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Football Single Game Tickets Go On Sale Monday, June 30 7/9/2003
Football Single Game Tickets Go On Sale Monday, June 30 7-9-03 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Single game football tickets for the 2003 Commodore schedule go on sale to the public Monday, June 30, Vanderbilt athletic officials announced today. The Commodores have seven home dates this fall, opening the season with Ole Miss and Heisman Trophy candidate Eli Manning on Saturday, Aug. 30. Vanderbilt also hosts UT-Chattanooga, Sept. 6; Auburn, Sept. 13; Georgia Tech, Sept. 27; Navy, Oct. 11; Georgia, Oct. 18; and Kentucky, Nov. 15. Vanderbilt also offers season ticket deals until the Ole Miss opener. Season packages range from $115 to $162 per adult. At just over $7 per ticket, a family of four (2 adults and 2 youth) can enjoy a full season of Commodore football for $215. The season opener pits the Commodores against Ole Miss and All-American quarterback Eli Manning. The last three games played between the teams – all won by the Rebels – have been decided in the final minute of action. The 2002 affair, played before the largest crowd ever in Oxford, featured 100-yard rushing games by Commodore backs Norval McKenzie and Kwane Doster, who also set a Southeastern Conference kickoff return record and Vanderbilt mark for all-purpose yardage in the game. The Commodores’ remaining SEC home games are Auburn, Georgia and Kentucky. Each squad is equipped with some of the conference’s top returnees. Auburn returns a stellar lineup, including arguably the SEC’s finest group of linebackers and running backs, led by Carnell “Cadillac” Williams and Ronnie Brown. The Tigers enter the season as the favorite in the SEC West and are picked No. 1 in the nation by some preseason magazines. Georgia is coming off an SEC championship win and bowl victory. All-SEC quarterback candidate David Greene and a pair of All-Americans, defensive end David Pollack and flanker Fred Gibson, are among 11 starters back from Georgia’s 13-1 squad.
Georgia Tech will make their first appearance at Vanderbilt Stadium in 36 years. A charter member of the SEC, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt have played 35 games, with the Yellow Jackets holding a slight 17-15-3 advantage. The Commodores also host the United States Naval Academy and Tennessee-Chattanooga. Navy, who finished the 2002 season with a convincing 58-12 victory over arch-rival Army, are directed by Paul Johnson, the former highly successful coach at Georgia Southern. One of his main rivals at Georgia Southern was Furman, directed by current Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson. The Tennessee-Chattanooga game will feature the return of former Vanderbilt football coach Steve Sloan, who serves as the Mocs’ athletic director. |
Kentucky, under new head coach Rich Brooks, features two of the most dynamic players in the nation in quarterback Jared Lorenzen and wide receiver/returner Derek Abney.