2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bobby Johnson, Commodores compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom the SEC's Eastern Division standings. The team played home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Jay Cutler Justin Geisinger Jovan Haye
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy		6	–	2					11	–	3
No. 15 Tennessee x		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 24 Florida x		6	–	2					8	–	5
South Carolina		2	–	6					5	–	7
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	10
Kentucky		1	–	7					4	–	8
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 13 Ole Miss x		7	–	1					10	–	3
Auburn		5	–	3					8	–	5
Arkansas		4	–	4					9	–	4
Alabama		2	–	6					4	–	9
Mississippi State		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 season was Vanderbilt 21st consecutive losing campaign, nut the Commodores ended 230game consecutive losing streak to SEC teams with a win over Kentucky in the second to last game of the year.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	11:30 a.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	L 21–24	29,411
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Chattanooga*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 51–6	26,176	[1]
September 13	11:30 a.m.	Auburn	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	JPS	L 7–45	37,703
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at No. 20 TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 14–30	37,192
September 27	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	L 17–24 OT	25,007
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		L 21–30	40,156
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Navy*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 27–37	25,417
October 18	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	L 8–27	27,823
October 25	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 24–35	77,227
November 8	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	L 17–35	90,122
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 28–17	26,440
November 22	12:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	L 0–48	105,462
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 6 Jay Cutler  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 91 Jovan Haye So DT 95 Ralph McKenzie So DE 96 Robert Dinwiddie Jr DE 97 Antron Dillon Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Johnson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-22

Team players drafted into the NFL

No players from the 2003 Vanderbilt team were drafted.^[2]