2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=2008
Team=Vanderbilt Commodores


ImageSize=150
Conference=Southeastern Conference
ShortConference=SEC
Division=East
CoachRank=14
APRank=13
BCSRank=
Record=5-0
ConfRecord=3-0
HeadCoach=Bobby Johnson
OffCoach=Ted Cain
DefCoach=Bruce Fowler
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field (39,773)
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=2008 SEC StandingsThe 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2008 college football season. The team's Head Coach is Bobby Johnson, who will begin his seventh season as the Commodores' head coach with a 20-50 overall record, and an 8-40 conference record at VU. Vandy has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Eastern Division since 1992. The Commodores will play their six home games in 2008 at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, which has been Vanderbilt football's "home" stadium since 1922.

chedule

CFB Schedule Entry
date = August 28
time = 7:30 pm
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Miami (OH)
opprank =
site_stadium = Yager Stadium
site_cityst = Oxford, OH
gamename =
tv = ESPNU
score = 34-13
overtime =
attend = 18,398 [cite news|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282410193 |title=Vanderbilt 38, Miami (OH) 13 |publisher="ESPN.com" |date=2008-08-28 |accessdate=2008-10-04] CFB Schedule Entry
date = September 4
time = 7:30 pm
w/l = w
nonconf = no
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = South Carolina
opprank = 24
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field
site_cityst = Nashville
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 24-17
overtime =
attend = 36,850 [cite news|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282480238 |title=South Carolina 17, Vanderbilt 24 |publisher="ESPN.com" |date=2008-09-04 |accessdate=2008-10-04] CFB Schedule Entry
date = September 13
time = 6 pm
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Rice
opprank =
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field
site_cityst = Nashville
gamename =
tv =
score = 38-21
overtime =
attend = 37,370 [cite news|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282570238 |title=Rice 21, Vanderbilt 38 |publisher="ESPN.com" |date=2008-09-13 |accessdate=2008-10-04] CFB Schedule Entry
date = September 20
time = 6 pm
w/l = w
nonconf =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Ole Miss
opprank =
site_stadium = Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
site_cityst = Oxford, MS
gamename =
tv =
score = 23-17
overtime =
attend = 51,281 [cite news|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=282640145 |title=Vanderblt 23, Mississippi 17 |publisher="ESPN.com" |date=2008-09-20 |accessdate=2008-10-04] CFB Schedule Entry
date = October 4
time = TBA
w/l = w
nonconf =
away =
neutral =
rank =19
opponent = Auburn
opprank = 14
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field
site_cityst = Nashville
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 14-13
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = October 11
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 13
opponent = Mississippi State
opprank =
site_stadium = Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field
site_cityst = Starkville, MS
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = October 18
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Georgia
opprank =
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens, GA
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = October 25
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf = yes
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Duke^†
opprank =
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field
site_cityst = Nashville
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = November 8
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Florida
opprank =
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field
site_cityst = Nashville
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = November 15
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Kentucky
opprank =
site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = November 22
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Tennessee
opprank =
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field
site_cityst = Nashville
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend = CFB Schedule Entry
date = November 29
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf = yes
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = Wake Forest
opprank =
site_stadium = BB&T Field
site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
gamename =
tv =
score =
overtime =
attend =

*Rankings indicate opponent's position in AP Poll as released week prior to game. [ [http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/08-09-schedule.html Vanderbilt University - Official Athletic Site] ]

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