Oct. 14, 2014
2015 Vanderbilt Football Schedule
Birmingham, Ala. – The Commodores will open the 2015 football season with consecutive home games against Western Kentucky, Georgia and Austin Peay, the Southeastern Conference and its member universities announced today.
Vanderbilt’s 2015 schedule also features additional SEC encounters in Vanderbilt Stadium against Missouri, Kentucky and Texas A&M.
The schedule includes road dates for the Commodores at Ole Miss, Middle Tennessee, South Carolina, Houston, Florida and Tennessee.
“We’re excited about the 2015 schedule. It presents a great challenge and great opportunity for our football team,” Head Coach Derek Mason said. “Playing three teams from this area in Western Kentucky, Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee also should generate a lot of local interest among college football fans entering the season.”
The Commodores and Western Kentucky, a new member of Conference USA, will open the season Sept. 5 in Vanderbilt Stadium. It marks the first game between the schools since 1938.
Vanderbilt’s conference home opener against Georgia on Sept. 12 is the earliest the SEC East rivals have played in a season since the mid-1960s.
The Commodores conclude their early home schedule Sept. 19 with a meeting against Austin Peay. The two teams have met once previously, with Vanderbilt claiming a win in 2013.
After the three-game home stretch to open the season, five of Vanderbilt’s next six games come on the road, starting with a trip to Oxford, Miss., to face Ole Miss on Sept. 26. The Commodores then travel down Interstate 24 to Murfreesboro on Oct. 3 to face Conference USA member Middle Tennessee.
After an open date on Oct. 10, the Commodores play a third straight game off campus – against South Carolina in Columbia on Oct. 17.
The Commodores return back to campus Oct. 24 to face Missouri, then return to the road against Houston of the American Athletic Conference on Oct. 31 and Florida on Nov. 7.
The Commodores last two home games come against SEC competition: Kentucky on Nov. 14 and Texas A&M on Nov. 21. It will mark the first visit ever to Nashville by the Aggies.
Vanderbilt closes the regular season against cross-state Tennessee for the second straight year with the game in Knoxville on Nov. 28.
| 2015 VANDERBILT SCHEDULE | ||
| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 5 | WESTERN KENTUCKY | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Sept. 12 | GEORGIA | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Sept. 19 | AUSTIN PEAY | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Sept. 26 | at Ole Miss | Oxford, Miss. |
| Oct. 3 | at MTSU | Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Oct. 17 | at South Carolina | Columbia, S.C. |
| Oct. 24 | MISSOURI | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Oct. 31 | at Houston | Houston, Texas |
| Nov. 7 | at Florida | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Nov. 14 | KENTUCKY | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Nov. 21 | TEXAS A&M | Vanderbilt Stadium |
| Nov. 28 | at Tennessee | Knoxville, Tenn. |