2004 Vanderbilt

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Johnson. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Mississippi State 31–⁠13Oct 2
By 18 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 4	vsSouth Carolina	L 6–⁠31	44%
Sep 18	atOle Miss	L 23–⁠26	20%
Sep 25	atNavy	L 26–⁠29	21%
Oct 2	vsMississippi State	W 31–⁠13	53%
Oct 9	vsRutgers	L 34–⁠37	51%
Oct 16	at12Georgia	L 3–⁠33	9%
Oct 23	vsEastern Kentucky	W 19–⁠7	60%
Oct 30	at19LSU	L 7–⁠24	10%
Nov 6	vsFlorida	L 17–⁠34	29%
Nov 13	atKentucky	L 13–⁠14	44%
Nov 20	vs15Tennessee	L 33–⁠38	18%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 38–⁠33; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record: 2–⁠9
Conference: 1–⁠7 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 212–⁠286
Coach: Bobby Johnson
Elo: 1334 −43 this season
SP+ rating: -6.2 No. 82 of 120; offense No. 101, defense No. 64
SRS: −7.4 No. 85 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: No. 70

Offensive coordinator: Ted Cain
Defensive coordinator: Bruce Fowler
Captains: Jay Cutler, Justin Geisinger, Jovan Haye and Chris Young
Offense: Multiple
Defense: 4–⁠3

How good, play by play

Offense43rd of 118
Defense98th of 118

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		-0.04	38%	1.01	43rd of 118
Defense		0.06	42%	0.99	98th of 118

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		0.0	own 30	3% allowed
Defense		-0.1	own 31	3% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Brandon Holmes TE	★★	No. 831
Jeff Jennings OLB	★★	No. 831
Chris Nickson ATH	★★	No. 831
Theo Horrocks DT	★★	No. 1839
Cassen Jackson RB	★★	No. 1788

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Running backs	3	2.0	0.730
Receivers	2	2.0	0.755
Offensive line	1	2.0	0.744
Defensive line	2	2.0	0.733
Linebackers	1	2.0	0.789
Defensive backs	1	2.0	0.722
Athletes and specialists	2	2.0	0.755
Whole class	12	2.0	0.744

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft

Rd 6	Jovan Haye DE	Carolina Panthers
Rd 6	Justin Geisinger OG	Buffalo Bills

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Moses OsemwegieLBAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

Justin GeisingerOTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Auburn	8–⁠0	13–⁠0	2
Tennessee	7–⁠1	10–⁠3	13
Georgia	6–⁠2	10–⁠2	7
LSU	6–⁠2	9–⁠3	16
Florida	4–⁠4	7–⁠5
South Carolina	4–⁠4	6–⁠5
Alabama	3–⁠5	6–⁠6
Arkansas	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Ole Miss	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Mississippi State	2–⁠6	3–⁠8
Vanderbilt	1–⁠7	2–⁠9
Kentucky	1–⁠7	2–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.