2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores play their seven home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since 1922. The 2013 team is coming off back-to-back bowls for the first time in school history. The 2012 season was the best win pct since 1955 (.692) the nine wins was the most since 1915, and the 5 SEC wins was the most since 1935. The 2012 season ended with the current longest win streak in the SEC, needless to say this was one of the best seasons in Vanderbilt football history. The 2013 team was headed by James Franklin who was in his 3rd and final year at Vanderbilt.[1] It marked the Commodores 123rd overall season, 80th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 22nd within the SEC Eastern Division. For the third straight year Vanderbilt had made it to a bowl game the game was the first played after December 31 of the same year of the season. Vandy defeated Houston Cougars in the BBVA Compass Bowl 41–24. Vanderbilt finished with 9 wins back to back for the first time in school history, also for the first time was ranked in the top 25 of AP and Coaches polls in back-to-back years.

2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football
BBVA Compass Bowl champion
BBVA Compass Bowl, W 41–24 vs. Houston
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 24
2013 record9–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coachJames Franklin (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorJohn Donovan (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBob Shoop (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
(Capacity: 40,550)
2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 4 South Carolina  6 –2     11 –2  
Georgia  5 –3     8 –5  
No. 24 Vanderbilt  4 –4     9 –4  
Florida  3 –5     4 –8  
Tennessee  2 –6     5 –7  
Kentucky  0 –8     2 –10  
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 7 Alabama x%  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 14 LSU  5 –3     10 –3  
No. 18 Texas A&M  4 –4     9 –4  
Mississippi State  3 –5     7 –6  
Ole Miss  3 –5     8 –5  
Arkansas  0 –8     3 –9  
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Before the season

A small amount of controversy occurred when Vanderbilt canceled games at home with Northwestern and away with Ohio State. Letters were sent cancelling the games, with the explicit reason being the need to accommodate Mizzou into Vanderbilt's SEC East Division. Northwestern, like Vanderbilt in the SEC the sole private institution in the Big 10, alleged that the real reason was fear on the part of Vanderbilt to continue playing its Big 10 counterpart—a series which had been referred to as the Battle of the Nerds.[2]

On August 9, 2013, four players were indicted for rape and arrested. Brandon Vandenburg, Cory Batey, Brandon Banks and Jaborian McKenzie were taken into custody and given a state mandated HIV test in connection with the Vanderbilt rape case.[3] All four men were charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. They allegedly had sex with an unconscious 21-year-old victim in the school's Gillette House dorm on June 23, 2013. The defendants were dismissed from the football team on June 29, 2013 and banned from campus during the six-week investigation that followed.[4] A fifth player, Chris Boyd, pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit accessory after the fact and was dismissed from the team but not the university[5] for his role in helping to cover up the rape.[6]

Coaching staff
NamePositionYear
James FranklinHead Coach3rd
John DonovanOffensive Coordinator / Running Backs Coach3rd
Bob ShoopDefensive Coordinator / Safeties Coach3rd
Charles BankinsSpecial Teams Coordinator / Tight Ends Coach3rd
Josh GattisWide Receivers Coach2nd
Herb HandOffensive Line Coach4th
George BarlowDefensive Backs Coach2nd
Brent PryCo-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach3rd
Ricky RahneQuarterbacks Coach3rd
Sean SpencerDefensive Line Coach3rd
Andy FrankAssistant Director of Football Operations5th
Jemal GriffinFootball Chief of Staff3rd
Michael HazelDirector of Football Operations5th
Matt RulandAssistant Recruiting Coordinator2nd
Joey OrckOffensive Graduate Assistant5th
Tom BossungHead Athletic Trainer15th
Kevin ColonAssociate Director of Student Athletics3rd
Dwight GaltFootball Strength and Conditioning Director3rd
Chuck LoseyFootball Assistant Strength Coach3rd
Kevin ThrelkelOffensive Administrative Assistant3rd
Luke WyattHead Equipment Manager31st

[7]

Recruiting

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 298:15 p.m.Ole Miss
ESPNL 35–3940,350
September 76:30 p.m.Austin Peay*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
CSSW 38–333,162
September 146:00 p.m.at No. 13 South Carolina
ESPNL 25–3581,371
September 2111:00 a.m.at Massachusetts*
ESPNewsW 24–716,419
September 286:30 p.m.UAB*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ESPN3W 52–2432,467
October 56:30 p.m.Missouri
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
CSSL 28–5136,892
October 1911:00 a.m.No. 15 Georgia
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
CBSW 31–2740,350
October 2611:21 a.m.at No. 14 Texas A&M
SECTVL 24–5686,584
November 911:00 a.m.at Florida
SECRNW 34–1788,004
November 1611:21 a.m.Kentucky
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
SECTVW 22–633,488
November 236:00 p.m.at Tennessee
ESPN2W 14–1097,223
November 3011:21 a.m.Wake Forest*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
SECTVW 23–2133,019
January 4, 201412:00 p.m.vs. Houston*
ESPNW 41–2442,717
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings
See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 24 
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 23 
Harris Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

References
  1. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140111/SPORTS0602/140111014/Vanderbilt-AD-says-We-re-ready-get-moving-after-James-Franklin
  2. "Vanderbilt Cancels Ohio State, Northwestern Series Due to SEC Schedule Conflicts". SB Nation. October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  3. "Vanderbilt rape case: Timeline of key events". The Tennessean.
  4. "Former Campus Athletes Indicted on Multiple Counts of Aggravated Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery". ABC News. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  5. Haas, Brian (September 17, 2013). "Chris Boyd dismissed from Vanderbilt football program". USA Today. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  6. "Chris Boyd becomes fifth Vanderbilt football player indicted in rape case". CBS News. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  7. "Official Football Roster". vucommodores.com. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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