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Vanderbilt LOOKS FO R 5T H Strai GH T Win THE COMMODORE SEA S ON AT A GLANCE ...(4-0, 2-0) DA TE OPP O NENT NO TES 8/28 @ Miami of Ohio (W, 34-13) Commodores rush for 269 yards in road win 9/4 So. Carolina, ESPN (W, 24-17) Second straight win over ranked Gamecocks 4-0, 2-0 4-1, 2-1 9/13 Rice, 6 pm (W, 38-21) Vanderbilt scores 24 unanswered points in win 9/20 @ Ole Miss, 6 pm (W, 23-17) Defense forces six turnovers in key road victory KIC K OFF INFORMATION 10/4 Auburn, ESPN, 5 pm 4-1 No. 13 Tigers use huge defensive effort to topple UT DATE: Saturday, October 4, 2008 10/11 @ Miss. State, TBA 1-4 Bulldogs play hard in 34-24 loss to LSU in Baton Rouge KICKOFF: 5:00 p.m., CST 10/18 @ Georgia, TBA 4-1 Bulldogs get overwhelmed by visiting Alabama 41-30 STADIUM: Vanderbilt Stadium 10/25 Duke, 2 pm 3-1 Blue Devils continue to impress; defeat Virginia 31-3 LOCATION: Nashville, Tenn. 11/8 Florida, TBA 3-1 Gators upset in 31-30 loss to Ole Miss in Gainesville RADIO: Vanderbilt Radio Network; Flagship Station – 104.5 "The Zone" 11/15 @ Kentucky, TBA 4-0 Wildcats have their way with Western Kentucky 41-3 COMMODORE RADIO CREW: 11/22 Tennessee, TBA 1-3 Vols struggle on offense in 14-12 defeat at Auburn Joe Fisher, play-by-play; 11/29 @ Wake Forest, TBA 3-1 Deacs suffer first loss of season, 24-17, to Navy John Gromos, color analyst; Kevin Ingram, sidelines reporter XM RADIO: Channel 200 TV: ESPN (national) ESPN CREW: Brent Musburger, play-by-play; VANDERBILT Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; Lisa Salters, sidelines ESPN'S COLLE G E GAME DAY GAME NOTES SHOW COMIN G TO CAM P U S ESPN's popular "College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" show will make its first Commodore Storylines appearance ever on the Vanderbilt campus this ★ The Commodores continue to move up in ★ Commodore special teams, ability to create Saturday when No. 13 Auburn invades Nashville to Top 25 rankings; Team is 19th in polls. turnovers aiding Vanderbilt cause. take on the No. 19 Commodores. - Entering the Top 25...Pages 2 - Team among NCAA best in both areas...Page 5 The entire College GameDay crew – Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond ★ While the series has its share of oddities, ★ D.J. Moore continues to show versatility; Howard – will be on campus to focus national Auburn have controlled recent games. Junior standout impacting outcome in virtually attention on the Auburn-Vanderbilt matchup. - More on the Vanderbilt-Auburn series...Page 3 every phase of games. The game, scheduled to kickoff at 5 p.m., CT, - More on Moore's versatility, production..Page 7 also will air on ESPN. ★ Safety Ryan Hamilton enjoys career game More details on how fans can watch the show in Vanderbilt win at Ole Miss. ★ Twelve former 'Dores on NFL rosters. will be available Tuesday at vucommodores.com. - Ties team record with three INTs...Page 4 - Former Commodores in the Pros...Page 10 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATION S QUIC K FACT S ON VANDERBILT & AUBURN LARRY LEATHERS - Primary Football Contact VANDERBILT AUBURN (615) 343-6437 office; (615) 480-8226 cell Location Nashville, Tenn. Auburn, Ala. [email protected] Founded 1873 1856 ROD WILLIAMSON – Dir., External Relations Enrollment 6,402 24,137 CHRIS WEINMAN – FB Asst./Women’s BB Conference Southeastern Southeastern ANDY BOGGS – Men’s Basketball/Golf THOMAS SAMUEL – Baseball/Women's Soccer Nickname Commodores Tigers BRANDON BARCA – Website Coordinator Colors Black & Gold Burnt Orange & Navy Blue RYAN SCHULZ – Editor, Commodore Nation Home Field Vanderbilt Stadium Jordan-Hare Stadium Travis Young – Intern, Tennis Capacity 39,773 87,451 Josh Arntz – Intern, website/Cross Country Field Surface natural grass natural grass PHONE: (615) 322-4121 Head Coach Bobby Johnson (7th) Tommy Tuberville (10th) FAX: (615) 343-7064 Coaching Record 84-86 (.494) 109-54 (.669) PRESS BOX PHONE: (615) 320-0436 Website vucommodores.com auburntigers.com 2008 VANDERBILT FOOTBALL Stadiu M IMP R O ve M ent S H See K in G 5-0 Start VANDERBILT STADIUM GET S FRE S H LOO K ; COMMODORE S SEE K IN G 5-0 START PHA S E I CON S TRUCTION WOR K COM P LETE Starting 4-0 at Vanderbilt is unique. Starting 5-0 – which the Commodore fans attending home games this season will be Commodores will attempt when they face Southeastern Conference Western Division power Auburn on Saturday – is just plain rare. greeted by the first substantial improvements to Dudley Field and The Commodores' 4-0 start, provided by come-from-behind wins Vanderbilt Stadium in more than a decade. against Miami (Ohio), South Carolina, Rice and Ole Miss, is just the Constructions crews completed Phase 1 work on Vanderbilt team's fourth 4-0 start since 1950. Stadium in late August. The result is a clean, refurbished look for Trying to find the last time a Vanderbilt squad started the season the stadium, built in 1981. 