2001 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2001 Vanderbilt Commodores football Southeastern Conference Eastern Division SEC 2–9 0–8 Woody Widenhofer 5th Steve Crosby 4h Pro-style Herb Paterra 2nd 4–3 Jamie Byrum Antuian Bradford Nate Morrow Dan Stricker Vanderbilt Stadium The 2001 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Woody Widenhofer in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Commodores compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Eastern Division. The team played home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Schedule 2001 AP Central August 30 7:00 p.m. l y Middle Tennessee State Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN 28–37 39,885 September 8 11:30 a.m. l Alabama Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN JPS 9–12 37,318 September 22 6:00 p.m. w y Richmond Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN 28–22 23,107 September 29 6:00 p.m. l Auburn Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN PPV 21–24 39,366 October 13 1:00 p.m. l Georgia 19 rivalry Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN 14–30 31,847 October 20 6:00 p.m. l y South Carolina 16 Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC 14–46 83,104 October 27 12:00 p.m. w y y Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC 42–28 18,332 November 3 11:30 a.m. l y Florida 4 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL JPS 13–71 85,052 November 10 1:00 p.m. l Kentucky rivalry Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN 30–56 32,422 November 24 2:30 p.m. l y Tennessee 7 rivalry Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN CBS 0–38 102,519 December 1 11:30 a.m. l y Ole Miss rivalry Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS JPS 27–38 39,212 Game summaries Middle Tennessee For the first time in 13 games MTSU defeated in-state rival Vanderbilt 37 to 28. This was the first meeting since 1956 despite the schools being located approximately 25 miles apart. MTSU running back Dwone Hicks rushed the ball 37 times for 203 yards and QB Wes Counts was 13 of 36 passes for 308 yards as Middle Tennessee won a season-opening game on the road for the first time since 1994 at Tennessee State. Vanderbilt QB Greg Zolman was 13 of 32 for 300 yards passing. Vanderbilt scored 28 points in the second quarter to go into halftime with a 28 to 24 point lead. Middle Tennessee would go on to score 13 unanswered points for the win. Scoring summary MTSU- Hicks 1 run (Kelly kick) MTSU- Hicks 1 run (Kelly kick) Vandy- R Williams 3 run (Folino kick) Vandy- L Thomas 26 run (Folino kick) MTSU- FG Kelly 22 Vandy- Stricker 48 pass from Zolman (Folino kick) MTSU- Hicks 1 run (Kelly kick) Vandy- M Garrett 73 pass from Zolman (Folino kick) MTSU- Hicks 2 run (kick failed) MTSU- Counts 9 run (Kelly kick) Player statistics Rushing Middle Tenn – Hicks 37-203, Lee 7-48, Wright 2-31, Counts 6-18. Vanderbilt – L Thomas 7-71, R Williams 12-60, Stricker 2-25, Young 2-23, Zolman 3-11, Mathenia 1-1, Purkey 1-minus 14. Passing Middle Tenn – Counts 27-36-0-308 Vanderbilt – Zolman 13-32-0-300 