2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season

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)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (2nd season)
Captain	3 Jay Cutler Justin Geisinger Jovan Haye
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented the Vanderbilt University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his second year as the head coach, the Commodores finished with a record of 2–10 for the second straight season and 21st consecutive losing season. Ended a 23 consecutive losing streak to SEC teams with a win to Kentucky.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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
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 35–17	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.^[1]

References

^ "2004 NFL Draft Listing".

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