2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2016 record	6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Derek Mason
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 20 Florida xy		6	–	2		8	–	4
Tennessee		4	–	4		8	–	4
Georgia		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kentucky		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		3	–	5		6	–	6
Vanderbilt		3	–	5		6	–	6
Missouri		2	–	6		4	–	8
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$^		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 17 Auburn		5	–	3		8	–	4
No. 19 LSU		5	–	3		7	–	4
Texas A&M		4	–	4		8	–	4
Arkansas		3	–	5		7	–	5
Mississippi State		3	–	5		5	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6		5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores play their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are led by third year head coach Derek Mason. This is Vanderbilt's 126th season of college football.

Schedule

Vanderbilt announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Commodores will host SEC foes Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and will travel to Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri.^[1]

The Commodores will host two of its four of its non–conference games which are against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky (WKU) both from Conference USA, and Tennessee State from the Ohio Valley Conference.

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Derek Mason	Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
Andy Ludwig	Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Jeff Genyk	Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
C.J. Ah You	Defensive Line Coach
Gerry Gdowski	Quarterbacks Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Cortez Hankton	Wide Receivers Coach
Chris Marve	Inside Linebackers Coach
Marc Mattioli	Defensive Backs Coach
Osia Lewis	Outside Linebackers Coach
Cameron Norcross	Offensive Line Coach
James Dobson	Head Strength Coach
Jason Grooms	Asst. Athletics Director/Director of Football Operations
Tyler Barnes	Director of Player Personnel
Tom Bossung	Head Athletic Trainer
Rayna Stewart	Director of High School Relations
Chris Singleton	Equipment Manager
Matt Britain	Assistant Director of Operations
Mike Kroeger	Player Development & Operations Assistant
Tyler Clarke	Assistant Director, Strength
Aaron Hill	Assistant Strength Coach
Ben Schumacher	Assistant Strength Coach
Cedric Calhoun	Quality Control - Defense
Kevin Abrams	Graduate Assistant - Offense
Tate Benton	Graduate Assistant - Offense
Davis Dudchock	Grad Assistant - Football Administration
Ryan Blakney	Quality Control Offense
Rod Chance	Quality Control Defense
Mike Morita	Quality Control Offense

^[2]

Coaching Changes

On December 15, 2015 coach Mason announced that special teams coach Charles Bankins, OL Coach Keven Lightner will not be retained for 2016. Mason cited a difference in philosophy rather than poor performance for the coaching changes.

"I just see this football team moving in a different direction and I just wanted to make sure these men were treated the right way," Mason said. "I feel like it’s time for us to move forward." ^[3]

Recruiting

2016 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
' '			N/A	N/A	–
' '	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 50 Rivals: 50 247Sports: 50 ESPN: 48
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

2016 Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	L 10–13	30,304
September 10	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN+	W 47–24	29,627
September 17	11:30 a.m.	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACCN	L 7–38	41,916
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	CBSSN	W 31–30 ^OT	23,674
October 1	11:00 a.m.	No. 23 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 6–13	30,565
October 8	3:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)	SECN	L 13–20	55,030
October 15	11:00 a.m.	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)	SECN	W 17–16	92,746
October 22	6:30 p.m.	No. 25 (FCS) Tennessee State †*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPNU	W 35–17	31,084
November 5	11:00 a.m.	at No. 11 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN	L 16–23	87,451
November 12	2:30 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	L 17–26	50,261
November 19	7:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	SECN	W 38–17	27,763
November 26	6:30 p.m.	No. 24 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	SECN	W 45–34	38,108
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[4]^[5]

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
CFP	Not released									NR						Not released

Game notes

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Carolina	0	0	3	10	13
Vanderbilt	3	7	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–20	2015	South Carolina, 19–10

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee	10	7	7	0	24
Vanderbilt	5	28	0	14	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–3	2015	Vanderbilt, 17–13

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	7	0	0	0	7
Georgia Tech	14	3	14	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–19–3	2009	Georgia Tech, 56–31

WKU

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Vanderbilt	0	7	7	10	7	31
WKU	7	7	0	10	6	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	WKU, 14–12

Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Florida	0	10	0	3	13
Vanderbilt	0	3	3	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–37–2	2015	Florida, 9–7

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	3	0	7	3	13
Kentucky	7	10	0	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
42–42–4	2015	Vanderbilt, 21–17

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	7	0	3	7	17
Georgia	3	3	7	3	16

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–55–2	2015	Georgia, 31–14

Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 (FCS) Tennessee State	14	3	0	0	17
Vanderbilt	7	14	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2006	Vanderbilt, 38–9

Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	3	10	0	3	16
Auburn	7	3	10	3	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–20–1	2012	Vanderbilt, 17–13

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	10	7	0	17
Missouri	6	13	0	7	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4–1	2015	Vanderbilt, 10–3

Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	10	0	0	7	17
Vanderbilt	7	7	17	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–50–2	2015	Ole Miss, 27–16

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	14	17	3	0	34
Vanderbilt	7	17	7	14	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–75–5	2015	Tennessee, 53–28

References

↑ "2016 Commodore football schedule announced" (Press release). Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
↑ http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/vand-m-footbl-mtt.html
↑ http://www.anchorofgold.com/2015/12/15/10233686/2015-ncaa-football-vanderbilt-assistant-coaches-bankins-lightner-fired
↑ "2016 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
↑ "2016 Schedule". Retrieved 2016-08-27.

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

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