Receiving Middle Tenn – K Newson 9-113, T Calico 6-83, H Johnson 5-48, Youell 4-34, Lee 2-22, Payne 1-8. Vanderbilt – M Garrett 8-219, Stricker 3-70, Hasanoglu 1-9, R Williams 1-2. Team stats Middle Tenn/ Vanderbilt First downs 37/ 17 Rushed-yards 52-300/ 28-177 Passing yards 308 /300 Sacked-yards lost 2-15/ 0-0 Return yards 20 /26 Passes 27-36-0/ 13-32-0 Punts 3-42.7 /5-43.6 Fumbles-lost 2-1/ 2-0 Penalties-yards 9-56/ 11-83 Time of possession 39:55/ 20:05 MTSU 14 10 6 7 Vanderbilt 0 28 0 0 Nashville, Tennessee 12:49 p.m. Central 39,885 88°, Partly cloudy Alabama This was Dennis Franchione's first win at Alabama as ahead football coach. With 5:01 remaining in the game Neal Thomas' fourth field goal sealed the victory for the Crimson Tide. Earlier in the week, Alabama had received official word from the NCAA detailing rules allegations that include payoffs and academic fraud. Chuck Folino kicked three field goals for the Commodores, who started the season 0–2 and 0–1 SEC West. This was the 17th consecutive victory for Alabama over Vanderbilt and had an overall record of 55–19–4 over Vanderbilt. Entering the fourth period Alabama had a 3-point lead when Folino tied the game with a 38-yarder and 7:10 to play. Vanderbilt's Greg Zolman was 17 of 34 for 253 yards passing. Lew Thomas had 10 carries for 89 yards rushing. Alabama's Ahmad Galloway rushed the ball 24 times for 144 yards. Alabama's record was 1–1 and 1–0 in the SEC East. Scoring summary Vanderbilt- FG Folino 20 Alabama- FG N Thomas 35 Alabama- FG N Thomas 26 Vanderbilt- FG Folino 25 Alabama- FG N Thomas 31 Vanderbilt- FG Folino 38 Alabama- FG Thomas 27 Player statistics Rushing Alabama – Galloway 24-144, Hudson 11-69, T Watts 8-16. Vanderbilt – L Thomas 10-89, R Williams 14-32, Stricker 3-16, Mathenia 1-7, Zolman 6-5, Team 1-minus 6. Passing Alabama – T Watts 10-17-0-128. Vanderbilt – Zolman 17-34-0-253, Stricker 0-1-0-0. Receiving Alabama – A Carter 3-30, Luke 2-28, T Jones Jr. 2 – 28, Th Sanders 1-26, F Milons 1-8, Collins 1-8. Vanderbilt – Stricker 3-75, Smith 3-73, Mathenia 3-41, R Williams 3-23, Hatcher 2-27, M Garrett 1-9, L Thomas 1-5, Hasanoglu 1-0. Team statistics Alabama /Vanderbilt First downs 17 /20 Rushed-yards 43-229/ 35-143 Passing yards 128 /253 Sacked-yards lost 1-7 /2-12 Return yards 12 /0 Passes 10-17-0 /17-35-0 Punts 3-28.3 /3-57.0 Fumbles-lost 0-0/ 0-0 Penalties-yards 4-30 /6-33 Time of possession 30:19/ 29:41 Alabama 0 6 3 3 Vanderbilt 3 3 0 3 Nashville, Tennessee. 4:18 p.m. Central 3,7318 JPS Richmond Vanderbilt rallied back in the third quarter with two Lew Thomas 1-yard rushing touchdowns. This was Vandy's first victory of the year; it was over a D I-AA Richmond Spiders, who were (0 2) Richmond made it a close game on a Scott Fulton three yard run with 4:14 remaining in the fourth quarter. Richmond had lost to Virginia on September 1, 2001 17 16 both losses were to a Division I-A school. Richmond took a 10–0 lead in the first quarter, on Gustus' four-yard TD run and Doug Kirchner's 31-yard field goal. Richmond was ahead 16 with 4:06 remaining in the first half. Vandy closed to 16–14 