2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg
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 coach
  • James Franklin (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorJohn Donovan (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBob Shoop (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
9
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
(Capacity: 40,550)
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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  
Arkansas   0 – 8     3 – 9  
Ole Miss*   0 – 5     1 – 5  
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for the Music City Bowl) due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played 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 was coming off back-to-back bowls for the first time in school history. The 2012 season was the best win percentage since 1955 (.692); the nine wins were the most since 1915, and the 5 SEC wins were the most since 1935. 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. Vandy defeated the Houston Cougars in the BBVA Compass Bowl 41–24. Vanderbilt finished with 9 wins in back to back seasons for the first time in school history.

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, is 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]

Rape case[]

On August 9, 2013, four Vanderbilt football players were arrested and indicted for rape. Brandon Vandenburg, Cory Lamont Batey, Brandon E. Banks, and Jaborian "Tip" 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 carried an unconscious 21-year-old female student into a dorm room in the school's Gilette House, and gang-raped and sodomized her on the floor in a 32-minute attack on June 23, 2013.[4][5][6][7][8] They took graphic photos and videos of the rape.[9] The victim (who is White) told the court that after Batey (who is Black) raped her, he urinated on her face while saying she deserved what he was doing to her because of the color of her skin, which sources reported was "That’s for 400 years of slavery you b----."[10][11] The defendants were dismissed from the football team on June 29, 2013 and banned from campus during the six-week investigation that followed.[12] 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[13] for his role in helping to cover up the rape.[14] Three of the players were convicted, and received prison sentences ranging from 15 years, the minimum allowed by Tennessee law for their crimes, to 17 years. The fourth player accepted a plea deal which included 10 years' probation, and did not receive any jail time.[15][16][17][18]

Coaching staff[]

Name Position Year
James Franklin Head Coach 3rd
John Donovan Offensive Coordinator / Running Backs Coach 3rd
Bob Shoop Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Coach 3rd
Charles Bankins Special Teams Coordinator / Tight Ends Coach 3rd
Josh Gattis Wide Receivers Coach 2nd
Herb Hand Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach 4th
George Barlow Defensive Backs Coach 2nd
Brent Pry Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 3rd
Ricky Rahne Quarterbacks Coach 3rd
Sean Spencer Defensive Line Coach 3rd
Andy Frank Assistant Director of Football Operations 5th
Jemal Griffin Football Chief of Staff 3rd
Michael Hazel Director of Football Operations 5th
Matt Ruland Assistant Recruiting Coordinator 2nd
Joey Orck Offensive Graduate Assistant 5th
Tom Bossung Head Athletic Trainer 15th
Kevin Colon Associate Director of Student Athletics 3rd
Dwight Galt Football Strength and Conditioning Director 3rd
Chuck Losey Football Assistant Strength Coach 3rd
Kevin Threlkel Offensive Administrative Assistant 3rd
Luke Wyatt Head Equipment Manager 31st

[19]

Recruiting[]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 298:15 p.m.Ole Miss
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
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
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 25–3581,371
September 2111:00 a.m.at Massachusetts*
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
ESPNewsW 24–716,419
September 286:30 p.m.UAB*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ESPN3W 52–2432,467
October 56:30 p.m.Missouridagger
  • 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
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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. ^ "Vanderbilt accuser at first denied she was raped". USA Today.
  5. ^ "Prosecutors detail assault as Vanderbilt University rape trial opens". Reuters. January 14, 2015.
  6. ^ "Former Vanderbilt football player found guilty of raping a student who had blacked out - The Washington Post".
  7. ^ "Former Vanderbilt football player sentenced in dorm rape case". CBS News.
  8. ^ "Cory Batey sentenced to 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case". The Tennessean.
  9. ^ "Cory Batey sentenced to 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case". The Tennessean.
  10. ^ "Batey gets 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case". July 15, 2016.
  11. ^ "Cory Batey sentenced to 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case". The Tennessean.
  12. ^ "Former Campus Athletes Indicted on Multiple Counts of Aggravated Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery". ABC News. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  13. ^ Haas, Brian (September 17, 2013). "Chris Boyd dismissed from Vanderbilt football program". USA Today. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  14. ^ "Chris Boyd becomes fifth Vanderbilt football player indicted in rape case". CBS News. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  15. ^ "Former Vanderbilt football player sentenced in dorm rape case". CBS News.
  16. ^ "State of Tennessee v. Cory Lamont Batey | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts".
  17. ^ "Cory Batey sentenced to 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case". The Tennessean.
  18. ^ "Cory Batey sentenced to 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case". USA Today.
  19. ^ "Official Football Roster". vucommodores.com. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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