2022 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
2022 Vanderbilt Commodores football | |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern Division | |
Record | 5–7 (2–6 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Joey Lynch (1st season as OC, 2nd overall season) |
Defensive coordinator | Nick Howell (1st season) |
Home stadium | FirstBank Stadium (capacity: 40,550) |
The 2022 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Clark Lea.
Vanderbilt started the season off with a 2–0 record for the first time in four years.[1]
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Previous season
The 2021 team finished the season with a record of 2–10 record going 0–8 in their SEC games, finishing in last place in the East Division.
Schedule
Vanderbilt and the SEC announced the 2022 football schedule on September 21, 2021.[2][3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 27 | 9:30 p.m. | at Hawaii* | CBSSN | W 63–10 | 9,346 | |
September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Elon* | SECN+/ESPN+ | W 42–31 | 20,120 | |
September 10 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 23 Wake Forest* |
| SECN | L 25–45 | 24,431 |
September 17 | 2:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | CBSSN | W 38–28 | 14,110 | |
September 24 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Alabama | SECN | L 3–55 | 96,246 | |
October 8 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 9 Ole Miss |
| SECN | L 28–52 | 31,567 |
October 15 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Georgia | SECN | L 0–55 | 92,746 | |
October 22 | 3:00 p.m. | at Missouri | SECN | L 14–17 | 60,618 | |
November 5 | 6:30 p.m. | South Carolina |
| SECN | L 27–38 | 28,553 |
November 12 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 24 Kentucky | SECN | W 24–21 | 57,474 | |
November 19 | 11:00 a.m. | Florida |
| SECN | W 31–24 | 30,136 |
November 26 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 10 Tennessee |
| SECN | L 0–56 | 40,350 |
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Coaching staff
Name | Position | Consecutive season at Vanderbilt in current position |
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Clark Lea | Head coach | 2nd |
Joey Lynch | Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks | 2nd |
Nick Howell | Defensive coordinator/DBs Coach | 1st |
Justin Lustig | Associate head coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach | 2nd |
A.J. Blazek | Offensive Line Coach | 2nd |
Norval McKenzie | Run Game Coordinator/Running Backs Coach | 2nd |
Alex Bailey | Wide Receivers | 1st |
Jovan Haye | Defensive Ends Coach | 2nd |
Larry Black | Defensive Tackles Coach | 1st |
Nick Lezynski | Linebackers Coach | 1st |
Dan Jackson | Safeties coach | 1st |
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Game summaries
at Hawaii
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Commodores | 14 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 63 |
Rainbow Warriors | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Statistics
Statistics | VAN | HAW |
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First downs | 28 | 20 |
Total yards | 601 | 358 |
Rushing yards | 404 | 108 |
Passing yards | 197 | 250 |
Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
Time of possession | 31:03 | 28:57 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Vanderbilt | Passing | Mike Wright | 13/21, 146 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Mike Wright | 13 rushes, 163 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 3 receptions, 39 yards, 2 TD | |
Hawaii | Passing | Brayden Schager | 18/35, 161 yards |
Rushing | Dedrick Parson | 13 rushes, 82 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Jonah Panoke | 7 receptions, 101 yards |
Elon
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Phoenix | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Commodores | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
Statistics
Statistics | ELON | VAN |
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First downs | 23 | 17 |
Total yards | 495 | 424 |
Rushing yards | 152 | 179 |
Passing yards | 343 | 245 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 34:29 | 25:27 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Elon | Passing | Matthew McKay | 19/32, 333 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Matthew McKay | 13 rushes, 52 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Jackson Parham | 8 receptions, 143 yards, TD | |
Vanderbilt | Passing | Mike Wright | 18/29, 245 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 20 rushes, 95 yards | |
Receiving | Jayden McGowan | 4 receptions, 118 yards, TD |
No. 23 Wake Forest
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Demon Deacons | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
Commodores | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
Statistics
Statistics | WAKE | VAN |
---|---|---|
First downs | 21 | 11 |
Total yards | 451 | 294 |
Rushing yards | 151 | 113 |
Passing yards | 300 | 181 |
Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
Time of possession | 30:13 | 29:47 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Wake Forest | Passing | Sam Hartman | 18/27, 300 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Quinton Cooley | 9 rushes, 57 yards, TD | |
Receiving | A. T. Perry | 5 receptions, 142 yards, TD | |
Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 8/11, 146 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 18 rushes, 87 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Jayden McGowan | 3 receptions, 56 yards |
at Northern Illinois
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Commodores | 7 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 38 |
Huskies | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Statistics
Statistics | VAN | NIU |
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First downs | 21 | 17 |
Total yards | 428 | 354 |
Rushing yards | 173 | 151 |
Passing yards | 255 | 203 |
Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
Time of possession | 30:39 | 29:21 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 18/28, 255 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 23 rushes, 116 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 10 receptions, 171 yards, TD | |
Northern Illinois | Passing | Ethan Hampton | 12/19, 124 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Antario Brown | 8 rushes, 60 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Cole Tucker | 4 receptions, 88 yards, 2 TD |
at No. 2 Alabama
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Commodores | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 2 Crimson Tide | 14 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 55 |
Statistics
Statistics | VAN | ALA |
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First downs | 9 | 34 |
Total yards | 129 | 628 |
Rushing yards | 14 | 228 |
Passing yards | 115 | 400 |
Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
Time of possession | 27:43 | 32:17 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 13/26, 115 yards |
Rushing | Rocko Griffin | 3 rushes, 19 yards | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 3 receptions, 52 yards | |