gaining momentum on Greg Zolman's second TD pass a 12 pass to Dan Stricker with 0:39 left remaining in the second quarter. Vanderbilt scored its first points on a 41-yard pass Zoleman to Stricker with 0;04 remaining in the first quarter. This was the first meeting of the teams Richmond had a record of 0–12 all time against the SEC. Vanderbilt's Greg Zolman completed 20 of 32 passes for 236 yards, Lew Thomas rushed 93 yards on 15 carries. Dan Striker had 6 receptions for 84 yards and 2 TD's. Richmond's Gustus completed 6 passes of 14 for 125 yards and ran for 54 yards on 18 attempts. Scoring summary Richmond- Gatus 4 run (Kirchner kick) Richmond- FG Kirchner 31 Vanderbilt- Stricker 41 pass from Zolman (Stover kick) Richmond- Gatus 1 run (kick failed) Vanderbilt- Stricker 12 pass from Zolman (Stover kick) Vanderbilt- L Thomas 1 run (Zolman run for two-point conversion) Vanderbilt- L Thomas 1 run (two point conversion failed) Richmond- Fulton 3 run (two point conversion failed) Player statistics Rushing Richmond – Gustus 18-54, Purnell 8-35, D Wills 6-30, Diggs 5-21, Fulton 6-20, Edwards 4-18, Roane 2-7, Alkebu-lan 1-4, Team 1-minus 20. Vanderbilt – L Thomas 15-93, Zolman 3-9, Hasanoglu 1-9, R Williams 6-5, Hatcher 1-0. Passing Richmond – Gustus 6-14-0-125, D Wills 2-4-0-16. Vanderbilt – Zolman 20-32-0-236. Receiving Richmond – Mcnair 3-69, Roane 3-52, Purnell 2-20. Vanderbilt – Stricker 6-84, M Garrett 4-46, Hatcher 3-61, Hasanoglu 2-15, Simone 1-10, Mathenia 1-9, C Brancheau 1-7, L Thomas 1-3, E Robinson 1-1. Team Stats Richmond/ Vanderbilt First downs 17 /16 Rushed-yards 51-169/ 26-116 Passing yards 141/ 236 Sacked-yards lost 0-0/ 0-0 Return yards 15 20 Passes 8-18-0 /20-32-0 Punts 4-34.5/ 5-32.8 Fumbles-lost 2-0/ 1-1 Penalties-yards 8-66/ 7-44 Time of possession 35:47/ 24:13 Richmond 10 6 0 6 Vanderbilt 7 7 14 0 Nashville, Tennessee 10:11 a.m Central 23,107 Auburn Vanderbilt and Auburn Tigers had played only 10 time between 1955 and 2001. Auburn won them all the previous three meetings Auburn out scored Vanderbilt 78–17. This was a hard fought game by Vandy as the teams were tied 3 times in the game. Auburn scored first on Chris Williams 51 yard touchdown run with 2:08 into the game. Vanderbilt scored on a four-yard run by Lew Thomas with 8:43 in the third quarter and Tigers' freshman quarterback Jason Campbell passed to Robert Johnson for a 35-yard touchdown pass 1:11 later. The Commodores tied again on a two-yard run by Thomas in the third before the Tigers' scored again on a one-yard run by Williams with 0:50 left in the third. The fourth Vanderbilt marched 83-yards and scored on a Dan Stricker four-yard reception from Zolman for Vandy's final point of the game. The Tigers' scored last on a Damon Duval's 49 yard field goal with 2:58 remaining in the game. Vanderbilt made an effort to get into field goal range, however, turned the ball over on downs after driving 52 yards. Scoring summary Auburn – C Williams 51 run (Duval kick) Vanderbilt – L Thomas 4 run (Stover kick) Auburn – Ro Johnson 35 pass from Campbell (Duval kick) Vanderbilt – L Thomas 2 run (Stover