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| 2024 | Diego Pavia led Vanderbilt to a historic upset win over No. 1 Alabama, the program's first win over a top-5 team. He helped the team achieve bowl eligibility with 6 wins and finished the season with 2,133 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, and 716 rushing yards. |
| 2024 | Coach received SEC Coach of the Year award for the 2024 season. |
| 2024 | Brock Taylor matches the highest single season field goal percentage of 85.7%, previously set by Hawkins Golden in 1973. |
| 2024 | Diego Pavia becomes a notable quarterback, recording 20 touchdowns in a single season. |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt Commodores football will transition to a new conference scheduling format, moving away from the East Division system they maintained from 1992 to 2023. |
| 2024 | Clark Lea was recognized as Vanderbilt Commodores football Coach of the Year. |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt introduces new all-white ('whiteout') and all-black ('blackout') uniforms, expanding their uniform combinations for the season opening. |
| 2024 | Under head coach Clark Lea, Vanderbilt won the Birmingham Bowl against Georgia Tech with a score of 35-27. |
| June 14 2024 | SEC announced the 2024 conference schedule for Vanderbilt Commodores football, marking a significant change in conference structure with the expansion to 16 teams and elimination of divisional play. |
| March 20 2024 | SEC announced the 2025 conference schedule, confirming that teams will play the same opponents as in 2024, with alternating home and away sites. |
| 2023 | Will Sheppard continued his strong performance with 8 receiving touchdowns in a single season. |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt and Ole Miss end their long-standing cross-divisional rivalry status in the SEC. |
| 2023 | The annual Georgia-Vanderbilt football series concludes, with Georgia leading the all-time series 61-20-2. |
| 2022 | Will Sheppard recorded 9 receiving touchdowns in a single season. |
| 2022 | Ray Davis records a single-season rushing performance of 1,042 yards. |
| 2021 | End of the season through which the current statistical records are updated. |
| 2021 | Clark Lea era begins, marking a return to more traditional uniform designs while maintaining modern elements like a modernized 'V' logo. |
| 2020 | Will Sheppard began his career with the Vanderbilt Commodores football team. |
| 2020 | Ken Seals begins his quarterback career at Vanderbilt, adding to the team's passing record history. |
| December 14 2020 | Clark Lea is hired as the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores football team. |
| December 12 2020 | Sarah Fuller made history by kicking an extra point against Tennessee, becoming the first woman to score a point in a Power Five football game. |
| November 28 2020 | Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power Five football game, taking the opening kickoff of the second half in a 41-0 loss to Missouri with a 30-yard squib kick. |
| 2018 | Kyle Shurmur achieves 3,050 yards of total offense, one of the highest single-season performances. |
| 2018 | Kalija Lipscomb achieved 9 receiving touchdowns in a single season. |
| 2018 | Kalija Lipscomb sets a single-season receiving yards record with 916 yards. |
| 2018 | Kalija Lipscomb sets a single-season career high with 87 receptions. |
| 2018 | Ke'Shawn Vaughn has a remarkable season, rushing for 1,244 yards and 12 touchdowns, including a standout 243-yard performance against Baylor. |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt played in the Texas Bowl, losing to Baylor 38-45. |
| 2017 | Ryley Guay begins playing for Vanderbilt Commodores, achieving a notable single season field goal percentage. |
| 2017 | Kyle Shurmur has a notable season, scoring 29 touchdowns. |
| 2017 | Kalija Lipscomb recorded 8 receiving touchdowns in a single season. |
| 2016 | Will Sheppard begins his receiving career at Vanderbilt, playing through 2023. |
| 2016 | Kalija Lipscomb begins his receiving career at Vanderbilt University. |
| 2016 | Ralph Webb has a significant season, rushing for 1,152 yards and 10 touchdowns, including a single-game performance of 198 yards against Middle Tennessee. |
| 2016 | Under head coach Derek Mason, Vanderbilt played in the Independence Bowl, losing to NC State 17-41. |
| 2015 | Kyle Shurmur begins his college football career at Vanderbilt, playing from 2015 to 2018. |
| 2015 | Trent Sherfield sets a single-game receptions record with 16 catches against Austin Peay. |
| 2015 | Kyle Shurmur emerges as a top quarterback, eventually becoming the career leader in both passing yards and touchdowns. |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt suffered a historic 37-7 home loss to Temple, marking the worst opening-season home loss in the school's football history and the worst opening game loss since 1998. |
| 2014 | Tommy Openshaw joins the Vanderbilt Commodores, becoming the fifth-highest career field goals maker with 38 field goals. |
| 2014 | Ralph Webb begins his exceptional rushing career, ultimately becoming the top career rushing yards and touchdowns leader for Vanderbilt. |
| 2014 | Derek Mason era starts, continuing the trend of innovative uniform designs including 'blackout' and 'whiteout' uniforms. |
| January 17 2014 | Derek Mason was announced as the new Vanderbilt head coach, formerly Stanford's associate head coach and defensive coordinator. |
| 2013 | Jordan Matthews sets a single-season receiving yards record with 1,477 yards. |
| 2013 | Jordan Matthews sets a single-season career high with 112 receptions. |
| 2013 | Third of three highest-scoring Commodore football seasons under head coach James Franklin. |
| 2013 | Vanderbilt won the BBVA Compass Bowl against Houston with a score of 41-24. |
| 2012 | Jordan Matthews continued his strong performance with 8 receiving touchdowns in a single season. |
| 2012 | Second of three highest-scoring Commodore football seasons under head coach James Franklin. |
| 2012 | Vanderbilt won the Music City Bowl against NC State with a score of 38-24. |
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