2004 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2004 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented the Vanderbilt University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores offense scored 212 points while the defense allowed 268 points. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his third year as the head coach, the Commodores finished with a 2–9 record.

2004 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	2–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (3rd season)
Captain	4 Jay Cutler Justin Geisinger Jovan Haye Chris Young
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium

2004 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 13 Tennessee x		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 7 Georgia		6	–	2					10	–	2
Florida		4	–	4					7	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	5
Kentucky		1	–	7					2	–	9
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	9
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn x$		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 16 LSU		6	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arkansas		3	–	5					5	–	6
Ole Miss		3	–	5					4	–	7
Mississippi State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	11:30 a.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	JPS	L 6–31	33,670
September 18	11:30 a.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	JPS	L 23–26 OT	55,824
September 25	1:30 p.m.	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 26–29	32,809
October 2	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 31–13	27,292
October 9	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 34–37	28,342
October 16	11:30 a.m.	at No. 12 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	JPS	L 3–33	92,746
October 23	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 19–7	16,500
October 30	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	L 7–24	90,825
November 6	11:00 a.m.	Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 17–34	32,716
November 13	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 13–14	55,278
November 20	11:30 a.m.	No. 15 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	L 33–38	32,312
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Personnel

2004 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Jay Cutler (C) Jr FB Clark Lea Sr TE Dustin Dunning Jr G Justin Geisinger (C) RB Jeff Jennings Fr RB Norval McKenzie Sr WR Brandon Smith Sr WR Marlon White So WR Chris Young (C) Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE Jovan Haye (C)	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P, K Abtin Iranmanesh Jr K Patrick Johnson So P Kyle Keown Fr	Head coach Bobby Johnson Coordinators/assistant coaches Ted Cain (OC) Bruce Fowler (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Tennessee

See also: 2004 Tennessee Volunteers football team

#15 Tennessee Volunteers (7–2) at Vanderbilt Commodores (2–8)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	14	14	10	0	38
Vanderbilt	6	14	0	13	33

at Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

• Date: November 20
• Game time: 12:30 p.m.
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter TEN – Cedric Houston 6-yard run (James Wilhoit kick), 12:55. Tennessee 7–0. Drive: TEN – Cedric Houston 11-yard run (James Wilhoit kick), 7:39. Tennessee 14–0. Drive: VAN – Marlon White 11-yard pass from Jay Cutler (kick failed), 2:13. Tennessee 14–6. Drive: Second quarter TEN – Cedric Houston 5-yard run (James Wilhoit kick), 12:25. Tennessee 21–6. Drive: TEN – Jayson Swain 20-yard pass from Rick Clausen (James Wilhoit kick), 11:17. Tennessee 28–6. Drive: VAN – Brandon Smith 80-yard pass from Jay Cutler (pass good), 11:00. Tennessee 28–14. Drive: VAN – Jeff Jennings 2-yard run (kick failed), 3:02. Tennessee 28–20. Drive: Third quarter TEN – James Wilhoit 34-yard field goal, 10:36. Tennessee 31–20. Drive: TEN – Jayson Swain 5-yard pass from Rick Clausen (James Wilhoit kick), 4:44. Tennessee 38–20. Drive: Fourth quarter VAN – Jeff Jennings 10-yard run (pass failed), 14:45. Tennessee 38–26. Drive: VAN – Dustin Dunning 3-yard pass from Jay Cutler (Abtin Iranmanesh kick), 4:30. Tennessee 38–33. Drive: Top passers TEN – Rick Clausen – 19/30, 189 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT VAN – Jay Cutler – 22/33, 314 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT Top rushers TEN – Gerald Riggs Jr. – 16 rushes, 149 yards VAN – Norval McKenzie – 9 rushes, 46 yards Top receivers TEN – Cory Anderson – 3 receptions, 40 yards VAN – Brandon Smith – 8 receptions, 160 yards, TD

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jovan Haye	DE	6	189	Carolina Panthers
Justin Geisinger	G	6	197	Buffalo Bills