2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football
2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Independence Bowl, L 17–41 vs. NC State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	6–7 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 14 Florida x	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 22 Tennessee	4	–	4	9	–	4
Georgia	4	–	4	8	–	5
Kentucky	4	–	4	7	–	6
South Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	7
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	6	–	7
Missouri*	2	–	6	4	–	8
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 24 Auburn	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 13 LSU	5	–	3	8	–	4
Texas A&M	4	–	4	8	–	5
Arkansas	3	–	5	7	–	6
Mississippi State	3	–	5	6	–	7
Ole Miss*	2	–	6	5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ole Miss and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by third-year head coach Derek Mason. This was Vanderbilt's 126th season of college football. They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they lost to NC State.

Schedule

Vanderbilt announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Commodores host SEC foes Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and traveled to Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri.^[1]

The Commodores hosted two of its four of its non–conference games, which were against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky (WKU) both from Conference USA, and Tennessee State from the Ohio Valley Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN	L 10–13	30,304
September 10	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN+	W 47–24	29,627
September 17	11:30 a.m.	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ACCN	L 7–38	41,916
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	CBSSN	W 31–30 ^OT	23,674
October 1	11:00 a.m.	No. 23 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	L 6–13	30,565
October 8	3:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	SECN	L 13–20	55,030
October 15	11:00 a.m.	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	SECN	W 17–16	92,746
October 22	6:30 p.m.	No. 25 (FCS) Tennessee State †*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPNU	W 35–17	31,084
November 5	11:00 a.m.	at No. 11 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	ESPN	L 16–23	87,451
November 12	2:30 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	L 17–26	50,261
November 19	7:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	W 38–17	27,763
November 26	6:30 p.m.	No. 24 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	W 45–34	38,108
December 26	4:00 p.m.	vs. NC State*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN2	L 17–41	28,995
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:^[2]^[3]

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Derek Mason	Head coach/defensive coordinator
Andy Ludwig	Offensive coordinator/tight ends coach
Jeff Genyk	Special teams coordinator/running backs coach
C.J. Ah You	Defensive line coach
Gerry Gdowski	Quarterbacks Coach/recruiting coordinator
Cortez Hankton	Wide receivers coach
Chris Marve	Inside linebackers coach
Marc Mattioli	Defensive backs coach
Osia Lewis	Outside linebackers coach
Cameron Norcross	Offensive line coach
James Dobson	Head strength coach
Jason Grooms	Asst. athletics director and director of football operations
Tyler Barnes	Director of player personnel
Tom Bossung	Head athletic trainer
Rayna Stewart	Director of high school relations
Gary Veach	Head equipment manager
Matt Britain	Assistant director of operations
Mike Kroeger	Player development & operations assistant
Tyler Clarke	Assistant director, strength
Aaron Hill	Assistant strength coach
Ben Schumacher	Assistant strength coach
Cedric Calhoun	Quality control – defense
Kevin Abrams	Graduate assistant – offense
Tate Benton	Graduate assistant – offense
Davis Dudchock	Graduate assistant – football administration
Ryan Blakney	Quality control offense
Rod Chance	Quality control defense
Mike Morita	Quality control offense

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Coaching changes

On December 15, 2015, coach Mason announced that special teams coach Charles Bankins, OL Coach Keven Lightner will not be retained for 2016. Mason cited a difference in philosophy rather than poor performance for the coaching changes.

"I just see this football team moving in a different direction and I just wanted to make sure these men were treated the right way," Mason said. "I feel like it’s time for us to move forward."^[5]

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
			N/A	N/A	–
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 50 Rivals: 50 247Sports: 50 ESPN: 48
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

Game summaries

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Carolina	0	0	3	10	13
Vanderbilt	3	7	0	0	10

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee	10	7	7	0	24
Vanderbilt	5	28	0	14	47

Georgia Tech

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Vanderbilt	7	0	0	0	7

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