1999 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1999 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
1999 record	5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Woody Widenhofer (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Crosby (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Dino Folino (1st year)
Captain	4 Jeff Barnett Ainsley Battles Lamont Turner Todd Yoder
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 41,600)

1999 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#12 Florida x		7	–	1					9	–	4
#9 Tennessee		6	–	2					9	–	3
#16 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	6
South Carolina		0	–	8					0	–	11
Western Division
#8 Alabama x$		7	–	1					10	–	3
#13 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	2
#22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
#17 Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					5	–	6
LSU		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1999 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	11:30 a.m.	No. 20 Alabama		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	JPS	L 17–28	41,600
September 11	3:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois*		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	WSMV	W 34–31	28,514
September 18	11:30 a.m.	at Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	JPS	W 37–34 ^OT	41,622
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Duke*		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		W 31–14	20,483
October 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Mississippi State		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		L 14–42	37,120
October 9	1:00 p.m.	The Citadel*		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 58–0	17,844
October 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 14 Georgia		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)		L 17–27	39,210
October 23	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 11–10	74,806
November 6	2:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	CBS	L 6–13	85,117
November 13	8:00 p.m.	Kentucky		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 17–19	41,000
November 27	11:00 a.m.	at No. 7 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	CBS	L 10–38	105,781
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Previous season

Vanderbilt came into the 1998 season unranked and had a streak of 14 losing seasons. 1998 was no better as Vanderbilt finished the season with a 2–9 record, 1–7 in the SEC. The season began with a 42–0 loss at Mississippi State. The next week fared no better for the Commodores as they were beaten by Alabama, 32–7. In week three, Vanderbilt had its home opener, but to no avail, as the Commodores fell to Ole Miss, 30–6, and in week four, Vanderbilt lost a heartbreaker to TCU, 19–16 in overtime.

The next game for the Commodores was a loss to Western Michigan at home, 27–23. Vanderbilt put themselves out of bowl contention with a 31–6 loss to Georgia. The week following, Vanderbilt got their first win, a 17–14 win over South Carolina. The next game also ended with a Vandy victory, a 36–33 overtime win over Duke. Victory was short lived, however, as the Dores lost their final three games. A 45–13 loss to Florida started the gloomy November, followed by a loss 55–17 to Kentucky, and a 41–0 loss to instate rival Tennessee.

