List of Vanderbilt Commodores football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Vanderbilt Commodores college football team since its inception in 1890.^[1][2]

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Elliott Jones (Independent) (1890–1892)
1890	Vanderbilt	1–0
1891	Vanderbilt	3–1
1892	Vanderbilt	4–4
W. J. Keller (Independent) (1893)
1893	Vanderbilt	6–1
Henry Worth Thornton (Independent) (1894)
1894	Vanderbilt	7–1
Charles L. Upton (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1895)
1895	Vanderbilt	5–3–1	3–0	1st[n 1]
R. G. Acton (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1896–1898)
1896	Vanderbilt	3–2–2	3–0–1	4th
1897	Vanderbilt	6–0–1	3–0	1st
1898	Vanderbilt	1–5	1–2	8th
James L. Crane (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899–1900)
1899	Vanderbilt	7–2	5–0	2nd
1900	Vanderbilt	4–4–1	2–3–1	8th
Walter H. Watkins (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1901–1902)
1901	Vanderbilt	6–1–1	4–0	1st
1902	Vanderbilt	8–1	5–1	T–2nd
James R. Henry (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903)
1903	Vanderbilt	6–1–1	5–1–1	T–1st
Dan McGugin (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1904–1917)
1904	Vanderbilt	9–0	4–0	T–1st
1905	Vanderbilt	7–1	6–0	1st
1906	Vanderbilt	8–1	6–0	1st
1907	Vanderbilt	5–1–1	4–0	1st
1908	Vanderbilt	7–2–1	3–0–1	3rd
1909	Vanderbilt	7–3	3–1	T–2nd
1910	Vanderbilt	8–0–1	5–0	T–1st
1911	Vanderbilt	8–1	4–0	1st
1912	Vanderbilt	8–1–1	4–0–1	1st
1913	Vanderbilt	5–3	2–1	5th
1914	Vanderbilt	2–6	1–3	13th
1915	Vanderbilt	9–1	4–0	1st
1916	Vanderbilt	7–1–1	4–1–1	4th
1917	Vanderbilt	5–3	5–2	8th
Ray Morrison (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1918)
1918	Vanderbilt	4–2	2–0	T–2nd
Dan McGugin (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1921)
1919	Vanderbilt	5–1–2	4–1–2	4th
1920	Vanderbilt	5–3–1	3–3	11th
1921	Vanderbilt	7–0–1	4–0–1	T–1st
Dan McGugin (Southern Conference) (1922–1932)
1922	Vanderbilt	8–0–1	4–0	T–1st
1923	Vanderbilt	5–2–1	3–0–1	T–1st
1924	Vanderbilt	6–3–1	3–3	T–11th
1925	Vanderbilt	6–3	3–3	T–10th
1926	Vanderbilt	8–1	4–1	3rd
1927	Vanderbilt	8–1–2	5–0–2	3rd
1928	Vanderbilt	8–2	4–2	T–7th
1929	Vanderbilt	7–2	5–1	5th
1930	Vanderbilt	8–2	5–2	5th
1931	Vanderbilt	5–4	3–4	12th
1932	Vanderbilt	6–1–2	4–1–2	5th
Dan McGugin (Southeastern Conference) (1933–1934)
1933	Vanderbilt	4–3–3	2–2–2	T–6th
1934	Vanderbilt	6–3	4–3	6th
Ray Morrison (Southeastern Conference) (1935–1939)
1935	Vanderbilt	7–3	5–1	2nd
1936	Vanderbilt	3–5–1	1–3–1	9th
1937	Vanderbilt	7–2	4–2	4th
1938	Vanderbilt	6–3	4–3	6th
1939	Vanderbilt	2–7–1	1–6	11th
Red Sanders (Southeastern Conference) (1940–1942)
1940	Vanderbilt	3–6–1	0–5–1	11th
1941	Vanderbilt	8–2	3–2	6th
1942	Vanderbilt	6–4	2–4	8th
Ernest Alley (Southeastern Conference) (1943)
1943	Vanderbilt	5–0	0–0	N/A
Doby Bartling (Southeastern Conference) (1944–1945)
1944	Vanderbilt	3–0–1	0–0	N/A
1945	Vanderbilt	3–6	2–4	9th
Red Sanders (Southeastern Conference) (1946–1948)
1946	Vanderbilt	5–4	3–4	7th
1947	Vanderbilt	6–4	3–3	5th
1948	Vanderbilt	8–2–1	4–2–1	4th			12
Bill Edwards (Southeastern Conference) (1949–1952)
1949	Vanderbilt	5–5	4–4	7th
1950	Vanderbilt	7–4	3–4	7th
1951	Vanderbilt	6–5	3–5	T–7th
1952	Vanderbilt	3–5–2	1–4–1	11th
Art Guepe (Southeastern Conference) (1953–1962)
1953	Vanderbilt	3–7	1–5	T–10th
1954	Vanderbilt	2–7	1–5	T–11th
1955	Vanderbilt	8–3	5–3	4th	W Gator
1956	Vanderbilt	5–5	2–5	T–8th
1957	Vanderbilt	5–3–2	3–3–1	T–6th
1958	Vanderbilt	5–2–3	2–1–3	4th
1959	Vanderbilt	5–3–2	3–2–2	T–5th
1960	Vanderbilt	3–7	0–7	12th
1961	Vanderbilt	2–8	1–6	12th
1962	Vanderbilt	1–9	1–6	11th
John Green (Southeastern Conference) (1963–1966)
1963	Vanderbilt	1–7–2	0–5–2	10th
1964	Vanderbilt	3–6–1	1–4–1	9th
