2023 Vanderbilt Commodores football team


The 2023 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores were led by Clark Lea in his third year as their head coach. Following their blowout loss to Ole Miss, the Commodores became ineligible for a bowl selection for the 5th consecutive season. This was the last year of the Eastern and Western divisions of the SEC, as Texas and Oklahoma joined the SEC in 2024. The Vanderbilt Commodores football team drew an average home attendance of 25,509 in 2023.

Schedule

Vanderbilt and the SEC announced the 2023 football schedule on September 20, 2022. The 2023 Commodores' schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games for the regular season. Vanderbilt will host four SEC conference opponents Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri at home and will travel to four SEC opponents, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee to close out the SEC regular season on the road. Vanderbilt is not scheduled to play SEC West opponents Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi State and Texas A&M in the 2023 regular season. The Commodores' have two bye weeks this season.
Vanderbilt's out of conference opponents represent the ACC, Mountain West and SWAC. The Commodores will host two of the four non–conference games which are against Alabama A&M from the SWAC and Hawaii from the Mountain West. The Commodores will travel to two non–conference games which are against UNLV also from the Mountain West and will travel to Wake Forest from the ACC.

Game summaries

Hawaii

StatisticsHAWVAN
First downs1917
Total yards391297
Rushing yards4039
Passing yards351258
Turnovers20
Time of possession31:2228:38

Alabama A&M

StatisticsAAMUVAN
First downs1424
Total yards278461
Rushing yards135215
Passing yards143246
Turnovers11
Time of possession32:2227:38

at Wake Forest

StatisticsVANWAKE
First downs2129
Total yards423484
Rushing yards109288
Passing yards314196
Turnovers31
Time of possession25:4334:17

at UNLV

StatisticsVANUNLV
First downs2121
Total yards420403
Rushing yards38–8340–127
Passing yards337276
Passing: Comp–Att–Int18–37–121–37–2
Time of possession30:4528:35

Kentucky

StatisticsUKVAN
First downs1820
Total yards60–36574–328
Rushing yards31–16027–97
Passing yards205231
Passing: Comp–Att–Int15–29–220–47–4
Time of possession31:1128:49

Missouri

StatisticsMIZZVAN
First downs2815
Total yards75–53272–300
Rushing yards34–13720–41
Passing yards395259
Passing: Comp–Att–Int33–41–020–31–1
Time of possession35:5824:02

at Florida

StatisticsVANFLA
First downs1325
Total yards53–34471–495
Rushing yards19–6430–215
Passing yards280280
Passing: Comp–Att–Int19–34–034–41–1
Time of possession23:0236:58

Georgia

StatisticsUGAVAN
First downs269
Total yards78–55247–219
Rushing yards39–29115–18
Passing yards261201
Passing: Comp–Att–Int29–39–119–29–1
Time of possession37:1922:41

at Ole Miss

StatisticsVANMISS
First downs1322
Total yards229431
Rushing yards169177
Passing yards60254
Passing: Comp–Att–Int8–20–220–29–1
Time of possession32:5927:01

Auburn

StatisticsAUBVAN
First downs1412
Plays–yards64–42462–266
Rushes–yards37–23030–100
Passing yards194166
Passing: Comp–Att–Int17–27–117–32–1
Time of possession26:3933:21

at South Carolina

StatisticsVANSC
First downs1721
Total yards235487
Rushing yards131136
Passing yards104351
Passing: Comp–Att–Int13–28–028–36–1
Time of possession32:4727:13

at Tennessee

StatisticsVANTENN
First downs2231
Total yards306617
Rushing yards78168
Passing yards228449
Passing: Comp–Att–Int21–32–031–47–0
Time of possession34:2125:39