Coaching staff Name Position Year Derek Mason Head Coach 1st Karl Dorrell Offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach 1st Dave Kotulski Defensive coordinator / inside linebackers coach 1st Charles Bankins Running Backs Coach/special teams coordinator 4th Gerry Gdowski Wide receivers coach 1st Keven Lightner Offensive line coach 1st Frank Maile Defensive line coach 1st Kenwick Thompson Outside Linebackers 1st Ryan Anderson Defensive Graduate Assistant 2nd Tom Bossung Head Athletic Trainer 16th Cedric Calhoun Assistant Sports Performance 1st Kevin Colon Associate Director of student athletics 4th Jason Grooms Director of football operations 1st Bill Hughan Football Strength and Conditioning Director 1st Kevin Threlkel Offensive Administrative Assistant 4th Matt Ruland Assistant recruiting coordinator 1st Luke Wyatt Head Equipment Manager 32nd Tyler Barnes Defensive Graduate Assistant 2nd Rod Chance Quality Control Offense 1st A.J. Haase Offensive Graduate Assistant 1st Chandler Henley Offensive Graduate Assistant 1st Charles Walker Defensive Quality Control 1st
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Recruiting US college sports recruiting information for 2014 recruits Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date Dallas Rivers RB DeKalb County, Georgia Tucker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) – Mar 23, 2013 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Wade Freebeck QB Fort Lauderdale, Florida St. Thomas Aquinas HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) – Feb 5, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Shawn Stankavage QB Raleigh, North Carolina Cardinal Gibbons 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) – Feb 2, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Bryce Lewis DB Lilburn, Georgia Parkview High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) – Mar 23, 2013 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Bruno Reagan OL Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 302 lb (137 kg) – Feb 2, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Khari Blasingame DB New Market, Alabama Buckhorn High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) – Jan 25, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Bailey Granier OL Galliano, Louisiana South LaFourche High school 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 340 lb (150 kg) – Jan 28, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Caleb Scott WR Suwanee, Georgia North Gwinnett High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) – Feb 3, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Tre Tarpley DB Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Central Catholic High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) – Feb 2, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Sekou Clark DL Denton, Texas Ryan High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 245 lb (111 kg) – Feb 5, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Rashad Canty WR Atlanta, Georgia Riverdale High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 5.35 Jan 21, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Emmanuel Smith DB Murfreesboro, Tennessee Okland High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) – Mar 23, 2013 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Cole Hardin OL Florence, Alabama Florence High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 295 lb (134 kg) – Jun 15, 2013 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Ronald Monroe ATH Houston, Texas Fort Bend Bush High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) – Feb 4, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Tre Herndon DB Chattanooga, Tennessee East Hamilton High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) – Jul 12, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Trent Sherfield WR Danville, Illinois Danville High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) – Jul 12, 2013 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Hawkins Mann LB Burbank, California Burroughs High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (100 kg) – Feb 2, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Charles Wright LB Irvine, California Beckman High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) – Feb 2, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Riley Tindol DL Autauga County, Alabama Autauga Academy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 270 lb (120 kg) – Feb 4, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Davis Winkie LS Cumming, Georgia South Forsyth High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 265 lb (120 kg) – Feb 2, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Ladarius Wiley DB Los Angeles, California Cathedral High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) – Feb 5, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Nifae Lealao DT Sacramento, California Capital Christian High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 310 lb (140 kg) – Feb 5, 2014 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : 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:
