1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Frease (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorCarl Reese (4th season)
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 1
No. 22 Tennessee 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Georgia 3 – 4 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Auburn 6 – 1 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 24 Mississippi State 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
LSU 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Arkansas 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Gerry DiNardo in his fourth season and finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–6 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3Wake Forest*
W 35–1431,203[1]
September 10at No. 11 Alabama
L 7–1770,123[2]
September 17Ole Miss
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 14–2029,685[3]
October 1at Arkansas
L 6–4251,976[4]
October 8at Cincinnati*
W 34–2415,875[5]
October 15at Georgia
W 43–3078,741[6]
October 22South Carolina
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 16–1930,419[7]
October 29Northern Illinois*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 17–1622,196[8]
November 5at Kentucky
W 24–640,500[9]
November 19No. 3 Florida
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–2433,508[10]
November 26Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–6538,816[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Vandy stops Deacons". The Charlotte Observer. September 4, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tide slides by on Commodore errors". The Tennessean. September 11, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss subdues Vandy". The Commercial Appeal. September 18, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hogs bury Vandy, 42–6". Tulsa World. October 2, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "UC falls in heartbreaker". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Vandy shocks Georgia". The Stuart News. October 16, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "USC defense simply dandy". The State. October 23, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Thanks to defense, Vandy gets win over N. Illinois". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Vandy rumbles past UK". Messenger-Inquirer. November 6, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Sputtering Gators handle Vanderbilt". The Charlotte Observer. November 20, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Volunteers break record with 65–0 win over Vandy". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 27, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1994 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
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