2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record2–10 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBruce Fowler (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy  6 2   11 3  
No. 15 Tennessee x  6 2   10 3  
No. 24 Florida x  6 2   8 5  
South Carolina  2 6   5 7  
Vanderbilt  1 7   2 10  
Kentucky  1 7   4 8  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#  7 1   13 1  
No. 13 Ole Miss x  7 1   10 3  
Auburn  5 3   8 5  
Arkansas  4 4   9 4  
Alabama  2 6   4 9  
Mississippi State  1 7   2 10  
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bobby Johnson, Commodores compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom the SEC's Eastern Division standings. The team played home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 2003 season was Vanderbilt 21st consecutive losing campaign, nut the Commodores ended 230game consecutive losing streak to SEC teams with a win over Kentucky in the second to last game of the year.