2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorBruce Fowler (4th season)
Captain
2
Home stadium
Vanderbilt Stadium
(Capacity: 39,773)
Seasons
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$   6 – 2     10 – 3  
South Carolina   5 – 3     7 – 5  
No. 12 Florida   5 – 3     9 – 3  
Vanderbilt   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Tennessee   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Kentucky   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 14 Auburn x   7 – 1     9 – 3  
No. 8 Alabama   6 – 2     10 – 2  
Arkansas   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Ole Miss   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2005 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores offense scored 299 points while the defense allowed 321 points. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his 4th year, the Commodores won their first four games of the season but finished the season with only five wins.

This was Jay Cutler's senior year. The leading receiver was Earl Bennett. Also on the team: Jonathan Goff, Thomas Welch and Chris Williams.

Vanderbilt started out with 4 wins and looked to make it 5 for the first time since the 1940s with a win over in state MTSU. The game was close and down to the last play of the game, but a failed Vanderbilt field goal attempt allowed MTSU to come away with the win. Vanderbilt then proceeded to drop its next 5 games and fall out of Bowl eligibility.

Positively, the season ended on a high-note as Vanderbilt recorded its first win over the rival

2006 NFL Draft
the following Spring.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at
Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
    		• ESPNUW 24–2025,384
    September 106:00 p.m.at Arkansas
    		W 28–2468,215
    September 1711:30 a.m.
    JPS
    		W 31–2334,837
    September 246:00 p.m.Richmond*
    • Vanderbilt Stadium
    • Nashville, TN
    		W 37–1338,446
    October 16:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee State*dagger
    • Vanderbilt Stadium
    • Nashville, TN
    		ESPNGPL 15–1737,257
    October 86:00 p.m.No. 11 LSU
    • Vanderbilt Stadium
    • Nashville, TN
    		ESPN2L 6–3437,309
    October 156:15 p.m.No. 5 Georgia
    • Vanderbilt Stadium
    • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		ESPN2L 17–3438,822
    October 222:30 p.m.at
    Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
    		• ESPNGPL 28–3576,427
    November 56:15 p.m.at No. 13 Florida
    		ESPN2L 42–49 OT90,140
    November 121:00 p.m.Kentucky
    • Vanderbilt Stadium
    • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		L 43–4829,506
    November 1911:30 a.m.at Tennessee
    		JPSW 28–24107,487
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Jay Cutler Quarterback 1 11 Denver Broncos

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    References

    1. ^ "2006 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.


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