1999 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1999 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	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)

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  2.5 !So WR 3 Miller, BillyBilly Miller 57.0 !Sr HB 4 Thomas, LewLew Thomas 3.0 !So WR 6 Ditto, AdamAdam Ditto  2.5 !So WR 7 Hogans, TavarusTavarus Hogans 57.0 !Sr QB 8 Walker, BenjiBenji Walker 1.0 !Fr WR 9 Williams, JimmyJimmy Williams 5.0 !Jr WR 10 Jones, AnthonyAnthony Jones 3.0 !So QB 12 Zolman, GregGreg Zolman  2.5 !So QB 13 Reeder, DuceDuce Reeder  3.5 !Jr QB 15 O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor  1.5 !Fr WR 16 Winkler, ZachZach Winkler 57.0 !Sr QB 17 Wallace, DavidDavid Wallace 3.0 !So QB 18 Purkey, JustinJustin Purkey  1.5 !Fr WR 21 Lancaster, BoBo Lancaster  3.5 !Jr WR 24 Garrett, MJMJ Garrett 1.0 !Fr HB, WR 25 Robinson, EverettEverett Robinson 57.0 !Sr RB 29 Mitacek, ChrisChris Mitacek 1.0 !Fr RB 30 Shaub, JonathanJonathan Shaub 1.0 !Fr WR 31 Cuffee, RyanRyan Cuffee 1.0 !Fr RB 33 McGrath, JaredJared McGrath 5.0 !Jr FB 34 Rojas, JuanJuan Rojas 3.0 !So WR 35 Mason, JakeJake Mason 1.0 !Fr WR 36 Shields, JasonJason Shields 3.0 !So WR 37 McDaniel, EthanEthan McDaniel 3.0 !So TE 38 Gunter, WesWes Gunter 1.0 !Fr WR 46 Daly, ShaneShane Daly  2.5 !So RB 47 Kerr, AndrewAndrew Kerr 57.0 !Sr C 50 Barnett, JeffJeff Barnett 57.0 !Sr C 55 Byrum, JamieJamie Byrum  1.5 !Fr OL 58 Tant, JasonJason Tant 1.0 !Fr OT 60 Green, PatPat Green 5.0 !Jr OL 61 Cave, DuncanDuncan Cave 3.0 !So OG 62 Wuest, DustinDustin Wuest  4.5 !Sr OT 64 Gruber, BrianBrian Gruber  3.5 !Jr OL 65 Hill, JordanJordan Hill  1.5 !Fr OG 69 Hill, MattMatt Hill  3.5 !Jr OT 70 Byndom, RamintéRaminté Byndom 57.0 !Sr OG 71 Cola, BaraBara Cola 3.0 !So OL 72 May, JimJim May 1.0 !Fr OL 74 Pettit, JordanJordan Pettit 1.0 !Fr OT 75 Fougerousse, JPJP Fougerousse  2.5 !So OG 77 Rothenberg, DarrenDarren Rothenberg  3.5 !Jr OG 78 Saltsman, MichaelMichael Saltsman  3.5 !Jr OL 79 Preacher, BrentBrent Preacher  1.5 !Fr TE 80 Carson, ElliotElliot Carson  3.5 !Jr HB 81 Yoder, ToddTodd Yoder 57.0 !Sr WR 82 Hasanoglu, NezihNezih Hasanoglu 3.0 !So TE 83 Getter, NickNick Getter 1.0 !Fr TE 84 Simone, TomTom Simone  1.5 !Fr WR 85 Stricker, DanDan Stricker  1.5 !Fr WR 86 Woods, AndreAndre Woods  3.5 !Jr WR 88 House, MarkessusMarkessus House 1.0 !Fr WR 89 Radtke, TysonTyson Radtke 3.0 !So TE 90 Stern, JaronJaron Stern 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 5 McWherter, AaronAaron McWherter  1.5 !Fr CB 9 Williams, JimmyJimmy Williams 5.0 !Jr DB 11 Jones, RushenRushen Jones  1.5 !Fr S 14 Collins, BrooksBrooks Collins  3.5 !Jr DB 14 Martin, MikeMike Martin 1.0 !Fr S 22 Battles, AinsleyAinsley Battles 57.0 !Sr CB 23 Lercius, HaroldHarold Lercius  2.5 !So LB 26 Stewart, MattMatt Stewart 5.0 !Jr DB 27 Jackson, JerrolJerrol Jackson  1.5 !Fr DB 28 Taylor, BrianBrian Taylor  2.5 !So DB 31 Cuffee, RyanRyan Cuffee 1.0 !Fr DB 32 Giboney, JustinJustin Giboney 1.0 !Fr LB 39 Meadows, DavidDavid Meadows 3.0 !So LB 40 Morrow, NateNate Morrow  2.5 !So LB 41 Bradford, AntuianAntuian Bradford 3.0 !So LB 42 Winborn, JustinJustin Winborn  2.5 !So LB 43 Walthour, BrandonBrandon Walthour  1.5 !Fr LB 44 Turner, LamontLamont Turner 57.0 !Sr LB 45 VanNort, DiekDiek VanNort 57.0 !Sr LB 48 McGrew, AJAJ McGrew  3.5 !Jr S 49 Rock, SteveSteve Rock 5.0 !Jr DL 51 Doyle, JoeJoe Doyle  1.5 !Fr DL 52 McSwain, RyanRyan McSwain 5.0 !Jr LB 53 Adam, MikeMike Adam 1.0 !Fr DE 54 Losey, ChuckChuck Losey 3.0 !So DE 56 Nungesser, RyanRyan Nungesser  1.5 !Fr DL 57 Lowery, WilliamWilliam Lowery  3.5 !Jr LB 59 Hillenmeyer, HunterHunter Hillenmeyer 1.0 !Fr DL 63 Telusca, LibnirLibnir Telusca 1.0 !Fr LB 67 Lara, AaronAaron Lara 5.0 !Jr DE 73 Nicoll, RussRuss Nicoll  3.5 !Jr LB 76 Gardella, AndrewAndrew Gardella 1.0 !Fr FS 87 Gallant, ThomasThomas Gallant 57.0 !Sr DL 92 Beard, BrettBrett Beard 1.0 !Fr DE 93 Crosby, DoyleDoyle Crosby  2.5 !So DL 95 Trese, SteveSteve Trese  2.5 !So DL 96 Sterling, NickNick Sterling  1.5 !Fr DT 97 Unzicker, TylerTyler Unzicker  2.5 !So DT 98 Aulds, RyanRyan Aulds  3.5 !Jr LB 99 Washington, ReggieReggie Washington  2.5 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Markham, JohnJohn Markham 5.0 !Jr P 46 Daly, ShaneShane Daly  2.5 !So P 91 Webb, JoeJoe Webb 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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