1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football
1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1987 record	4–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Watson Brown (2nd season);
Defensive coordinator	Dick Hopkins (2nd season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his second season and finished with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12		Memphis State*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 27–17	64,186
September 19		at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 31–35	23,100
September 26	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 23–30	41,824	^[1]
October 3		at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 17–27
October 10		at No. 5 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 15–48	79,500
October 17		No. 18 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 24–52	40,878
October 24	1:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 14–42	31,000
October 31		Rutgers*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 27–13
November 7		Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 38–29
November 21		Maryland*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 34–24	34,816
November 28		at No. 16 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 36–38	93,306
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Humphrey, Tide outlast gritty VU". The Tennessean. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1987 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

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National championships in bold

1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Auburn $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	10	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll