1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Frease (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Carl Reese (4th season)
Home stadium Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons
←  1993
1995  →
1994 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$ 7 –1 –010 –2 –1
No. 22 Tennessee 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
South Carolina 4 –4 –07 –5 –0
Georgia 3 –4 –16 –4 –1
Vanderbilt 2 –6 –05 –6 –0
Kentucky 0 –8 –01 –10 –0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x 8 –0 –012 –1 –0
No. 9 Auburn 6 –1 –19 –1 –1
No. 24 Mississippi State 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
LSU 3 –5 –04 –7 –0
Arkansas 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Ole Miss 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1994 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 Gerry DiNardo in his fourth and final season and finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–6 in the SEC).

DiNardo left the Commodores two weeks after the season concluded to become head coach at SEC rival LSU.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3 Wake Forest *
W 35–1431,203 [1]
September 10at No. 11 Alabama
L 7–1770,123 [2]
September 17 Ole Miss
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 14–2029,685 [3]
October 1at Arkansas
L 6–4251,976 [4]
October 8at Cincinnati *
W 34–2415,875 [5]
October 15at Georgia
W 43–3078,741 [6]
October 22 South Carolina
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 16–1930,419 [7]
October 29 Northern Illinois *
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 17–1622,196 [8]
November 5at Kentucky
W 24–640,500 [9]
November 19No. 3 Florida
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–2433,508 [10]
November 26 Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–6538,816 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Vandy stops Deacons". The Charlotte Observer. September 4, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Tide slides by on Commodore errors". The Tennessean. September 11, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Ole Miss subdues Vandy". The Commercial Appeal. September 18, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Hogs bury Vandy, 42–6". Tulsa World. October 2, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "UC falls in heartbreaker". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Vandy shocks Georgia". The Stuart News. October 16, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "USC defense simply dandy". The State. October 23, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Thanks to defense, Vandy gets win over N. Illinois". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Vandy rumbles past UK". Messenger-Inquirer. November 6, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Sputtering Gators handle Vanderbilt". The Charlotte Observer. November 20, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Volunteers break record with 65–0 win over Vandy". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 27, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "1994 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
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