The 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented

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during the

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. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in

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, which has been Vanderbilt football's home stadium since

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coached the Commodores for his second year. They are members of the Eastern Division of the

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(SEC). The Commodores finished with a losing record for the second year in a row with an overall record of 4–8 and 2–6 in SEC play.

Coaching staff

– Head coach/defensive coordinator *

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- Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach * Charles Bankins – Special teams coordinator/running backs coach * Gerry Gdowski - Recruiting coordinator/tight ends coach *

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– Wide receivers coach * Keven Lightner – Offensive line coach * Marc Mattioli - Safeties coach * Frank Maile – Defensive line coach * Brett Maxie - Cornerbacks coach * Kenwick Thompson – Associate head coach/linebackers coach * Tosin Abari – Director of player development * Tyler Barnes – Director of player personnel * Tom Bossung - Head Athletic Trainer * Matt Britain – Assistant Director of Operations * Cedric Calhoun – Assistant Strength Coach * Tyler Clarke – Assistant Strength Coach * Kevin Colon – Associate Director of Student Athletics * James Dobson - Head Strength Coach * Jason Grooms – Director of football operations * Matt Ruland – Assistant-Recruiting/Operations * Ben Schumacher – Assistant Strength Coach * Chris Singleton – Equipment manager * Vavae Tata – Assistant-Player Development * Ryan Anderson – Graduate assistant - Defense * Rod Chance - Quality Control Defense * A.J. Haase – Graduate assistant -Offense * Eric Lammers – Assistant Director, Player Personnel * Chris Marve – Graduate assistant - Defense * Johnell Thomas – Graduate assistant - Strength * Gary Veach – Assistant Head Equipment Manager

Post season awards

*Zach Cunningham—All-SEC First Team

Schedule

Vanderbilt announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Commodores will host SEC foes

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, and will travel to

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Game summaries

WKU

Georgia

Austin Peay

Ole Miss

Middle Tennessee

South Carolina

Missouri

Houston

Florida

Kentucky

Texas A&M

Tennessee

References

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2015 in Nashville, Tennessee