1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–9 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Rod Dowhower (2nd season);
Defensive coordinator	Woody Widenhofer (2nd season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Rod Dowhower in his second and final season as head coach, the Commodores compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Eastern Division. The team played home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Record2–9 (0–8 SEC)

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DefensivecoordinatorWoody Widenhofer (2nd season)

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1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 9 Tennessee	7	–	1	10	–	2
South Carolina	4	–	4	6	–	5
Kentucky	3	–	5	4	–	7
Georgia	3	–	5	5	–	6
Vanderbilt	0	–	8	2	–	9
Western Division
No. 11 Alabama xy	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 12 LSU x	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 24 Auburn	4	–	4	8	–	4
Mississippi State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Ole Miss	2	–	6	5	–	6
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN	L 7–14	41,523	^[1]
September 14	5:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 26–36	70,123	^[2]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		L 9–20	40,820	^[3]
October 5	7:00 p.m.	at No. 14 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–35	80,142	^[4]
October 12	2:30 p.m.	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, TX		W 19–7	16,227	^[5]
October 19	11:30 a.m.	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	JPS	L 2–13	80,757	^[6]
October 26	1:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 0–27	36,583	^[7]
November 2	1:00 p.m.	UAB*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 31–15	30,153	^[8]
November 9	11:30 a.m.	No. 1 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	JPS	L 21–28	40,249	^[9]
November 16	11:30 a.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–25	33,000	^[10]
November 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–14	40,289	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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