1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football
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)
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

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.

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

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

Roster
Last update: 1997-01-10

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

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1996 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern conference
Division	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)
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	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