2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2003 record	2–10 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (2nd year)
Captain	3 Jay Cutler Justin Geisinger Jovan Haye
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 39,773)

2003 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#7 Georgia xy		6	–	2		11	–	3
#15 Tennessee x		6	–	2		10	–	3
#24 Florida x		6	–	2		8	–	5
South Carolina		2	–	6		5	–	7
Kentucky		1	–	7		4	–	8
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	10
Western Division
#2 LSU xy$#		7	–	1		13	–	1
#13 Ole Miss x		7	–	1		10	–	3
Auburn		5	–	3		8	–	5
Arkansas		4	–	4		9	–	4
Alabama		2	–	6		4	–	9
Mississippi State		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented the Vanderbilt University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his second year as the head coach, the Commodores finished with a record of 2–10 for the second straight season and 21st consecutive losing season. Ended a 23 consecutive losing streak to SEC teams with a win to Kentucky.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	11:30 a.m.	Mississippi	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	JPS	L 21–24	29,411
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Chattanooga*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 51–6	26,176
September 13	11:30 a.m.	Auburn	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	JPS	L 7–45	37,703
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX		L 14–30	37,192
September 27	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	L 17–24	25,007
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		L 21–30	40,156
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Navy*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		L 27–37	25,417
October 18	1:00 p.m.	#5 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	PPV	L 8–27	27,823
October 25	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	PPV	L 24–35	77,227
November 8	12:00 p.m.	at #17 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	PPV	L 35–17	90,122
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)		W 28–17	26,440
November 22	12:00 p.m.	at #9 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	PPV	L 0–48	105,462
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

No players from the 2003 Vanderbilt team were drafted.^[2]

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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