1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern conference
Division Eastern Division
1997 record 3–8 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach Woody Widenhofer (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Ed Lambert (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Norm Parker (1st season)
Captain
Home stadium Vanderbilt Stadium
(Capacity: 41,448)
1997 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 7 Tennessee x$  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 10 Georgia  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 4 Florida  6 –2     10 –2  
South Carolina  3 –5     5 –6  
Kentucky  2 –6     5 –6  
Vanderbilt  0 –8     3 –8  
Western Division
No. 11 Auburn xy  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 13 LSU x  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 22 Ole Miss  4 –4     8 –4  
Mississippi State  4 –4     7 –4  
Alabama  2 –6     4 –7  
Arkansas  2 –6     4 –7  
Championship: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 6:00 p.m. North Texas* Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee W 29–12   38,281
September 11 7:00 p.m. No. 15 Alabama Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee ESPN L 0–20   41,448
September 20 7:00 p.m. TCU* Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee W 40–16   34,824
September 27 6:00 p.m. at Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Rivalry) L 3–15   36,417
October 4 2:30 p.m. No. 13 LSU Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee PPV L 6–7   37,045
October 11 3:00 p.m. at Northern Illinois* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 17–7   17,567
October 18 8:00 p.m. No. 21 Georgia Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) ESPN2 L 13–34   35,124
October 25 6:00 p.m. at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina L 3–35   79,014
November 8 11:30 a.m. at No. 13 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida JPS L 7–20   85,301
November 15 1:00 p.m. Kentucky Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) L 10–21   40,256
November 29 11:00 a.m. at No. 3 Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) CBS L 10–17   106,683
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster

1997 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Greg Zolman Fr
QB 17 Damian Allen Sr
RB 23 Tyrone Yarbrough Jr
RB 35 Marcus A. Williams Sr
G 51 Jim Anguiano Jr
WR 81 Todd Yoder So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Fred Vinson Jr
CB 4 Corey Chavous Sr
CB 30 Damien Charley Jr
LB 49 Jamie Duncan Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1998-12-02

References

  1. ↑ "1997 Final Vanderbilt Stats". Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 15, 2014.


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