2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football
2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

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.

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Record4–8 (2–6 SEC)

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2015 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 25 Florida x	7	–	1	10	–	4
No. 22 Tennessee	5	–	3	9	–	4
Georgia	5	–	3	10	–	3
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	4	–	8
Kentucky	2	–	6	5	–	7
Missouri*	1	–	7	5	–	7
South Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 10 Ole Miss	6	–	2	10	–	3
Arkansas	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 16 LSU *	5	–	3	9	–	3
Texas A&M	4	–	4	8	–	5
Mississippi State	4	–	4	9	–	4
Auburn	2	–	6	7	–	6
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
# – College Football Playoff champion ^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * LSU and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

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

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

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

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2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

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

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

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