kick) Auburn – C Williams 1 run (Duval kick) Vanderbilt – Stricker 4 pass from Zolman (Stover kick) Auburn – FG Duval 49 Player statistics Rushing Auburn – C Williams 6-56, C Moore 11-23, Campbell 9-22, B Johnson 1-7, Team 1-minus 1. Vanderbilt – L Thomas 27-173, R Williams 3-8, Team 1-minus 1, Purkey 1-minus 2, Zolman 5-minus 10. Passing Auburn – Campbell 17-24-0-247. Vanderbilt – Zolman 20-42-1-162, Stricker 0-1-0-0. Receiving Auburn – M Willis 4-87, Ro Johnson 4-56, Carter 3-38, C Moore 3-38, Diamond 1-11, D Green 1-10, J Walkins 1-7. Vanderbilt – Stricker 6-63, M Garrett 3-16, Hasanoglu 2-26, R Williams 2-13, Simone 2-9, Young 2-5, Smith 1-19, Hatcher 1-8, L Thomas 1-3. Team stats Auburn / Vanderbilt First downs 13 / 18 Rushed-yards 28-107 / 37-168 Passing yards 247 /162 Sacked-yards lost 2-25 /1-11 Return yards 57 / 45 Passes 17-24-0 /20-43-1 Punts 6-45.5 / 7-37.0 Fumbles-lost 4-2 /1-1 Penalties-yards 10-89 /5-50 Time of possession 26:11/33:49 Auburn 7 0 14 3 Vanderbilt 0 0 14 7 Nashville, Tennessee 9:45 a.m. Central 39,366 Georgia Scoring summary Georgia – M Smith 3 run (Bennett kick) Georgia – M Smith 40 run (Bennett kick) Georgia – Gibson 58 pass from Da Greene (Bennett kick) Vanderbilt – M Garrett 8 pass from Zolman (Folino kick) Georgia – FG Bennett 27 Vanderbilt – Zolman 1 run (Folino kick) Georgia – Edwards 17 pass from Da Greene (two-point conversion failed) Player statistics Rushing Georgia – M Smith 9-69, Haynes 7-25, Gibson 1-22, Sanks 4-21, K Bailey 3-12, Team 1-minus 1, Da Greene 6-minus 9. Vanderbilt – L Thomas 23-75, R Williams 3-28, Stricker 1-15, Mathenia 2-14, Zolman 9-minus 12. Passing Georgia – Da Greene 19-26-0-305. Vanderbilt – Zolman 24-50-0-316. Receiving Georgia – Gibson 6-106, Haynes 3-88, Mcmichael 3-44, Edwards 3-35, Mitchell 2-13, Watson 1-10, K Bailey 1-9. Vanderbilt – Stricker 8-137, Mathenia 6-78, L Thomas 4-27, M Garrett 2-17, Simone 2-6, Young 1-49, Hasanoglu 1-2. Team stats Georgia/ Vanderbilt First downs 20/ 23 Rushed-yards 31-139/ 38-120 Passing yards 305 /316 Sacked-yards lost 2-12/ 1-14 Return yards 0 /11 Passes 19-26-0 /24-50-0 Punts 5-45.8 /73-36.3 Fumbles-lost 3-3 /2-1 Penalties-yards 12-76/ 9-79 Time of possession 25:20/ 34:40 Georgia 14 10 6 0 Vanderbilt 0 7 7 0 Nashville, Tennessee 5:10 p.m Central 31,847 At South Carolina Vanderbilt was blown-out by South Carolina and the team was weakening. Before the Georgia game all games where close the next 5 SEC team would do the same thing to the down and out Dores. Other than Duke Vandy was at least a 14-point underdog. Scoring summary South Carolina -TD: BRIAN SCOTT 41 Yard Pass From PHIL PETTY (DANIEL WEAVER Kick), 3:53 South Carolina – TD: DEREK WATSON 7 Yard Run (DANIEL WEAVER Kick), 12:48 Vanderbilt – TD: GREG ZOLMAN 1 Yard Run (CHUCK FOLINO Kick), 6:36 South Carolina – FG: DANIEL WEAVER 42 Yard, 9:55 South Carolina – SAFETY: 13:50 Vanderbilt – TD: TOM SIMONE 19 Yard Pass From GREG ZOLMAN (CHUCK FOLINO Kick), 1:38 South Carolina – TD: ANDREW PINNOCK 15 Yard Run (DANIEL WEAVER Kick), 5:06 South Carolina – TD: CHAVEZ DONNINGS 14 Yard Pass From PHIL PETTY (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 9:43 South Carolina – TD: COREY JENKINS 5 Yard Run (DANIEL WEAVER Kick), 1:16 South Carolina – TD: WILLIS HAM 10 Yard Pass From DONDRIAL PINKINS (DANIEL WEAVER Kick), 7:02 Vanderbilt 0 7 7 0 16 South Carolina 14 5 13 14 Durham, South Carolina 3:19 p.m. Eastern 83,104 At Duke Vanderbilt has its only road win and last win of the year, to a Duke team that was 0–7 before the Vandy game, and finished 0–11. Scoring summary Duke – Wade 1 run (Garber kick) Vanderbilt – Stricker 45 pass from Zolman (Folino kick) Vanderbilt – R Williams 1 run (Folino kick) Duke – Brzezinski 4 pass from Bryant (Garber kick) Vanderbilt – R Williams 2 run (Folino kick) Vanderbilt – M Garrett 54 pass from Zolman (Folino kick) Vanderbilt – Mathenia 13 run (Folino kick) Duke – Bryant 1 run (kick failed) Duke – M Hart 31 pass from Bryant (M Hart reception for two-point conversion) Vanderbilt – Zolman 6 run (Folino kick) Player statistics Rushing Vanderbilt – R Williams 18-155, L Thomas 8-123, Zolman 10-32, Mathenia 2-16, Stricker 1-9, Hatcher 1-3. Duke – Douglas 29-169, Wade 16-39, Sharpe 1-13, K Moore 2-11, Bryant 8-3, Dargan 1-3. Passing Vanderbilt – Zolman 8-18-0-168, Olmstead 1-1-0-7. Duke – Bryant 19-36-4-295, Mcdonald 1-1-0-4. Receiving Vanderbilt – Stricker 4-101, Hatcher 2-3, M Garrett 1-54, R Williams 1-10, L Thomas 1-7. Duke – M Hart 4-86, Wade 4-38, Erdeljac 3-52, Sharpe 3-24, Love 2-36, Brzezinski 2-26, K Moore 1-37, Douglas 1-0. Team stats Vanderbilt /Duke First downs 16 /28 Rushed-yards 40-338/ 57-238 Passing yards 175 /299 Sacked-yards lost 1-4/ 2-20 Return yards 87 /8 Passes 9-19-0 /20-37-4 Punts 4-37.8 /3-39.0 Fumbles-lost 4-2 /3-1 Penalties-yards 7-86 /7-55 Time of possession 23:33/ 36:27 Vanderbilt 0 14 21 7 Duke 7 7 0 14 Durham, North Carolina 5:38 p.m. Central 18,332 At Florida "I don't really like these kind of games", Spurrier said. "We got way ahead early and you can tell Vandy had lost their spirit, lost their fight somewhat. Sometimes these kinds of wins could be misleading to your players. So hopefully we don't get too full of ourselves and think we're that many points better than anybody." Scoring summary Florida – Graham 2 run (Chandler kick) Florida – Graham 5 run (Chandler kick) Florida – Gaffney 7 pass from Grossman (Chandler kick) Florida – FG Chandler 37 Florida – T Jacobs 13 pass from Grossman (Chandler kick) Florida – Caldwell 20 pass from Grossman (kick failed) Florida – Davis 25 interception return (Chandler kick) Florida – T Jacobs 2 pass from Berlin (Talcott kick) Florida – Green 5 run (Talcott kick) Florida – Perez 15 pass from Berlin (Talcott kick) Florida – Wells 6 pass from Berlin (kick failed) Vanderbilt – B Walker 27 run (Folino kick) Vanderbilt – B Walker 2 run (kick failed) Player statistics Rushing Vanderbilt – N Mckenzie 5-37, R Williams 15-34, B Walker 4-33, Mathenia 2-5, Hatcher 1-1, Webb 1-minus 8, Zolman 7-minus 12, Olmstead 3-minus 27. Florida – Green 11-49, R Carthon 9-39, Graham 9-35, Gillespie 3-14, Grossman 3-12, Perez 1-12, Kight 1-7. Passing Vanderbilt – Zolman 8-17-1-80, Olmstead 5-9-1-81, B Walker 