2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
2006 record	4–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (5th season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons

2006 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x†		7	–	1					13	–	1
#25 Tennessee		5	–	3					9	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					8	–	5
#23 Georgia		4	–	4					9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					4	–	8
Western Division
#15 Arkansas x		7	–	1					10	–	4
#9 Auburn		5	–	3					10	–	3
#3 LSU ‡		6	–	2					11	–	2
Alabama		2	–	6					6	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6					4	–	8
Mississippi State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Alabama finished the season with an overall record of 6–7 (2–6 in conference) but had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6 in conference). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2006 college football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his fifth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006, Vanderbilt went 4–8 with a record of 1–7 in the SEC.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2*	12:00 p.m.	at #15 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 7–27	109,668
September 9	2:30 p.m.	at #25 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	FSN	L 10–13	92,138
September 16	11:30 a.m.	Arkansas	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	LFS	L 19–21	32,302
September 23*	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee State	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 38–9	27,460
September 30*	6:00 p.m.	Temple	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 43–14	34,319
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		L 10–17	51,211
October 14	11:30 a.m.	at #14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	LFS	W 24–22	92,746
October 21†	2:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPNGP	L 13–31	37,280
October 28*	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		W 45–28	14,198
November 4	11:30 a.m.	#7 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	LFS	L 19–25	38,134
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		L 26–38	52,235
November 18	11:30 a.m.	#23 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	LFS	L 10–39	39,773
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Central Time.