Quarterback, Vanderbilt, 2004–⁠08

Chris Nickson

Hometown: Brundidge, AL

Chris Nickson played quarterback at Vanderbilt (2004–⁠08).

446passing yards, career highat Kentucky, 2006 4touchdown passes, career highvs. Richmond, 2007 166rushing yards, career highat Miami (OH), 2008 3rushing touchdowns, career highat Duke, 2006

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,083

763

545

5–⁠64–⁠85–⁠77–⁠6

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2005	Vanderbilt	1	3	33.3	13	4.3	0	0
2006	Vanderbilt	160	292	54.8	2,083	7.1	15	13
2007	Vanderbilt	62	118	52.5	763	6.5	6	5
2008	Vanderbilt	61	127	48.0	545	4.3	8	3
Career		284	540	52.6	3,404	6.3	29	21

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2005	Vanderbilt	15	49	3.3	0	15
2006	Vanderbilt	146	695	4.8	9	72
2007	Vanderbilt	58	178	3.1	2	15
2008	Vanderbilt	128	542	4.2	6	59
Career		347	1,464	4.2	17	72

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Vanderbilt 12 games, 545 passing yards, 8 TD; 542 rushing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 28	atMiami (OH)	W 34–⁠13	9	16	91	1	0	166
Sep 4	vs.South Carolina	W 24–⁠17	8	13	90	1	0	17
Sep 13	vs.Rice	W 38–⁠21	7	16	71	0	0	85
Sep 20	atOle Miss	W 23–⁠17	6	7	40	1	0	2
Oct 4	vs.Auburn	W 14–⁠13	3	8	4	0	1	40
Oct 11	atMississippi State	L 14–⁠17	3	10	15	0	1	7
Oct 18	atGeorgia	L 14–⁠24	–	–	–	–	–	−5
Nov 8	vs.Florida	L 14–⁠42	7	14	67	2	0	39
Nov 15	atKentucky	W 31–⁠24	15	27	155	3	0	118
Nov 22	vs.Tennessee	L 10–⁠20	1	5	−4	0	1	−7
Nov 29	atWake Forest	L 10–⁠23	2	8	16	0	0	23
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 16–⁠14	0	3	0	0	0	57

2007 Vanderbilt 8 games, 763 passing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Richmond	W 41–⁠17	19	25	284	4	0	15
Sep 8	vs.Alabama	L 10–⁠24	5	18	67	0	1	−7
Sep 15	vs.Ole Miss	W 31–⁠17	17	25	200	0	0	57
Sep 29	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 30–⁠7	14	28	168	2	4	67
Oct 6	atAuburn	L 7–⁠35	5	16	38	0	0	−5
Oct 13	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠20	2	5	6	0	0	10
Oct 27	vs.Miami (OH)	W 24–⁠13	–	–	–	–	–	42
Nov 3	atFlorida	L 22–⁠49	0	1	0	0	0	−1

2006 Vanderbilt 12 games, 2,083 passing yards, 15 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	atMichigan	L 7–⁠27	11	25	99	0	0	22
Sep 9	atAlabama	L 10–⁠13	15	23	140	1	3	40
Sep 16	vs.Arkansas	L 19–⁠21	12	26	124	1	0	74
Sep 23	vs.Tennessee State	W 38–⁠9	9	13	108	2	1	49
Sep 30	vs.Temple	W 43–⁠14	9	20	162	2	0	51
Oct 7	atOle Miss	L 10–⁠17	11	13	95	1	0	49
Oct 14	atGeorgia	W 24–⁠22	15	29	188	2	2	60
Oct 21	vs.South Carolina	L 13–⁠31	4	15	76	0	2	70
Oct 28	atDuke	W 45–⁠28	14	24	250	2	0	150
Nov 4	vs.Florida	L 19–⁠25	27	44	298	2	1	15
Nov 11	atKentucky	L 26–⁠38	23	37	446	1	2	71
Nov 18	vs.Tennessee	L 10–⁠39	10	23	97	1	2	44

2005 Vanderbilt 5 games, 49 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	atWake Forest	W 24–⁠20	–	–	–	–	–	4
Sep 24	vs.Richmond	W 37–⁠13	1	2	13	0	0	39
Oct 1	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 15–⁠17	–	–	–	–	–	13
Oct 8	vs.LSU	L 6–⁠34	0	1	0	0	0	−10
Oct 15	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠34	–	–	–	–	–	3

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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Career highs

Passing

Rushing

Game by game