2-3-0-48, Team 0-1-0-0. Florida – Grossman 17-29-1-306, Berlin 7-9-0-74, Creveling 1-2-0-23. Receiving Vanderbilt – Stricker 5-87, R Williams 4-44, Mathenia 2-24, Smith 1-43, N Mckenzie 1-6, Hasanoglu 1-5, Hatcher 1-0. Florida – T Jacobs 6-105, Caldwell 4-117, Gaffney 4-55, M Jackson 2-37, Perez 2-32, Gillespie 2-15, Haugabrook 1-23, Graham 1-9, Wells 1-6, R Carthon 1-3, Roberts 1-1. Team stats Vanderbilt /Florida First downs 14 /28 Rushed-yards 38-63/ 37-168 Passing yards 209 /403 Sacked-yards lost 6-44/ 0-0 Return yards 8 /94 Passes 15-30-2/ 25-40-1 Punts 7-26.6 /0-0.0 Fumbles-lost 3-3 /3-2 Penalties-yards 3-28 /9-59 Time of possession 30:35/ 29:25 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 13 Florida 24 13 28 6 Gainesville, Florida 5:00 p.m. Eastern 85,052 Kentucky Jared Lorenzen threw for a season-high 453 yards and a career-high six touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 56-30 rout over Vanderbilt in a Southeastern Conference matchup. Dan Stricker caught 12 passes for a career-high 204 yards and two touchdowns for Vanderbilt. Rodney Williams had four catches for a season-high 102 yards and rushed for 85 yards on 18 carries. Scoring summary Vanderbilt – Stricker 2 pass from Zolman (kick failed) Kentucky – Abney 52 pass from Lorenzen (kick failed) Kentucky – D Smith 43 pass from Lorenzen (Hanson kick) Vanderbilt – Stricker 21 pass from Zolman (Folino kick) Kentucky – Cook 21 pass from Lorenzen (Hanson kick) Kentucky – FG Hanson 27 Kentucky – Ja White 82 fumble return (Hanson kick) Vanderbilt – R Williams 2 run (Stover kick) Kentucky – D Smith 51 pass from Lorenzen (Hanson kick) Vanderbilt – Zolman 1 run (Stover kick) Kentucky – Abney 5 pass from Lorenzen (kick failed) Vanderbilt – FG Stover 23 Kentucky – Pinner 1 run (kick failed) Kentucky – Cook 28 pass from Lorenzen (Hanson kick) Player statistics Rushing Kentucky – Pinner 9-33, M Johnson 6-33, Lorenzen 5-32, C Scott 8-15, Boyd 1-11, Cook 1-6. Vanderbilt – R Williams 18-76, N Mckenzie 4-24, B Walker 2-15, Mathenia 2-1, Stricker 1-1, Zolman 8-minus 15. Passing Kentucky – Lorenzen 26-37-0-453. Vanderbilt – Zolman 29-45-1-441, B Walker 0-2-0-0, Young 1-1-0-minus 1. Receiving Kentucky – Abney 7-113, Cook 5-77, D Smith 4-130, C Scott 3-27, Allen 2-33, C Harp 1-22, Pinner 1-20, Simms 1-15, Kelly 1-11, Boone 1-5. Vanderbilt – Stricker 12-204, M Garrett 5-58, R Williams 4-102, Smith 3-38, Hasanoglu 2-12, Hatcher 1-18, E Robinson 1-5, C Brancheau 1-4, Zolman 1-minus 1. Team stats Kentucky /Vanderbilt First downs 26 /34 Rushed-yards 30-130/ 35-102 Passing yards 453 /440 Sacked-yards lost 1-11/ 4-24 Return yards 114 /9 Passes 26-37-0 /30-48-1 Punts 2-51.0 /3-42.7 Fumbles-lost 1-1 /2-2 Penalties-yards 14-133/ 6-42 Time of possession 27:48/ 32:12 Kentucky 13 17 13 13 Vanderbilt 6 7 17 0 Nashville, Tennessee Central 32,422 At Tennessee "There is plenty to worry about this week", Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said. "We were able to get through this one and play a lot of people, but we have a lot of people banged up. Right now, our focus and attention is to get ready for