1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern conference
	Eastern Division
1996 record	2–9 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Rod Dowhower (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Woody Widenhofer (2nd season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 41,000)

1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 9 Tennessee		7	–	1					10	–	2
South Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	5
Kentucky		3	–	5					4	–	7
Georgia		3	–	5					5	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8					2	–	9
Western Division
No. 11 Alabama xy		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 12 LSU x		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 24 Auburn		4	–	4					8	–	4
Mississippi State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Ole Miss		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN	L 7–14	41,523
September 14	5:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 26–36	70,123
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		L 9–20	40,820
October 5	7:00 p.m.	at No. 14 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–35	80,142
October 12	2:30 p.m.	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, TX		W 19–7	16,227
October 19	11:30 a.m.	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	JPS	L 2–13	80,757
October 26	1:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 0–27	36,583
November 2	1:00 p.m.	UAB*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 31–15	30,153
November 9	11:30 a.m.	No. 1 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	JPS	L 21–28	40,249
November 16	11:30 a.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–25	33,000
November 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–14	40,289
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Damian Allen Jr C 51 Jim Anguiano So RB 35 Marcus A. Williams Jr RB 23 Tyrone Yarbrough So WR 81 Todd Yoder Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 30 Damien Charley So LB 49 Jamie Duncan Jr CB 4 Corey Chavous Jr SS 19 Eric Vance Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Rod Dowhower Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1997-01-10

References

1. "1996 Final Vanderbilt Stats". Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved October 15, 2014.