Feb. 26, 2016
Vanderbilt will renew its football rivalry with Wake Forest with a home-and-home series with the Atlantic Coast Conference member.
The Commodores and Demon Deacons will play in 2022-23, the schools jointly announced today. The teams will meet in Nashville on Sept. 10, 2022, then face off in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 9, 2023.
Vanderbilt also announced it would host Mercer University from the Southern Conference on Sept. 5, 2020.
Wake Forest has become Vanderbilt’s most frequently played non-Southeastern Conference opponent in the past two decades. In the last 10 years, the teams have squared off on six occasions, with the Commodores winning the final three games versus the Demon Deacons.
Overall, the Commodores hold a 10-6 series advantage over Wake Forest. The series dates to a 9-6 Vanderbilt win in 1964.
The 2020 game between Vanderbilt and Mercer renews a series that dates to 1909. The Commodores are 4-0 all-time against Mercer, with the last game between the teams coming in 1932.
Vanderbilt expects to announce more future opponents in coming weeks.
The Commodores have recently announced football series with the following teams:
• Kansas State (2017, 2020)
• Northern Illinois (2019, 2022)
• Purdue (2019, 2029)
• Stanford (2021, 2024, 2025, 2027)
• Georgia State (2024, 2025).