5-0? You need only go back to World War II, mere months before The construction is the first of five phases outlined in a D-Day and the Western Allies' invasion of Normandy, France. The year $60 million athletic facility enhancement plan. The project was was 1943, the team's final record was 5-0, and its undermanned announced last winter by Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor of University Wartime opponents included Tennessee Tech for two games, Camp Affairs and Student Athletics David Williams II. Campbell, Milligan and Carson-Newman. Among the football stadium improvements completed in the The Commodores have now reached 4-0 twice under Bobby Phase I work are: Johnson. In 2005, the squad rode the late-game heroics of QB Jay Cutler to a 4-0 mark before finishing 5-6 overall. Johnson is the first • New brick exterior renovation to south end of Commodore head coach to have two 4-0 teams since Ray Morrison stadium facing McGugin Athletic Center and Jess accomplished the feat in 1937-38. Neely Drive. The work extends the brick facade This marks only the fourth 4-0 start for Vanderbilt since World War II. included at the adjacent Hawkins Baseball Field. • Painting of stadium exterior. Vanderbilt Teams Starting 4-0 • Addition of new Vanderbilt Bookstore and YEAR OPENING SEA so N CO A C H FINAL RE co RD Commodore Grille outlets on concourse. 2008 4-0 Bobby Johnson --- • New eastside concourse artwork featuring 2005 4-0 Bobby Johnson 5-6 Vanderbilt Athletics "It's Good To Be Gold" theme. 1984 4-0 George MacIntyre 5-6 The artwork includes action images of several 1950 4-0 Bill Edwards 7-4 recent Vanderbilt standouts, such as football 1943 5-0 E.H. Alley 5-0 players Jay Cutler, Earl Bennett and Chris 1941 4-0 Red Sanders 8-2 1938 4-0 Ray Morrison 6-3 Williams, golfer Brandt Snedeker, hoopsters Shan 1937 5-0 Ray Morrison 7-2 Foster and Chantelle Anderson, and baseball Between 1890 and 1934, Vanderbilt teams started 4-0 on 16 different players Pedro Alvarez and David Price. occasions. Squads coached by Dan McGugin (1904-17, 1919-1934) • New exterior signage and installation of large accomplished the feat 13 times. "Star V" logos on the press box structure. Bobby Johnson's football team also benefited from the addition ORE S OO K IN G FOR TART of FieldTurf artificial surface at its practice facility this summer. 'D L 3-0 SEC S Phase I construction also is aimed at enhancing both Memorial The Commodores will be seeking their third consecutive win in Gym and Hawkins Field. New men's and women's player locker Southeastern Conference play when Auburn comes to Nashville on rooms, and post-game press conference facilities are under Saturday. construction at Memorial Gym, along with the installment of a new Vanderbilt is currently leading the SEC Eastern Division standings wooden gym floor. At Hawkins Field, work is under way to expand after early-season victories against South Carolina (24-17, Sept. 4) capacity with the addition of seating areas in left field and right and Ole Miss (23-17, Sept. 20). field. The last time Vanderbilt won three consecutive games in the tough The facility project is expected to continue for several years. SEC was 1982 – which also happens to be the Commodores' last year for a postseason bowl appearance. In 1982, the Commodores started Phase II, expected to get under way after the 2008 football 3-2 before putting together a five-game win streak, a stretch that season, calls for total renovation of both stadium gates facing Jess included victories over Ole Miss (19-10, Oct.23), Kentucky (23-10, Nov. Neely Drive, and the continuation of the brick exterior facade down 6) and Tennessee (28-21, Nov. 27). Natchez Trace. Work on the long-anticipated Vanderbilt Athletics The Commodores have captured three straight SEC victories on just Hall of Fame also is expected to start after the season. seven occasions: 1934, 1935, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955 and 1982. The project also calls for future construction of new football Vanderbilt's longest winning streak in SEC play is four games, player locker and meeting rooms, and expanded training and accomplished in 1948 and 1949. academic support facilities. The Commodores also captured consecutive SEC wins under Bobby Johnson to open the 2005 season – 28-24 at Arkansas (Sept. 10.) and 31-23 vs. Ole Miss (Sept.