Schedule In 2014 Vanderbilt played eight home games; the Ole Miss game was played at LP Field , but it was considered a Vandy home game. Their first four games were at home. Vanderbilt played at Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky ), Georgia (Athens, Georgia ), Missouri (Columbia, Missouri ), and at Mississippi State (Starkville, Mississippi ). Also Vandy played four non-conference teams at home against Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, and Old Dominion.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 28 9:50 p.m. Temple * SECN L 7–3731,731 September 6 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Ole Miss ESPN L 3–4143,260 September 13 11:00 a.m. UMass * Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECRN W 34–3133,386 September 20 6:30 p.m. No. 14 South Carolina Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECN L 34–4834,441 September 27 11:00 a.m. at Kentucky SECN L 7–1756,940 October 4 3:00 p.m. at No. 13 Georgia SECN L 17–4492,746 October 11 6:30 p.m. No. 24 (FCS ) Charleston Southern * Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECRN W 21–2026,738 October 25 3:00 p.m. at Missouri SECN L 14–2465,264 November 1 6:00 p.m. Old Dominion * Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN ESPNU W 42–2828,966 November 8 6:30 p.m. Florida Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECN L 10–3435,191 November 22 6:30 p.m. at No. 4 Mississippi State SECN L 0–5160,493 November 29 3:00 p.m. Tennessee Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry ) SECN L 17–2440,350 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
Temple The Derek Mason era got off to a bad start as his mistake-prone Commodores were outscored 37-7 in a loss to visiting Temple at home. It was the worst defeat in a home opener in Vanderbilt program history, and the worst opening game loss since 1998 a 42-0 loss to Mississippi. The Commodores had seven turnovers, leading to 27 points for Temple.[3]
1 2 3 4 Total • Temple 7 14 13 3 37 Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 9:52 p.m. (The game was delayed from 8:15 PM by thunderstorms) Elapsed time: 3:22Game attendance: 31,731Game weather: 78 degrees, mostly cloudyTelevision network: SEC Network[4]
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Ole Miss With a bad loss to Ole Miss Vandy had the worst start since 1998. In 1998 they lost to Ole Miss 42-0 and Alabama 32-7 to start the season. Also in 1998 Vanderbilt started with a six straight losses and ended the 1997 season with five straight losses to complete an eleven-game losing streak.
1 2 3 4 Total • Ole Miss 10 10 21 0 41 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 3 3
Location: Nashville, Tennessee (LP Field)Game start: 3:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:12Game attendance: 43,260Game weather: 82 degrees, mostly cloudyTelevision network: ESPN
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UMass 1 2 3 4 Total UMass 14 10 7 0 31 • Vanderbilt 0 20 0 14 34
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 11:05 a.m. Elapsed time: 3:48Game attendance: 33,386Game weather: 62 degrees, cloudyTelevision network: ESPN3/FSN[9] [10]
South Carolina 1 2 3 4 Total • South Carolina 0 17 10 21 48 Vanderbilt 14 0 10 10 34
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 6:39 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:36Game attendance: 34,441Game weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudyTelevision network: SEC Network[11] [12]
Kentucky 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7 • Kentucky 7 10 0 0 17
Location: Lexington, KentuckyGame start: 12:01 pm Elapsed time: 2:56Game attendance: 56,940Game weather: 76 degrees, mostly sunnyTelevision network: SEC Network[13] [14]
Georgia 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 3 7 17 • Georgia 21 6 7 10 44
Location: Athens, GeorgiaGame start: 4:01 pm Elapsed time: 3:14Game attendance: 92,746Game weather: 65 degrees, sunny and breezy (10 mph winds)Television network: SEC Network[15] [16]
Charleston Southern 1 2 3 4 Total Charleston Southern 0 10 7 3 20 • Vanderbilt 3 18 0 0 21
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 6:35 pm Elapsed time: 3:23Game attendance: 26,738Game weather: 60 degrees, cloudyTelevision network: ESPN3/FSN[17] [18]
Missouri 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14 • Missouri 3 7 7 7 24
Location: Columbia, MissouriGame start: 3:07 PM Elapsed time: 3:13Game attendance: 65,264Game weather: 76 degrees, sunnyTelevision network: SEC Network[19] [20]
Old Dominion 1 2 3 4 Total Old Dominion 7 7 7 7 28 • Vanderbilt 7 21 0 14 42
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 6:02 PM Elapsed time: 3:16Game attendance: 28,966Game weather: 47 degrees, clearTelevision network: ESPNU[21] [22]
Florida 1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 7 10 0 17 34 Vanderbilt 7 0 0 3 10
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 6:39 PM Elapsed time: 3:25Game attendance: 35,191Game weather: 51 degrees, cloudyTelevision network: SEC Network[23] [24]
Mississippi State 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 • Mississippi State 13 24 7 7 51
Location: Starkville, MississippiGame start: 6:39 PM Elapsed time: 3:19Game attendance: 60,493Game weather: 60 degrees, partly cloudyTelevision network: SEC Network[25] [26]
Tennessee 1 2 3 4 Total • Tennessee 10 7 7 0 24 Vanderbilt 0 10 7 0 17
Location: Nashville, TennesseeGame start: 3:01 PM Elapsed time: 3:30Game attendance: 40,350Game weather: 57 degrees, cloudy with 16 MPH windsTelevision network: SEC Network[27] [28]
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