2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	5–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (6th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	3 Jonathan Goff Chris Williams Theo Horrocks
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons← 2006 2008 →

2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 2 Georgia x%	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 13 Florida	5	–	3	9	–	4
South Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	6
Kentucky	3	–	5	8	–	5
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	5	–	7
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 15 Auburn	5	–	3	9	–	4
Arkansas	4	–	4	8	–	5
Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Alabama	4	–	4	7	–	6
Ole Miss	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his sixth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006, Vanderbilt went 5–7 with a record of 2–6 in the SEC.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Richmond*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 41–17	32,215
September 8	11:30 a.m.	Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	LFS	L 10–24	39,773
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	W 31–17	34,180
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 30–7	37,220
October 6	11:30 a.m.	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	LFS	L 7–35	82,657
October 13	5:00 p.m.	No. 24 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 17–20	39,773
October 20	11:30 a.m.	at No. 6 South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 17–6	79,212
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 24–13	26,450
November 3	11:30 a.m.	at No. 18 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	LFS	L 22–49	90,222
November 10	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	L 20–27	39,773
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	L 24–25	105,077
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Wake Forest*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 17–31	27,650
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) FirstBank Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee
Culture & lore	History Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup Vanderbilt rape case 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game 2024 Alabama 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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