1965	Vanderbilt	2–7–1	1–5	T–9th
1966	Vanderbilt	1–9	0–6	T–9th
Bill Pace (Southeastern Conference) (1967–1972)
1967	Vanderbilt	2–7–1	0–6	T–9th
1968	Vanderbilt	5–4–1	2–3–1	8th
1969	Vanderbilt	4–6	2–3	7th
1970	Vanderbilt	4–7	1–5	9th
1971	Vanderbilt	4–6–1	1–5	7th
1972	Vanderbilt	3–8	0–6	10th
Steve Sloan (Southeastern Conference) (1973–1974)
1973	Vanderbilt	5–6	1–5	10th
1974	Vanderbilt	7–3–2	2–3–1	T–7th	T Peach
Fred Pancoast (Southeastern Conference) (1975–1978)
1975	Vanderbilt	7–4	2–4	6th
1976	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–6	10th
1977	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–6	10th
1978	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–6	10th
George MacIntyre (Southeastern Conference) (1979–1985)
1979	Vanderbilt	1–10	0–6	T–9th
1980	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–6	T–9th
1981	Vanderbilt	4–7	1–5	10th
1982	Vanderbilt	8–4	4–2	T–3rd	L Hall of Fame Classic
1983	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–6	T–9th
1984	Vanderbilt	5–6	2–4	T–7th
1985	Vanderbilt	3–7–1	1–4–1	8th
Watson Brown (Southeastern Conference) (1986–1990)
1986	Vanderbilt	1–10	0–6	10th
1987	Vanderbilt	4–7	1–5	T–7th
1988	Vanderbilt	3–8	2–5	T–8th
1989	Vanderbilt	1–10	0–7	10th
1990	Vanderbilt	1–10	1–6	T–9th
Gerry DiNardo (Southeastern Conference) (1991–1994)
1991	Vanderbilt	5–6	3–4	T–6th
1992	Vanderbilt	4–7	2–6	T–5th (Eastern)
1993	Vanderbilt	5–6	2–6	T–5th (Eastern)
1994	Vanderbilt	5–6	2–6	5th (Eastern)
Rod Dowhower (Southeastern Conference) (1995–1996)
1995	Vanderbilt	2–9	1–7	6th (Eastern)
1996	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–8	6th (Eastern)
Woody Widenhofer (Southeastern Conference) (1997–2001)
1997	Vanderbilt	3–8	0–8	6th (Eastern)
1998	Vanderbilt	2–9	1–7	5th (Eastern)
1999	Vanderbilt	5–6	2–6	5th (Eastern)
2000	Vanderbilt	3–8	1–7	5th (Eastern)
2001	Vanderbilt	2–9	0–8	6th (Eastern)
Bobby Johnson (Southeastern Conference) (2002–2009)
2002	Vanderbilt	2–10	0–8	6th (Eastern)
2003	Vanderbilt	2–10	1–7	T–5th (Eastern)
2004	Vanderbilt	2–9	1–7	T–5th (Eastern)
2005	Vanderbilt	5–6	3–5	5th (Eastern)
2006	Vanderbilt	4–8	1–7	6th (Eastern)
2007	Vanderbilt	5–7	2–6	6th (Eastern)
2008	Vanderbilt	7–6	4–4	T–3rd (Eastern)	W Music City
2009	Vanderbilt	2–10	0–8	6th (Eastern)
Robbie Caldwell (Southeastern Conference) (2010)
2010	Vanderbilt	2–10	1–7	6th (Eastern)
James Franklin (Southeastern Conference) (2011–2013)
2011	Vanderbilt	6–7	2–6	T–4th (Eastern)	L Liberty
2012	Vanderbilt	9–4	5–3	4th (Eastern)	W Music City	20	23
2013	Vanderbilt	9–4	4–4	4th (Eastern)	W BBVA Compass	23	24
Derek Mason (Southeastern Conference) (2014–2020)
2014	Vanderbilt	3–9	0–8	7th (Eastern)
2015	Vanderbilt	4–8	2–6	T–4th (Eastern)
2016	Vanderbilt	6–7	3–5	T–5th (Eastern)	L Independence
2017	Vanderbilt	5–7	1–7	6th (Eastern)
2018	Vanderbilt	6–7	3–5	6th (Eastern)	L Texas
2019	Vanderbilt	3–9	1–7	7th (Eastern)
2020	Vanderbilt[n 2]	0–9[n 2]	0–9[n 2]	7th (Eastern)
Clark Lea (Southeastern Conference) (2021–present)
2021	Vanderbilt	2–10	0–8	7th (Eastern)
2022	Vanderbilt	5–7	2–6	7th (Eastern)
2023	Vanderbilt	2–10	0–8	7th (Eastern)
2024	Vanderbilt	7–6	3–5	T–11th	W Birmingham
Total:		625–671–50
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

Notes

1. No conference members claimed a championship. Some publications dubbed North Carolina the SIAA champions for racking up a 3–0–1 road trip against SIAA opponents. Fuzzy Woodruff said Vanderbilt was the undisputed southeastern champion, but Virginia held preeminence in the entire South.
2. Todd Fitch served as the interim head coach for Vanderbilt following the firing of Derek Mason in the 2020 season. He coached in one game, a 42–17 loss to Tennessee.