2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team


The 2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Derek Mason.

Previous season

The Commodores finished the 2018 season 6–7, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in sixth place in the Eastern Division. They went to the Texas Bowl and lost 38-45 to Baylor. On January 11, 2019, Vanderbilt offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig was hired to take the same position at Utah, leaving the position vacant. On January 31, 2019, Vanderbilt special teams coach Shawn Mennenga left to take the same position for the Green Bay Packers, leaving the position vacant. On February 8, 2019, Gerry Gdowski, Vanderbilt's quarterbacks coach, was promoted to fill the offensive coordinator vacancy.

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

Preseason

SEC media poll

The 2019 SEC Media Days were held July 15–18 in Birmingham, Alabama. In the preseason media poll, Vanderbilt was projected to finish in last in the East Division.
Media poll

Preseason All-SEC teams

The Commodores had three players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.
Offense
2nd team
Ke'Shawn Vaughn – RB
Kalija Lipscomb – WR
Jared Pinkney – TE

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. #3 Georgia

20–57–2Oct. 6, 2018L, 13–41

at Purdue

2–0Oct. 3, 1942W, 26–0

LSU

7–22–1Sep. 11, 2010L, 3–27

Northern Illinois

3–0Sep. 11, 1999W, 34–31

at Ole Miss

40–51–2Nov. 17, 2018W, 36–29

UNLV

Missouri

3–7–1Nov. 10, 2018L, 28–33

at South Carolina

4–24Sept. 22, 2018L, 14–37

at Florida

10–40–2Oct. 13, 2018L, 27–37

Kentucky

42–45–4Oct. 20, 2018L, 7–14

East Tennessee State

at Tennessee

33–75–5Nov. 24, 2018W, 38–13

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
376Ke'Shawn VaughnRBTampa Bay Buccaneers