1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1987 record	4–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Watson Brown (2nd season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium

The 1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his second season and finished with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 12	Memphis State*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	W 27–17
September 19	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	L 31–35
September 26	No. 17 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	L 23–30
October 3	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 17–27
October 10	at No. 5 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 15–48
October 17	No. 18 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 24–52
October 24	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	L 14–42
October 31	Rutgers*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	W 27–13
November 7	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 38–29
November 21	Maryland*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	W 34–24
November 28	at No. 16 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	L 36–38
*Non-conference game.

↑ "1987 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

Vanderbilt Commodores football
Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee
Culture & lore	History 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 2017

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