ALL-TIME YEARLy RECORDS

Yearly Results
The 2008 Commodores
Bobby Johnson's squad wins the program's first bowl in 53 years at the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville.
1987 (4-7/1-5 7th)
Coach: Watson Brown
Captains: Everett Crawford, Chris Gaines,
Daryl Holt, Carl Parker
9/12 Memphis* W 27-17
9/19 Duke L 31-35
9/26 Alabama* (#17) L 23-30
10/3 Tulane L 17-27
10/10 Auburn (#5) L 15-48
10/17 Georgia* (#18) L 24-52
10/24 Mississippi L 14-42
10/31 Rutgers* W 27-13
11/7 Kentucky* W 38-29
11/21 Maryland* W 34-24
11/28 Tennessee L 36-38
1988 (3-8/2-5 9th)
Coach: Watson Brown
Captains: Eric Jones, Joe Gentry,
Mike Johnson, Brent Turner
9/10 Mississippi State* W 24-20
9/17 Rutgers W 31-30
9/24 Alabama (#13) L 10-44
10/1 Duke* L 15-17
10/8 Georgia (#15) L 22-41
10/15 Florida* (#20) W 24-9
10/22 Mississippi* L 28-36
11/5 Kentucky L 13-14
11/12 Army L 19-24
11/19 Memphis L 9-28
11/26 Tennessee* L 7-14
1989 (1-10/0-7 10th)
Coach: Watson Brown
Captains: John Gromos, Greg Smith,
DeMond Winston, Andy McCarroll
9/2 Mississippi State L 7-42
9/23 Ohio* W 54-10
9/30 Alabama* (#13) L 14-20
10/7 Memphis L 10-13
10/14 Florida (#25) L 11-34
10/21 Georgia* L 16-35
10/28 Mississippi L 16-24
11/4 Virginia Tech L 0-18
11/11 Kentucky* L 11-15
11/18 Tulane* L 13-37
12/2 Tennessee (#8) L 10-17
1990 (1-10/1-6 9th)
Coach: Watson Brown
game captains selected
9/8 SMU L 7-44
9/22 LSU* W 24-21
9/29 Alabama L 28-59
10/6 Syracuse* L 14-49
10/13 Auburn (#6) L 6-56
10/20 Georgia L 28-39
10/27 Mississippi* (#17) L 13-14
11/10 Kentucky L 21-28
11/17 Army* L 38-42
11/24 Wake Forest* L 28-56
12/1 Tennessee* (#12) L 20-49
1991 (5-6/3-4 6th)
Coach: Gerry DiNardo
Captains: Bobby Craycraft, Rod Keith
9/7 Syracuse (#24) L 10-37
9/14 SMU* W 14-11
9/21 LSU L 14-16
9/28 Alabama* (#22) L 17-48
10/5 Duke L 13-17
10/12 Auburn* (#24) L 22-24
10/19 Georgia* (#17) W 27-25
10/26 Mississippi W 30-27
11/2 Army W 41-10
11/9 Kentucky* W 17-7
11/30 Tennessee L 0-45
1992 (4-7/2-6 5th)
Coach: Gerry DiNardo
Captains: Marcus Wilson, Robbie Young
9/5 Alabama (#9) L 8-25
9/12 Duke* W 42-37
9/19 Mississippi* (#25) W 31-9
10/3 Auburn L 7-31
10/10 Wake Forest* L 6-40
10/17 Georgia (#10) L 20-30
10/24 So. Carolina* L 17-21
11/7 Kentucky W 20-7
11/14 Navy W 27-7
11/21 Florida* (#9) L 21-41
11/28 Tennessee* (#18) L 25-29
1993 (5-6/2-6 6th)
Coach: Gerry DiNardo
Captains: Gerald Collins, Tony Jackson,
Eric Dahlberg
9/4 Wake Forest W 27-12
9/11 Alabama*(#2) forfeit W 6-17
918 Mississippi L 7-49
10/2 Auburn* (#23) L 10-14
10/9 Cincinnati* W 17-7
10/16 Georgia* L 3-41
10/23 So. Carolina L 0-22
11/6 Kentucky* W 12-7
11/13 Navy* W 41-7
11/20 Florida (#8) L 0-52
11/27 Tennessee (#6) L 14-62
1994 (5-6/2-6 5th)
Coach: Gerry DiNardo
Captains: Gerald Collins, Eric Lewis
9/3 Wake Forest* W 35-14
9/10 Alabama (#11) L 7-17
9/17 Mississippi* L 14-20
10/1 Arkansas L 6-42
10/8 Cincinnati W 34-24
10/15 Georgia W 43-30
10/22 So. Carolina* L 16-19
10/29 Northern Illinois* W 17-16
11/5 Kentucky W 24-6
11/19 Florida* (#3) L 7-24
11/26 Tennessee* L 0-65
1995 (2-9/1-7 6th)
Coach: Rod Dowhower
Captain: Sanford Ware
9/2 Alabama* (#11) L 25-33
9/16 Notre Dame (#24) L 0-41
9/23 TCU* L 3-16
9/30 Arkansas* (#23) L 7-35
10/14 Georgia* L 6-17
10/21 So. Carolina L 14-52
10/28 Mississippi L 10-21
11/4 Kentucky* W 14-10
11/11 Louisiana Tech* W 29-6
11/18 Florida (#5) L 7-38
11/25 Tennessee (#5) L 7-12
1996 (2-9/0-8 6th)
Coach: Rod Dowhower
game captains selected
9/5 Notre Dame* (#6) L 7-14
9/14 Alabama (#13) L 26-36
9/21 Mississippi* L 9-20
10/5 LSU (#14) L 0-35
10/12 North Texas W 19-7
10/19 Georgia L 2-13
10/26 So. Carolina* L 0-27
11/2 UAB* W 31-15
11/9 Florida* (#1) L 21-28
11/16 Kentucky L 0-25
11/30 Tennessee* (#9) L 7-14
Sept. 29, 1984
The Commodores hand
Alabama a 30-21 homecoming
loss. After the win and
a 4-0 start, AP pollsters give
Vanderbilt a No. 17 ranking.
All-America TE Chuck Scott,
right, hauls in reception.
Sept. 6, 1986
Former Vanderbilt quarterback and fan favorite Watson
Brown returns to the sideline for his first game as
Commodore head coach.
Oct. 3, 1987
Chris Gaines, right, put
together one of the finest
individual defensive efforts in
team history, contributed 37
total tackles against Tulane in
the Superdome.
Oct. 15, 1988
Wearing new gold jerseys for the first time, linebacker
Billy Cunningham contributes an interception and two
sacks in Vanderbilt's 24-9 upset of No. 20 Florida.
1988
Boo Mitchell, below,
has five consecutive 100-
yard receiving games. He
ranks first on the team
career receiving yardage.
1988
"It's Showtime" featuring senior quarterback
Eric Jones. Coming off a superb junior
season, Vanderbilt initiates Heisman
campaign for Jones as season approaches.
Oct. 19, 1991
Tailback Corey Harris takes an errant pitch
by Marcus Wilson 51 yards for the deciding
points in Vanderbilt's 27-24 victory over
No. 17 Georgia. Harris and fellow running
back Sam Chalmers both top 100 rushing
yards in the Commodore win.
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