Persa . Vanderbilt scored its first TD late in the first half on a TD run by Warren Norman , but the extra point was missed . Vanderbilt scored a field goal as time expired in the first half to make the score 10 – 9 . Persa threw for another TD in the 3rd quarter to extend the lead to 17 – 9 . Vanderbilt rallied late in the 3rd quarter on a 36 yard pass from Larry Smith to TE Brandon Barden , but Vanderbilt could not convert the two point conversion that would have tied the game , making the score 17 – 15 at the end of the third quarter . Persa added a third TD pass in the 4th quarter , but the extra point was not converted due to a mishandled snap , keeping the margin to one possession . Vanderbilt later blocked a Northwestern field goal attempt and scored late in the 4th quarter , but was unable to convert again on the two point play to tie the game at 23 – 23 . Vanderbilt nearly got a final possession in the game , after appearing to stop Persa short of a first down on 3rd and 6 with under two minutes remaining , but Vanderbilt was flagged for an illegal hit , allowing Northwestern to run out the clock . LSU . After an uneventful first quarter in which neither offense could put a drive together , LSU scored early in the second quarter off of a 30 yard run by Russell Shepard . LSU added a field goal as time expired in the first half to increase the lead to 10 – 0 . Vanderbilt scored a field goal on their first possession of the second half and then got the ball back off of an interception thrown by Jordan Jefferson . Vanderbilt , however , failed to produce on offense for the remainder of the game , with all further drives resulting in punts . LSU added a field goal and two rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter to end the game with the score 27 – 3 . Vanderbilt struggled on offense throughout the game , producing just 4 . 4 yards per pass and 2 yards per rush against a solid LSU defense . Mississippi . After a defense - dominated first quarter in which both teams ended all drives with punts , Vanderbilt put together a 13 - play 96 yard drive capped off by at 35 yard run by Zac Stacey for at touchdown . Vanderbilt increased their lead to 14 – 0 after returning a Jeremiah Masoli interception for a touchdown later in the second quarter . Ole Miss bounced back , scoring a touchdown on their next drive to put the score at 14 – 7 at the half . The Rebels tied the game in the third quarter on a 28 yard run by Masoli , but the Commodores immediately answered on their next possession with a 80 yard touchdown run by Warren Norman . Larry Smith added a 15 yard touchdown rush in the 4th quarter while the Vanderbilt defense shut out the Rebels for the remainder of the game to give the Commodores the win 28 – 14 .