2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2006 record	4–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (5th year)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (5th year)
Captain	2 Brian Stamper Jonathan Goff
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 39,773)

2006 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x$#		7	–	1		13	–	1
#25 Tennessee		5	–	3		9	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4		8	–	5
#23 Georgia		4	–	4		9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5		8	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		4	–	8
Western Division
#15 Arkansas x		7	–	1		10	–	4
#9 Auburn		6	–	2		11	–	2
#3 LSU %		6	–	2		11	–	2
Alabama		2	–	6		6	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6		4	–	8
Mississippi State		1	–	7		3	–	9
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his fifth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006, Vanderbilt went 4–8 with a record of 1–7 in the SEC.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	at #15 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 7–27	109,668
September 9	2:30 p.m.	at #25 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	FSN	L 10–13	92,138
September 16	11:30 a.m.	Arkansas	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	LFS	L 19–21	32,302
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee State*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 38–9	27,460
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Temple*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 43–14	34,319
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)		L 10–17	51,211
October 14	11:30 a.m.	at #14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)	LFS	W 24–22	92,746
October 21	2:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	L 13–31	37,280
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		W 45–28	14,198
November 4	11:30 a.m.	#7 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	LFS	L 19–25	38,134
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)		L 26–38	52,235
November 18	11:30 a.m.	#23 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	LFS	L 10–39	39,773
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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