2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2005 record	5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (4th year)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (4th year)
Captain	2 Jay Cutler Moses Osemwegie
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 39,773)

2005 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#10 Georgia x$		6	–	2		10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	5
#12 Florida		5	–	3		9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5		5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6		3	–	8
Western Division
#5 LSU xy		7	–	1		11	–	2
#14 Auburn x		7	–	1		9	–	3
#8 Alabama		6	–	2		10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7		3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7		3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores offense scored 299 points while the defense allowed 321 points. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his 4th year, the Commodores won their first four games of the season but finished the season with only five wins.

This was Jay Cutler's senior year. The leading receiver was Earl Bennett. Also on the team: Jonathan Goff, Thomas Welch and Chris Williams.

Vanderbilt started out with 4 wins and looked to make it 5 for the first time since the 1940s with a win over in state MTSU. The game was close and down to the last play of the game, but a failed Vanderbilt field goal attempt allowed MTSU to come away with the win. Vanderbilt then proceeded to drop its next 5 games and fall out of Bowl eligibility.

Positively, the season ended on a high-note as Vanderbilt recorded its first win over the rival Tennessee Volunteers since 1982- and their first win at Tennessee's Neyland Stadium since 1975- by defeating the Volunteers 28-24 on November 19th. Vanderbilt's historic victory eliminated Tennessee from Bowl eligibility. Jay Cutler was later named SEC Offensive Player of the Year and drafted 11th overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2006 NFL Draft the following Spring.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	W 24–20	25,384
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR		W 28–24	68,215
September 17	11:30 a.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	JPS	W 31–23	34,837
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Richmond*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 37–13	38,446
October 1	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee State*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPNGP	L 15–17	37,257
October 8	6:00 p.m.	#11 LSU	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN2	L 6–34	37,309
October 15	6:15 p.m.	#4 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 17–34	38,822
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPNGP	L 28–35	76,427
November 5	6:15 p.m.	at #15 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	L 42–49 ^OT	90,140
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)		L 43–48	29,506
November 19	11:30 a.m.	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	JPS	W 28–24	107,487
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Jay Cutler	Quarterback	1	11	Denver Broncos

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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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