YEARLY RESULTS
1987 (4-7/1-5 7th) Coach: Watson Brown Captains: Everett Crawford, Chris Gaines, Daryl Holt, Carl Parker 9/12 Memphis* W 27-17 9/19 Duke L 31-35 9/26 Alabama* (#17) L 23-30 10/3 Tulane L 17-27 10/10 Auburn (#5) L 15-48 10/17 Georgia* (#18) L 24-52 10/24 Mississippi L 14-42 10/31 Rutgers* W 27-13 11/7 Kentucky* W 38-29 11/21 Maryland* W 34-24 11/28 Tennessee L 36-38 1988 (3-8/2-5 9th) Coach: Watson Brown Captains: Eric Jones, Joe Gentry, Mike Johnson, Brent Turner 9/10 Mississippi State* W 24-20 9/17 Rutgers W 31-30 9/24 Alabama (#13) L 10-44 10/1 Duke* L 15-17 10/8 Georgia (#15) L 22-41 10/15 Florida* (#20) W 24-9 10/22 Mississippi* L 28-36 11/5 Kentucky L 13-14 11/12 Army L 19-24 11/19 Memphis L 9-28 11/26 Tennessee* L 7-14 1989 (1-10/0-7 10th) Coach: Watson Brown Captains: John Gromos, Greg Smith, DeMond Winston, Andy McCarroll 9/2 Mississippi State L 7-42 9/23 Ohio* W 54-10 9/30 Alabama* (#13) L 14-20 10/7 Memphis L 10-13 10/14 Florida (#25) L 11-34 10/21 Georgia* L 16-35 10/28 Mississippi L 16-24 11/4 Virginia Tech L 0-18 11/11 Kentucky* L 11-15 11/18 Tulane* L 13-37 12/2 Tennessee (#8) L 10-17
9/8 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1
7-44 24-21 28-59 14-49 6-56 28-39 13-14 21-28 38-42 28-56 20-49
1991 (5-6/3-4 6th) Coach: Gerry DiNardo Captains: Bobby Craycraft, Rod Keith 9/7 Syracuse (#24) L 10-37 9/14 SMU* W 14-11 9/21 LSU L 14-16 9/28 Alabama* (#22) L 17-48 10/5 Duke L 13-17 10/12 Auburn* (#24) L 22-24 10/19 Georgia* (#17) W 27-25 10/26 Mississippi W 30-27 11/2 Army W 41-10 11/9 Kentucky* W 17-7 11/30 Tennessee L 0-45 1992 (4-7/2-6 5th) Coach: Gerry DiNardo Captains: Marcus Wilson, Robbie Young 9/5 Alabama (#9) L 8-25 9/12 Duke* W 42-37 9/19 Mississippi* (#25) W 31-9 10/3 Auburn L 7-31 10/10 Wake Forest* L 6-40 10/17 Georgia (#10) L 20-30 10/24 So. Carolina* L 17-21 11/7 Kentucky W 20-7 11/14 Navy W 27-7 11/21 Florida* (#9) L 21-41 11/28 Tennessee* (#18) L 25-29 1993 (5-6/2-6 6th) Coach: Gerry DiNardo Captains: Gerald Collins, Tony Jackson, Eric Dahlberg 9/4 Wake Forest W 27-12 9/11 Alabama*(#2) forfeit W 6-17 918 Mississippi L 7-49 10/2 Auburn* (#23) L 10-14 10/9 Cincinnati* W 17-7 10/16 Georgia* L 3-41 10/23 So. Carolina L 0-22 11/6 Kentucky* W 12-7 11/13 Navy* W 41-7 11/20 Florida (#8) L 0-52 11/27 Tennessee (#6) L 14-62
Sept. 29, 1984
The Commodores hand Alabama a 30-21 homecoming loss. After the win and a 4-0 start, AP pollsters give Vanderbilt a No. 17 ranking. All-America TE Chuck Scott, right, hauls in reception.
Sept. 6, 1986
1990 (1-10/1-6 9th) Coach: Watson Brown game captains selected SMU L LSU* W Alabama L Syracuse* L Auburn (#6) L Georgia L Mississippi* (#17) L Kentucky L Army* L Wake Forest* L Tennessee* (#12) L
Former Vanderbilt quarterback and fan favorite Watson Brown returns to the sideline for his first game as Commodore head coach.
