1990 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1990 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	1–10 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach	Watson Brown (5th season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium

1990 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Florida *	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Tennessee $	5	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	2
No. 21 Ole Miss	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
No. 19 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
LSU	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion * Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his fifth season and final season at his Alma mater. With a record of one win and ten losses (1–10 overall, 1–6 in the SEC).

This was Vanderbilt's 101st year of playing football. It took Vanderbilt 50 years to make it to the 100 loss mark, and in the next 50 years Vanderbilt, would lose another 300 football games. In Vanderbilt's 3rd game of the 1990 season they lost to Alabama for the school's 400th all time loss.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 8	at SMU*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	L 7–44
September 22	LSU	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 24–21
September 29	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 28–59
October 6	Syracuse*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 14–49
October 13	at No. 6 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 6–56
October 20	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 28–39
October 27	No. 17 Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–14
November 10	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 21–28
November 17	Army*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 38–42
November 24	Wake Forest*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 28–56
December 1	No. 12 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 20–49
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

• Source: 1990 Vanderbilt football schedule