Roster

1999 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Williams, RodneyRodney Williams  So WR 3 Miller, BillyBilly Miller Sr HB 4 Thomas, LewLew Thomas So WR 6 Ditto, AdamAdam Ditto  So WR 7 Hogans, TavarusTavarus Hogans Sr QB 8 Walker, BenjiBenji Walker Fr WR 9 Williams, JimmyJimmy Williams Jr WR 10 Jones, AnthonyAnthony Jones So QB 12 Zolman, GregGreg Zolman  So QB 13 Reeder, DuceDuce Reeder  Jr QB 15 O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor  Fr WR 16 Winkler, ZachZach Winkler Sr QB 17 Wallace, DavidDavid Wallace So QB 18 Purkey, JustinJustin Purkey  Fr WR 21 Lancaster, BoBo Lancaster  Jr WR 24 Garrett, MJMJ Garrett Fr HB, WR 25 Robinson, EverettEverett Robinson Sr RB 29 Mitacek, ChrisChris Mitacek Fr RB 30 Shaub, JonathanJonathan Shaub Fr WR 31 Cuffee, RyanRyan Cuffee Fr RB 33 McGrath, JaredJared McGrath Jr FB 34 Rojas, JuanJuan Rojas So WR 35 Mason, JakeJake Mason Fr WR 36 Shields, JasonJason Shields So WR 37 McDaniel, EthanEthan McDaniel So TE 38 Gunter, WesWes Gunter Fr WR 46 Daly, ShaneShane Daly  So RB 47 Kerr, AndrewAndrew Kerr Sr C 50 Barnett, JeffJeff Barnett Sr C 55 Byrum, JamieJamie Byrum  Fr OL 58 Tant, JasonJason Tant Fr OT 60 Green, PatPat Green Jr OL 61 Cave, DuncanDuncan Cave So OG 62 Wuest, DustinDustin Wuest  Sr OT 64 Gruber, BrianBrian Gruber  Jr OL 65 Hill, JordanJordan Hill  Fr OG 69 Hill, MattMatt Hill  Jr OT 70 Byndom, RamintéRaminté Byndom Sr OG 71 Cola, BaraBara Cola So OL 72 May, JimJim May Fr OL 74 Pettit, JordanJordan Pettit Fr OT 75 Fougerousse, JPJP Fougerousse  So OG 77 Rothenberg, DarrenDarren Rothenberg  Jr OG 78 Saltsman, MichaelMichael Saltsman  Jr OL 79 Preacher, BrentBrent Preacher  Fr TE 80 Carson, ElliotElliot Carson  Jr HB 81 Yoder, ToddTodd Yoder Sr WR 82 Hasanoglu, NezihNezih Hasanoglu So TE 83 Getter, NickNick Getter Fr TE 84 Simone, TomTom Simone  Fr WR 85 Stricker, DanDan Stricker  Fr WR 86 Woods, AndreAndre Woods  Jr WR 88 House, MarkessusMarkessus House Fr WR 89 Radtke, TysonTyson Radtke So TE 90 Stern, JaronJaron Stern So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 5 McWherter, AaronAaron McWherter  Fr CB 9 Williams, JimmyJimmy Williams Jr DB 11 Jones, RushenRushen Jones  Fr S 14 Collins, BrooksBrooks Collins  Jr DB 14 Martin, MikeMike Martin Fr S 22 Battles, AinsleyAinsley Battles Sr CB 23 Lercius, HaroldHarold Lercius  So LB 26 Stewart, MattMatt Stewart Jr DB 27 Jackson, JerrolJerrol Jackson  Fr DB 28 Taylor, BrianBrian Taylor  So DB 31 Cuffee, RyanRyan Cuffee Fr DB 32 Giboney, JustinJustin Giboney Fr LB 39 Meadows, DavidDavid Meadows So LB 40 Morrow, NateNate Morrow  So LB 41 Bradford, AntuianAntuian Bradford So LB 42 Winborn, JustinJustin Winborn  So LB 43 Walthour, BrandonBrandon Walthour  Fr LB 44 Turner, LamontLamont Turner Sr LB 45 VanNort, DiekDiek VanNort Sr LB 48 McGrew, AJAJ McGrew  Jr S 49 Rock, SteveSteve Rock Jr DL 51 Doyle, JoeJoe Doyle  Fr DL 52 McSwain, RyanRyan McSwain Jr LB 53 Adam, MikeMike Adam Fr DE 54 Losey, ChuckChuck Losey So DE 56 Nungesser, RyanRyan Nungesser  Fr DL 57 Lowery, WilliamWilliam Lowery  Jr LB 59 Hillenmeyer, HunterHunter Hillenmeyer Fr DL 63 Telusca, LibnirLibnir Telusca Fr LB 67 Lara, AaronAaron Lara Jr DE 73 Nicoll, RussRuss Nicoll  Jr LB 76 Gardella, AndrewAndrew Gardella Fr FS 87 Gallant, ThomasThomas Gallant Sr DL 92 Beard, BrettBrett Beard Fr DE 93 Crosby, DoyleDoyle Crosby  So DL 95 Trese, SteveSteve Trese  So DL 96 Sterling, NickNick Sterling  Fr DT 97 Unzicker, TylerTyler Unzicker  So DT 98 Aulds, RyanRyan Aulds  Jr LB 99 Washington, ReggieReggie Washington  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Markham, JohnJohn Markham Jr P 46 Daly, ShaneShane Daly  So P 91 Webb, JoeJoe Webb Jr	Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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