1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season

1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Rod Dowhower (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Rennie Simmons (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Woody Widenhofer (1st season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons← 1994 1996 →

1995 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern Division
No. 2 Florida x$	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Tennessee	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Georgia	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Western Division
Arkansas x	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	5	–	0
No. 21 Alabama	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 22 Auburn	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
LSU	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Championship: Florida 34, Arkansas 3
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Rod Dowhower in his first season and finished with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 1–7 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	No. 11 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 25–33	40,880
September 16	at No. 24 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 0–41	59,075
September 23	TCU*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 3–16	30,652
September 30	No. 23 Arkansas	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 7–35	25,981
October 14	Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–17	24,986
October 21	at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 14–52	68,915
October 28	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 10–21	30,317
November 4	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–10	26,053
November 11	Louisiana Tech*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 29–6	16,101
November 18	at No. 3 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	L 7–38	85,248
November 25	at No. 5 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–12	92,274
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL		Allen DeGraffenreid
QB		Ronnie Gordon
RB		Jermaine Johnson
WR		Duane Todd
WR		Sanford Ware

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Carlton Hall

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Rod Dowhower

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

"Tide rises just in time". The Tennessean. September 3, 1995. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Get-well card to Holtz: Irish blowout". Chicago Tribune. September 17, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"TCU kicks past Vandy 16–3 as Commodores fall to 0–3". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 24, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Arkansas rumbles at Vandy". Tulsa World. October 1, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Defense shows its bark at Vanderbilt". Anderson Independent-Mail. October 15, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Gamecocks focus, flog Vanderbilt". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"New QB sparks Rebs past Vanderbilt, 21–10". Hattiesburg American. October 29, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Kentucky can't run from Vandy's streak". The Paducah Sun. November 5, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Getting some kicks: VU finally shows total team effort". The Tennessean. November 12, 1995. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"UF overcomes lethargy, Vandy". The Miami Herald. November 19, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Vols rally past Vanderbilt". The Macon Telegraph. November 26, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"1995 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

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