Florida." Scoring summary Tennessee – FG A Walls 37 Tennessee – FG A Walls 27 Tennessee – Washington 10 pass from Clausen (D Stallworth reception for two-point conversion) Tennessee – D Stallworth 55 punt return (A Walls kick) Tennessee – D Stallworth 80 pass from Clausen (A Walls kick) Tennessee – FG A Walls 42 Tennessee – Houston 20 run (Chauvin kick) Player statistics Rushing Vanderbilt – R Williams 21-72, N Mckenzie 3-20, B Walker 1-17, Mathenia 1-4, Stricker 1-2, Zolman 9-minus 54. Tennessee – T Stephens 16-65, Houston 5-54, Davis 5-43, Clausen 1-10, Tinsley 2-7, Mathews 3-4, Fleming 2-3, Bartholomew 1-3. Passing Vanderbilt – Zolman 17-26-2-144, B Walker 0-1-1-0. Tennessee – Clausen 20-29-0-278, Mathews 1-2-0-7. Receiving Vanderbilt – Stricker 6-41, Mathenia 4-40, Hasanoglu 2-18, R Williams 2-11, Young 1-15, Simone 1-14, M Garrett 1-5. Tennessee – Washington 6-60, D Stallworth 4-128, Graham 3-32, T Stephens 3-15, Witten 2-38, Scott 1-7, M Jones 1-4, Parker 1-1 Team stats Vanderbilt /Tennessee First downs 16 /22 Rushed-yards 36-61/ 35-189 Passing yards 144 /285 Sacked-yards lost 5-56/ 0-0 Return yards 0 /133 Passes 17-27-3 /21-31-0 Punts 6-45.7 /1-44.0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 /3-2 Penalties-yards 8-60 /10-96 Time of possession 31:50/ 28:10 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 3 18 10 7 Knoxville, Tennessee Eastern At Ole Miss Ole Miss (7-4, 4-4) trailed, 20-3, midway through the third quarter. But Eli Manning hit four different teammates for scores during a 14:24 span. He completed his third fourth-quarter comeback of the season with a 39-yard TD strike to freshman receiver Jason Armstead, giving the Rebels a 31–27 lead with 3:34 left. Scoring summary Vanderbilt – M Garrett 26 pass from Zolman (kick failed) Mississippi – FG J Nichols 39 Vanderbilt – Stricker 50 pass from Zolman (Stover kick) Vanderbilt – Zolman 3 run (Stover kick) Mississippi – C Stackhouse 13 pass from Manning (J Nichols kick) Mississippi – Flowers 25 pass from Manning (J Nichols kick) Vanderbilt – Mathenia 28 pass from Zolman (Stover kick) Mississippi – J Armstrong 15 pass from Manning (J Nichols kick) Mississippi – J Armstead 39 pass from Manning (J Nichols kick) Mississippi – Gunn 10 run (J Nichols kick) Player statistics Rushing Vanderbilt – R Williams 16-96, Stricker 3-15, Zolman 6-9, N Mckenzie 1-minus 1. Mississippi – Gunn 32-157, Williams 3-22, Sanford 2-12, C Stackhouse 2-10, Manning 2-1, Team 1-minus 1. Passing Vanderbilt – Zolman 23-41-2-286. Mississippi – Manning 23-40-3-286. Receiving Vanderbilt – Stricker 11-169, Mathenia 4-49, M Garrett 2-31, R Williams 2-7, Simone 1-21, Hasanoglu 1-4, Smith 1-3, Young 1-2. Mississippi – J Armstead 6-91, Flowers 5-72, J Armstrong 4-64, Ch Collins 3-14, C Stackhouse 2-22, Skrmetta 2-20, Williams 1-3. Team statistics Vanderbilt /Mississippi First downs 19 /32 Rushed-yards 26-119/ 42-201 Passing yards 286 /286 Sacked-yards lost 1-7/ 0-0 Return yards 36 /38 Passes 23-41-2 /23-40-3 Punts 6-45.2 /4-38.8 Fumbles-lost 1-1 /0-0 Penalties-yards 7-54 /5-45 Time of possession 27:10/ 32:50 Vanderbilt 6 0 14 7 Ole