2014 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	3–9 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Karl Dorrell (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Kotulski (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons ←  2013 2015  →

2014 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 14 Missouri x		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 9 Georgia		6	–	2					10	–	3
Florida		4	–	4					7	–	5
Tennessee		3	–	5					7	–	6
South Carolina		3	–	5					7	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					5	–	7
Vanderbilt		0	–	8					3	–	9
Western Division
No. 4 Alabama x$^		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 11 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 17 Ole Miss *		5	–	3					9	–	4
No. 22 Auburn		4	–	4					8	–	5
LSU *		4	–	4					8	–	5
Texas A&M		3	–	5					8	–	5
Arkansas		2	–	6					7	–	6
Championship: Alabama 42, Missouri 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' win over Presbyterian) due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their eight home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since 1922. Derek Mason took over the helm as Vanderbilt's new head coach. They were members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the season 3–9, 0–8 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Eastern Division.

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

College recruiting information (2014)
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
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Wade Freebeck QB	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	–	Feb 5, 2014
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Shawn Stankavage QB	Raleigh, North Carolina	Cardinal Gibbons	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	–	Feb 2, 2014
	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
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Bruno Reagan OL	Clarksville, Tennessee	Clarksville High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	302 lb (137 kg)	–	Feb 2, 2014
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Khari Blasingame DB	New Market, Alabama	Buckhorn High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	–	Jan 25, 2014
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Bailey Granier OL	Galliano, Louisiana	South LaFourche High school	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	340 lb (150 kg)	–	Jan 28, 2014
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Caleb Scott WR	Suwanee, Georgia	North Gwinnett High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	–	Feb 3, 2014
	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
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Sekou Clark DL	Denton, Texas	Ryan High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	–	Feb 5, 2014
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Rashad Canty WR	Atlanta, Georgia	Riverdale High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	5.35	Jan 21, 2014
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Emmanuel Smith DB	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Okland High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	–	Mar 23, 2013
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Cole Hardin OL	Florence, Alabama	Florence High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	–	Jun 15, 2013
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Ronald Monroe ATH	Houston, Texas	Fort Bend Bush High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	–	Feb 4, 2014
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Tre Herndon DB	Chattanooga, Tennessee	East Hamilton High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	–	Jul 12, 2014
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Trent Sherfield WR	Danville, Illinois	Danville High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	–	Jul 12, 2013
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Hawkins Mann LB	Burbank, California	Burroughs High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	–	Feb 2, 2014
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Charles Wright LB	Irvine, California	Beckman High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	–	Feb 2, 2014
	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
	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
	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
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Nifae Lealao DT	Sacramento, California	Capital Christian High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	310 lb (140 kg)	–	Feb 5, 2014
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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: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.

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 *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	L 7–37	31,731
September 6	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Ole Miss	LP Field Nashville, TN (rivalry / SEC Nation)	ESPN	L 3–41	43,260
September 13	11:00 a.m.	UMass *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECRN	W 34–31	33,386
September 20	6:30 p.m.	No. 14 South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	L 34–48	34,441
September 27	11:00 a.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	SECN	L 7–17	56,940
October 4	3:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	SECN	L 17–44	92,746
October 11	6:30 p.m.	No. 24 (FCS) Charleston Southern *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECRN	W 21–20	26,738
October 25	3:00 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	L 14–24	65,264
November 1	6:00 p.m.	Old Dominion *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPNU	W 42–28	28,966
November 8	6:30 p.m.	Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	L 10–34	35,191
November 22	6:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	SECN	L 0–51	60,493
November 29	3:00 p.m.	Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	L 17–24	40,350
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings 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]

See also: 2014 Temple Owls football team

1 2 3 4 Total •Temple 7 14 13 3 37 Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 9:52 p.m. (The game was delayed from 8:15 p.m. by thunderstorms) Elapsed time: 3:22 Game attendance: 31,731 Game weather: 78 degrees, mostly cloudy TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge [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.

See also: 2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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: 3:12 Game attendance: 43,260 Game weather: 82 degrees, mostly cloudy TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake

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UMass

See also: 2014 UMass Minutemen football team

1 2 3 4 Total UMass 14 10 7 0 31 •Vanderbilt 0 20 0 14 34 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 11:05 a.m. Elapsed time: 3:48 Game attendance: 33,386 Game weather: 62 degrees, cloudy TV announcers (ESPN3/FSN): Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch [9] [10]

South Carolina

See also: 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1 2 3 4 Total •South Carolina 0 17 10 21 48 Vanderbilt 14 0 10 10 34 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 6:39 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:36 Game attendance: 34,441 Game weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy TV announcers (SEC Network [11] [12] ): Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor

Kentucky

See also: 2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7 •Kentucky 7 10 0 0 17 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Game start: 12:01 pm Elapsed time: 2:56 Game attendance: 56,940 Game weather: 76 degrees, mostly sunny TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge [13] [14]

Georgia

See also: 2014 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 3 7 17 •Georgia 21 6 7 10 44 Location: Athens, Georgia Game start: 4:01 pm Elapsed time: 3:14 Game attendance: 92,746 Game weather: 65 degrees, sunny and breezy (10 mph winds) TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge [15] [16]

Charleston Southern

See also: 2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

1 2 3 4 Total Charleston Southern 0 10 7 3 20 •Vanderbilt 3 18 0 0 21 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 6:35 pm Elapsed time: 3:23 Game attendance: 26,738 Game weather: 60 degrees, cloudy TV announcers (ESPN3/FSN): Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch, Olivia Harlan [17] [18]

Missouri

See also: 2014 Missouri Tigers football team

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14 •Missouri 3 7 7 7 24 Location: Columbia, Missouri Game start: 3:07 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:13 Game attendance: 65,264 Game weather: 76 degrees, sunny, 3 mph Referee: Marc Curles TV announcers (SEC Network): Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith [19] [20]

Old Dominion

See also: 2014 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

1 2 3 4 Total Old Dominion 7 7 7 7 28 •Vanderbilt 7 21 0 14 42 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 6:02 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 28,966 Game weather: 47 degrees, clear TV announcers (ESPNU [21] [22] ): Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht

Florida

See also: 2014 Florida Gators football team

1 2 3 4 Total •Florida 7 10 0 17 34 Vanderbilt 7 0 0 3 10 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 6:39 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 35,191 Game weather: 51 degrees, cloudy TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge [23] [24]

Mississippi State

See also: 2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 •Mississippi State 13 24 7 7 51 Location: Starkville, Mississippi Game start: 6:39 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 60,493 Game weather: 60 degrees, partly cloudy TV announcers (SEC Network): Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb, Heather Mitts [25] [26]

Tennessee

See also: 2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1 2 3 4 Total •Tennessee 10 7 7 0 24 Vanderbilt 0 10 7 0 17 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Game start: 3:01 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 40,350 Game weather: 57 degrees, cloudy with 16 MPH winds TV announcers (SEC Network): Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb, Heather Mitts [27] [28]

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