2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team Last updated March 18, 2025 Schedule Vanderbilt announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. The Commodores hosted SEC foes Alabama , Georgia , Kentucky , and Missouri , and traveled to Florida , Ole Miss , South Carolina , and Tennessee . [ 1]
The Commodores hosted three of their four non–conference games, against Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference , Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Western Kentucky from Conference USA . Vanderbilt traveled to Middle Tennessee (also from Conference USA) and ended a five-game losing streak in opening games dating from 2012. [ 2]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee * CBSSN W 28–626,717 September 9 3:00 p.m. Alabama A&M * SECN W 42–025,802 September 16 6:30 p.m. No. 18 Kansas State * Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN ESPNU W 14–740,350 September 23 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Alabama CBS L 0–5940,350 September 30 11:00 a.m. at No. 21 Florida ESPN L 24–3884,478 October 7 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Georgia † Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry ) ESPN L 14–4536,282 October 14 2:30 p.m. at Ole Miss SECN L 35–5760,157 October 28 3:00 p.m. at South Carolina SECN L 27–3478,992 November 4 11:00 a.m. Western Kentucky * Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN ESPNU W 31–1726,350 November 11 3:00 p.m. Kentucky Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry ) SECN L 21–4427,346 November 18 6:30 p.m. Missouri Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECN L 17–4522,910 November 25 3:00 p.m. at Tennessee SECN W 42–2483,117
Schedule Source: [ 3] Game summaries Middle Tennessee Total Vanderbilt 14 7 7 0 28 MTSU 0 0 0 6 6
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1915 Vanderbilt 30–0 13–3 10–3 3–0 2016 Vanderbilt, 47–24
Alabama A&MTotal Alabama A&M 0 0 0 0 0 Vanderbilt 14 21 7 0 42
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result First game in series
Kansas State Total Kansas State 0 7 0 0 7 Vanderbilt 7 0 0 7 14
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1984 Vanderbilt 26–14 1–0 1–0 0–0 1984 Vanderbilt 26–14
Alabama Total Alabama 21 10 21 7 59 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1903 Vanderbilt 30–0 19–61–4 13–28–2 6–31–2 2011 Alabama 34–0
Florida Total Vanderbilt 7 10 0 7 24 Florida 7 10 7 14 38
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1945 Vanderbilt 7–0 10–37–2 7–15–1 3–22–1 2016 Florida 13–6
Georgia Total Georgia 7 14 17 7 45 Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1893 Vanderbilt 35–0 19–56–2 11–25–2 8–31 2016 Vanderbilt 17–16
Ole Miss Total Vanderbilt 0 21 0 14 35 Ole Miss 7 28 12 10 57
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1894 Vanderbilt 40–0 38–50–2 27–24–2 11–26 2016 Vanderbilt 38–17
South Carolina Total Vanderbilt 7 6 7 7 27 South Carolina 14 10 7 3 34
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1961 South Carolina 23–7 4–22 2–11 2–11 2016 South Carolina 13–10
Western Kentucky Total Western Kentucky 7 7 3 0 17 Vanderbilt 14 7 7 3 31
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1931 Vanderbilt 52–6 4–1 3–1 1–0 2016 Vanderbilt 31–30 OT
Kentucky Total Kentucky 7 13 21 3 44 Vanderbilt 7 0 14 0 21
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1896 Vanderbilt 6–0 42–43–4 27–19–2 15–24–2 2016 Kentucky 13–6
Missouri Total Missouri 7 28 3 7 45 Vanderbilt 0 0 17 0 17
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1895 Missouri 14–0 3–5–1 1–1–1 2–4 2016 Missouri 26–17
Tennessee Total Vanderbilt 7 14 0 21 42 Tennessee 14 0 3 7 24
First meeting Result Overall record Home Away Last meeting Result 1892 Vanderbilt 12–0 31–75–5 20–36–4 11–39–1 2016 Vanderbilt 45–34
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