2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2008–09 college football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his seventh season in the position. The Commodores played their six home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Music City Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record7–6 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorBruce Fowler (7th season)
Captains
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#  7 1   13 1  
No. 13 Georgia  6 2   10 3  
Vanderbilt  4 4   7 6  
South Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Tennessee  3 5   5 7  
Kentucky  2 6   7 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%  8 0   12 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss  5 3   9 4  
LSU  3 5   8 5  
Arkansas  2 6   5 7  
Auburn  2 6   5 7  
Mississippi State  2 6   4 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

This was Vanderbilt's first 5–0 start since 1943 and first bowl appearance since 1982, ending a streak of 25 straight losing seasons.

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