1994 (5-6/2-6 5th) Coach: Gerry DiNardo Captains: Gerald Collins, Eric Lewis 9/3 Wake Forest* W 35-14 9/10 Alabama (#11) L 7-17 9/17 Mississippi* L 14-20 10/1 Arkansas L 6-42 10/8 Cincinnati W 34-24 10/15 Georgia W 43-30 10/22 So. Carolina* L 16-19 10/29 Northern Illinois* W 17-16 11/5 Kentucky W 24-6 11/19 Florida* (#3) L 7-24 11/26 Tennessee* L 0-65
9/2 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25
1995 (2-9/1-7 6th) Coach: Rod Dowhower game captains selected Alabama* (#11) L Notre Dame (#24) L TCU* L Arkansas* (#23) L Georgia* L So. Carolina L Mississippi L Kentucky* W Louisiana Tech* W Florida (#5) L Tennessee (#5) L
9/5 9/14 9/21 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/30
1996 (2-9/0-8 6th) Coach: Rod Dowhower game captains selected Notre Dame* (#6) L 7-14 Alabama (#13) L 26-36 Mississippi* L 9-20 LSU (#14) L 0-35 North Texas W 19-7 Georgia L 2-13 So. Carolina* L 0-27 UAB* W 31-15 Florida* (#1) L 21-28 Kentucky L 0-25 Tennessee* (#9) L 7-14
1997 (3-8/0-8 6th) Coach: Woody Widenhofer Captains: Damian Allen, John Bradley, Corey Chavous, Jamie Duncan, Jay Stallworth 8/30 North Texas* W 29-12 9/11 Alabama* (#15) L 0-20 9/20 TCU* W 40-16 9/27 Mississippi L 3-15 10/4 LSU* (#13) L 6-7 10/11 Northern Illinois W 17-7 10/18 Georgia* (#19) L 13-34 10/25 So. Carolina L 3-35 11/8 Florida (#13) L 3-35 11/15 Kentucky* L 10-21 11/29 Tennessee (#9) L 10-17
Oct. 3, 1987
Chris Gaines, right, put together one of the finest individual defensive efforts in team history, contributed 37 total tackles against Tulane in the Superdome.
Oct. 15, 1988
Wearing new gold jerseys for the first time, linebacker Billy Cunningham contributes an interception and two sacks in Vanderbilt's 24-9 upset of No. 20 Florida.
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1988
Boo Mitchell, below, has five consecutive 100-yard receiving games. He still ranks first on the team career receiving yardage.
1998 (2-9/1-7 5th) Coach: Woody Widenhofer Captains: Rahim Batten, Fred Vinson, Jared McGrath, Clay Condrey 9/5 Mississippi State L 0-42 9/12 Alabama L 7-32 9/19 Mississippi* L 6-30 10/3 TCU (2OT) L 16-19 10/10 Western Michigan* L 24-27 10/17 Georgia (#13) L 6-31 10/24 So. Carolina* W 17-14 10/31 Duke* (OT) W 36-33 11/7 Florida* (#5) L 13-45 11/14 Kentucky L 17-55 11/28 Tennessee* (#1) L 0-41 1999 (5-6/2-6 5th) Coach: Woody Widenhofer Captains: Jeff Barnett, Ainsley Battles, Lamont Turner, Todd Yoder 9/4 Alabama* (#20) L 17-28 9/11 Northern Illinois* W 34-31 9/18 Mississippi (OT) W 37-34 9/25 Duke W 31-14 10/2 Mississippi State* L 14-42 10/9 The Citadel* W 58-0 10/16 Georgia* (#14) L 17-27 10/23 So. Carolina W 11-10 11/6 Florida (#5) L 6-13 11/13 Kentucky* L 17-19 11/27 Tennessee (#6) L 10-38 2000 (3-8/1-7 5th) Coach: Woody Widenhofer Captains: Ryan Aulds, Matt Stewart, Elliott Carson, John Markham 9/2 Miami, Ohio* L 30-33 9/9 Alabama (#13) L 10-28 9/16 Mississippi* L 7-12 9/23 Duke* W 26-7 9/30 Auburn (#19) L 0-33 10/7 Wake Forest W 17-10 10/14 Georgia (#14) L 19-29 10/21 So. Carolina* (#18) L 14-30 11/4 Florida* (#6) L 20-43 11/11 Kentucky W 24-20 11/25 Tennessee* (#25) L 26-28 2001 (2-9/0-8 6th) Coach: Woody Widenhofer Captains: Antuian Bradford, Jamie Byrum, Nate Morrow, Dan Stricker 8/30 MTSU* L 28-37 9/8 Alabama* L 9-10 9/22 Richmond* W 28-22 9/29 Auburn* L 21-24 10/13 Georgia* (#19) L 14-30 10/20 So. Carolina (#16) L 14-46 10/27 Duke W 42-28 11/3 Florida (#4) L 13-71 11/10 Kentucky* L 30-56 11/24 Tennessee (#7) L 0-38 12/1 Mississippi L 27-38
1988
"It's Showtime" featuring senior quarterback Eric Jones. Coming off a superb junior season, Vanderbilt initiates Heisman campaign for Jones as season approaches.
Oct. 19, 1991
Tailback Corey Harris takes an errand pitch by Marcus Wilson 51 yards for the deciding points in Vanderbilt's 27-24 victory over No. 17 Georgia. Harris and fellow running back Sam Chalmers both top 100 rushing yards in the Commodore win.
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COMMODORE HISTORY
1986 (1-10/0-6 9th) Coach: Watson Brown Captains: Thanh Anderson, Mark Woehler, Carl Woods, Mark Wracher 9/6 Alabama (#5) L 10-42 9/13 Maryland L 21-35 9/20 Tulane* L 17-35 10/4 Duke* W 24-18 10/11 Auburn* (#7) L 9-31 10/18 Georgia L 16-38 10/25 Mississippi L 12-28 11/1 Memphis* L 21-22 11/8 Kentucky L 22-34 11/15 Virginia Tech L 21-29 11/29 Tennessee* L 20-35