1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Gerry DiNardo (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Don Frease (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese (4th season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

Last updated August 20, 2023

1994 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	1
No. 22 Tennessee	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Auburn	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Mississippi State	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	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 season and finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–6 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 3	Wake Forest *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 35–14
September 10	at No. 11 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 7–17
September 17	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 14–20
October 1	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 6–42
October 8	at Cincinnati *	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 34–24
October 15	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	W 43–30
October 22	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 16–19
October 29	Northern Illinois *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 17–16
November 5	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 24–6
November 19	No. 3 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 7–24
November 26	Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–65
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Source: 1994 Vanderbilt football schedule^[1]

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References

↑ "1994 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

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