2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2005 record 56 (35 SEC)
Head coach Bobby Johnson (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Ted Cain (4th year)
Defensive coordinator Bruce Fowler (4th year)
Captain
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# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 p.m. at Wake Forest* Groves StadiumWinston-Salem, NC ESPNU W 2420   25,384
September 10 6:00 p.m. at Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR W 2824   68,215
September 17 11:30 a.m. Ole Miss Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN (Rivalry) JPS W 3123   34,837
September 24 6:00 p.m. Richmond* Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 3713   38,446
October 1 6:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee State*dagger Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPNGP L 1517   37,257
October 8 6:00 p.m. #11 LSU Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPN2 L 634   37,309
October 15 6:15 p.m. #4 Georgia Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) ESPN2 L 1734   38,822
October 22 2:30 p.m. at South Carolina Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC ESPNGP L 2835   76,427
November 5 6:15 p.m. at #15 Florida Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL ESPN2 L 4249 OT  90,140
November 12 1:00 p.m. Kentucky Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) L 4348   29,506
November 19 11:30 a.m. at Tennessee Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (Rivalry) JPS W 2824   107,487
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #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 Quarterback1 11 Denver Broncos

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References

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