1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1995 Vanderbilt Commodores football
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 →

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).

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	No. 11 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 25–33	40,880	^[1]
September 16	at No. 24 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 0–41	59,075	^[2]
September 23	TCU*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 3–16	30,652	^[3]
September 30	No. 23 Arkansas	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 7–35	25,981	^[4]
October 14	Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–17	24,986	^[5]
October 21	at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 14–52	68,915	^[6]
October 28	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 10–21	30,317	^[7]
November 4	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–10	26,053	^[8]
November 11	Louisiana Tech*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 29–6	16,101	^[9]
November 18	at No. 3 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	L 7–38	85,248	^[10]
November 25	at No. 5 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–12	92,274	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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