Miss 3 0 7 28 Oxford, Mississippi Central 39,212 CBS Roster 2001 Vanderbilt Commodores f 1 Jr Anthony Jones WR y 2 Sr Rodney Williams RB y 12 Sr Greg Zolman QB y y 17 Fr Jay Cutler QB y 5 Jr Aaron McWherter DB y 47 Jr Hunter Hillenmeyer LB y https://web.archive.org/web/20011102153153/http://www.vucommodores.com:80/football/fballroster.html * Woody Widenhofer Steve Crosby (offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach) Ed Lambert (assistant head coach, running backs coach) Dino Folino (defensive backs coach) Dennis Harrison (defensive line coach) Bill Laveroni (offensive line coach) Bill Maskill (tight ends coach, special teams coordinator) Herb Paterra (defensive coordinator, linebackers coach Jeff Rutledge (quarterbacks coach) Ray Zingler (outside linebackers coach, recruiting coordinator) 2001-11-02 Team stats article MOS:ACCESSIBILITY - bold text does not get read out loud November 2024 Passing Rk Player Comp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rate1 Greg Zolman 186 357 52.1 2512 7.0 14 9 119.1 2 Tim Olmstead 6 10 60.0 88 8.8 0 1 113.93 Benji Walker 2 6 33.3 48 8.0 0 1 67.24 Dan Stricker 0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.05 Chris Young 1 1 100.0 -1 -1.0 0 0 91.6 Bold text denotes team leader Rushing, receiving, and scrimmage RkPlayerAtt YdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDPlaysYdsAvgTD1Rodney Williams 1315904.5 4 19 212 11.2 0 1508025.3 42 Lew Thomas 105 6756.4510 80 8.0 0 115 755 6.6 53 Greg Zolman 69 -8 -0.1 51 -1 -1.0 0 70 -9 -0.1 54 Dan Stricker 15 80 5.3 0 65107916.6880115914.585 Norval McKenzie 13 80 6.2 0 1 6 6.0 0 14 86 6.1 06 Jason Mathenia 11 48 4.4 1 22 258 11.7 1 33 306 9.3 27 Benji Walker 7 65 9.3 2 0 0 0 0 7 65 9.3 28 Ronald Hatcher 3 4 1.3 0 10 117 11.7 0 13 121 9.3 09 Tim Olmstead 3 -27 -9.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -27 -9.0 010 Chris Young 2 23 11.50 5 71 14.2 0 7 94 13.4 011 Nezih Hasanoglu 1 9 9.0 0 13 91 7.0 0 14 100 7.1 012 Justin Purkey 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -2.0 013 Joe Webb 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -8 -8.0 014 M.J. Garrett 0 0 0 0 27 455 16.9 4 27 455 16.9 415 Brandon Smith 0 0 0 0 9 176 19.60 9 176 19.6 016 Tom Simone 0 0 0 0 9 86 9.6 1 9 86 9.6 117Curtis Brancheau 0 0 0 0 2 11 5.5 0 2 11 5.5 018Everett Robinson 0 0 0 0 2 6 3.0 0 2 6 3.0 0 Bold text denotes team leader Kick and punt returns RkPlayerK-Ret YdsAvgTDP-RetYdsAvgTD1 Ronald Hatcher 29595 20.5 0151077.102 Jason Mathenia 15 330 22.00 0 0 0 03 Curtis Brancheau1 15 15.0 0 0 0 0 04 Doug Wolford 1 11 11.0 0 0 0 0 05 Tom Simone 1 5 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 Bold text denotes team leader Kicking and punting RkPlayerXPMXPAXP%FGMFGAFG%PtsPuntsYdsAvg1 Chuck Folino 161888.93650.0250 0 02 Stover 10 11 90.91 425.013 0 0 03 Jimmy Stover 10 11 90.91 425.013 0 0 04 Joe Webb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57235841.4 Bold text denotes team leader References Vanderbilt Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football seasons Vanderbilt Commodores football Vanderbilt Commodores football