Alabama | Passing | Bryce Young | 25/36, 385 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Jase McClellan | 11 rushes, 78 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Ja'Corey Brooks | 6 receptions, 117 yards, 2 TD |
No. 9 Ole Miss
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 9 Rebels | 3 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 52 |
Commodores | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
Statistics
Statistics | MISS | VAN |
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First downs | 22 | 21 |
Total yards | 591 | 403 |
Rushing yards | 143 | 122 |
Passing yards | 448 | 281 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 18:43 | 41:17 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Ole Miss | Passing | Jaxson Dart | 25/32, 448 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Zach Evans | 11 rushes, 80 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Jonathan Mingo | 9 receptions, 247 yards, 2 TD | |
Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 27/38, 281 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 27 rushes, 105 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Jayden McGowan | 7 receptions, 104 yards, TD |
at No. 1 Georgia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commodores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 1 Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 55 |
Statistics
Statistics | VAN | UGA |
---|---|---|
First downs | 10 | 30 |
Total yards | 150 | 579 |
Rushing yards | 45 | 192 |
Passing yards | 105 | 387 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 21:00 | 39:00 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 12/23, 105 yards |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 12 rushes, 29 yards | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 3 receptions, 45 yards | |
Georgia | Passing | Stetson Bennett | 24/30, 289 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Daijun Edwards | 10 rushes, 49 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Darnell Washington | 4 receptions, 78 yards |
at Missouri
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Commodores | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Statistics
Statistics | VAN | MIZ |
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First downs | 16 | 19 |
Total yards | 299 | 308 |
Rushing yards | 57 | 97 |
Passing yards | 242 | 211 |
Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
Time of possession | 31:03 | 28:57 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Vanderbilt | Passing | Mike Wright | 9/15, 127 yards, TD |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 15 rushes, 28 yards | |
Receiving | Gamarion Carter | 1 reception, 80 yards, TD | |
Missouri | Passing | Brady Cook | 17/25, 211 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Cody Schrader | 14 rushes, 84 yards | |
Receiving | Luther Burden III | 4 receptions, 66 yards, TD |
South Carolina
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Gamecocks | 17 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
Commodores | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
Statistics
Statistics | SC | VAN |
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First downs | 17 | 24 |
Total yards | 492 | 454 |
Rushing yards | 208 | 226 |
Passing yards | 284 | 228 |
Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
Time of possession | 29:13 | 30:47 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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South Carolina | Passing | Spencer Rattler | 18/26, 200 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Jaheim Bell | 16 rushes, 56 yards | |
Receiving | Antwane Wells Jr. | 4 receptions, 110 yards, 2 TD | |
Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 10/18, 127 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 20 rushes, 167 yards | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 6 receptions, 95 yards |
at No. 24 Kentucky
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commodores | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
No. 24 Wildcats | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
Statistics
Statistics | VAN | UK |
---|---|---|
First downs | 18 | 16 |
Total yards | 448 | 322 |
Rushing yards | 264 | 213 |
Passing yards | 184 | 109 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 33:15 | 26:45 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Vanderbilt | Passing | Mike Wright | 12/23, 184 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 26 rushes, 129 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 5 receptions, 88 yards, TD | |
Kentucky | Passing | Will Levis | 11/23, 109 yards, INT |
Rushing | Chris Rodriguez Jr. | 18 rushes, 162 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Tayvion Robinson | 5 receptions, 49 yards |
Florida
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gators | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
Commodores | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
Statistics
Statistics | FLA | VAN |
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First downs | 20 | 18 |
Total yards | 445 | 283 |
Rushing yards | 45 | 175 |
Passing yards | 400 | 108 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Time of possession | 26:34 | 33:26 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Florida | Passing | Anthony Richardson | 25/42, 400 yards, 3 TD, INT |
Rushing | Montrell Johnson Jr. | 11 rushes, 32 yards | |
Receiving | Daejon Reynolds | 8 receptions, 165 yards, 2 TD | |
Vanderbilt | Passing | Mike Wright | 10/16, 108 yards, 3 TD, INT |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 30 rushes, 122 yards | |
Receiving | Ben Bresnahan | 1 reception, 28 yards, TD |
No. 10 Tennessee
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 10 Volunteers | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
Commodores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics
Statistics | TENN | VAN |
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First downs | 16 | 17 |
Total yards | 513 | 254 |
Rushing yards | 362 | 147 |
Passing yards | 151 | 107 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 16:15 | 43:45 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Tennessee | Passing | Joe Milton | 11/21, 147 yards, TD |
Rushing | Jaylen Wright | 5 rushes, 160 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Jalin Hyatt | 3 receptions, 86 yards | |
Vanderbilt | Passing | AJ Swann | 11/17, 79 yards |
Rushing | Ray Davis | 21 rushes, 60 yards | |
Receiving | Will Sheppard | 6 receptions, 48 yards |
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Source: "2022 Vanderbilt Commodores football team", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team.
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References
- ^ Karp, Brandon (September 3, 2022). "Vanderbilt defeats Elon 42-31, start season 2-0 for the first time since 2018". The Vanderbilt Hustler. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ Nick Gray (September 21, 2021). "Vanderbilt football 2022 SEC schedule: Commodores open SEC play at Alabama". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Vanderbilt unveils loaded 2022 football schedule". NashvillePost.com. September 22, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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