2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by interim head coach Todd Fitch, who replaced Derek Mason after his firing on November 29, 2020. On December 14, 2020, Clark Lea was hired as head coach.

2020 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record0–9 (0–9 SEC)
Head coach
  • Derek Mason (7th season; first 8 games)
  • Todd Fitch (interim; final game)
Offensive coordinatorTodd Fitch (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTed Roof (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
2020 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 13 Florida x  8 2   8 4  
No. 7 Georgia  7 2   8 2  
Missouri  5 5   5 5  
Kentucky  4 6   5 6  
Tennessee  3 7   3 7  
South Carolina  2 8   2 8  
Vanderbilt  0 9   0 9  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^  10 0   13 0  
No. 4 Texas A&M  8 1   9 1  
Auburn  6 4   6 5  
LSU*  5 5   5 5  
Ole Miss  4 5   5 5  
Arkansas  3 7   3 7  
Mississippi State  3 7   4 7  
Championship: Alabama 52, Florida 46
  • # College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – ineligible for postseason due to self imposed ban
    Note: Due to COVID-19, the SEC played a conference-only schedule.
Rankings from AP Poll.

On November 28, in game against Missouri, Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference game by delivering the opening kickoff for the second half. Fuller, the Commodores' goalkeeper on the school's SEC championship women's soccer team, was added to the football roster after the team's regular kicking specialists had to be quarantined due to COVID-19 protocols. The following game, against Tennessee in the season finale, Fuller would become the first women to score in a Power Five game, going a perfect 2/2 on extra point attempts.

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