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Vanderbilt takes down No. 1 Alabama 40-35 in historic college football victory
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Fans of the Vanderbilt Commodores danced onto the field, jumping up and down as they tore down a goal post, carried it out of the stadium and rang out sweet sounds of victory.
Then they toted the goal post just over a couple miles and tossed it into the Cumberland River.
Their school's historic win over No. 1 Alabama deserved to be celebrated this way.
Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt stunned Alabama 40-35 on Saturday for the Commodores' first win over the nation's top-ranked team.
Vanderbilt (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) had lost all 60 games against AP top-five teams, according to SportRadar. The Commodores hadn't beaten Alabama on the field in 40 years, but they snapped a 23-game skid making big play after big play to give coach Clark Lea his alma mater's biggest win ever.
“This is the dream, right here,” Lea said. "And for the next 12 hours, I’m going to enjoy the dream. We’ve got more ahead of us, but this is what Vanderbilt football needs to be about: Big wins on big stages. We’re going to go get some more.”
The Commodores scored the first 13 points and took a 16-point lead that was their largest ever over the No. 1 team in the country. Only Jam Miller running for his second TD just before halftime trimmed that to 23-14.
Alabama had just moved to the top of the AP Top 25 last week after a win over then-No. 2 Georgia. It'll be a short stay, and first-year coach Kalen DeBoer said it's back to work for a team that wasn't at its best Saturday.
“We’re going to find out really how much we care about each other and what it looks like moving forward,” DeBoer said. "We’ve been tested in different ways really a lot of the games here this season, and this is a different type of test now in our response.”
Alexander capped the game's opening drive with a 7-yard TD to put Vandy ahead to stay. It marked the first time since 2007 that Vandy had opened a game against Alabama with a TD, the last time being Nick Saban’s second game as coach.
The Tide (4-1, 1-1) helped Vanderbilt pad that lead with too many mistakes, sloppy play and penalties.
Alabama got to 30-28 with Milroe's 58-yard TD pass to Ryan Williams.
The Commodores answered with 10 points. Of their total, 13 came off Milroe's two turnovers, the second a strip sack by Miles Capers recovered by Yilanan Ouattara at midfield.
Pavia capped the drive with a 6-yard TD pass to Alabama native Kamrean Johnson with 5:07 left for a 40-28 lead. Milroe tried to rally Alabama, with Williams scoring on an end around on fourth-and-1 from 2 yards out with 2:46 left.
Vanderbilt fans and players started celebrating as Pavia knelt down to run out the clock.
“Games like this change your life,” Pavia said.
Milroe had his second pass of the game tipped into the air by De’Rickey Wright, who committed to Alabama and wound up at Vanderbilt. Fontenette grabbed the ball and ran 24 yards to the end zone for the pick-six and a 13-0 lead at 8:03 of the first quarter.
Vanderbilt jumped out to a 23-7 lead, just the second time in the last 10 seasons that a No. 1 team trailed an unranked opponent by 16 or more points.
Vanderbilt never trailed as the Commodores played keep-away, holding the ball for just over 42 minutes. Alabama had a 312-252 yardage advantage on offense. It didn’t matter with Vandy converting 12 of 18 on third downs wearing down the Tide defense.
Alabama linebacker Deontae Lawson said it's early and everything remains in front of the Tide.
“We never want to feel this again,” Lawson said.
Alabama will drop out of the top spot after this loss to the SEC’s perennial cellar dweller. Alabama now is 64-4 against unranked teams as the AP’s top-ranked team.
Alabama: The Tide played sloppy coming off an emotional win over Georgia and hurt themselves with too many penalties. The Tide had six penalties for 57 yards. They also failed to sack Pavia even once.
Vanderbilt: Lea’s numerous offseason changes paid off, and those included bringing in Pavia as a graduate transfer along with his head coach and offensive coordinator from New Mexico State. ... Kicker Brock Taylor also got a much-needed confidence boost after missing two field goals in the second overtime of a road loss at then-No. 7 Missouri. After having his second extra point attempt blocked, he came back to make a pair of field goals, including a 51-yarder.
Alabama returns home to host South Carolina.
Vanderbilt visits Kentucky.
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J. Milroe
4 QB 312 PaYds, PaTD, INT, 10 RuYds, RuTD |
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D. Pavia
2 QB 252 PaYds, 2 PaTDs, 56 RuYds |
Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 17 | 25 |
Rushing | 5 | 9 |
Passing | 12 | 13 |
Penalty | 0 | 3 |
3rd Down Conv | 4-6 | 12-18 |
4th Down Conv | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Total Net Yards | 394 | 418 |
Total Plays | 45 | 75 |
Avg Gain | 8.8 | 5.6 |
Net Yards Rushing | 84 | 166 |
Rush Attempts | 21 | 54 |
Avg Rush Yards | 4.0 | 3.1 |
Yards Passing | 310 | 252 |
Comp. - Att. | 18-24 | 16-21 |
Yards Per Pass | 11.5 | 12.0 |
Penalties - Yards | 6-55 | 3-20 |
Touchdowns | 5 | 5 |
Rushing TDs | 4 | 2 |
Passing TDs | 1 | 2 |
Other | 0 | 1 |
Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
Fumbles - Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 1 | 0 |
Punts - Avg | 2-43.5 | 2-38.0 |
Return Yards | 0 | 22 |
Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 1--2 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 1-24 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
J. Milroe
4 QB
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J. Milroe | 19/25 | 312 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
J. Miller
26 RB
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J. Miller | 5 | 45 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Haynes
22 RB
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J. Haynes | 6 | 23 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Milroe
4 QB
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J. Milroe | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G. Bernard
5 WR
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G. Bernard | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Williams
2 WR
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R. Williams | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
R. Williams
2 WR
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R. Williams | 6 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
G. Bernard
5 WR
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G. Bernard | 5 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Dippre
81 TE
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C. Dippre | 3 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Cuevas
80 TE
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J. Cuevas | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Adams
7 WR
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C. Adams | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Haynes
22 RB
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J. Haynes | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Prentice
6 WR
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K. Prentice | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Miller
26 RB
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J. Miller | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Ouzts
45 TE
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R. Ouzts | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
G. Nicholson
14 K
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G. Nicholson | 0/0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
J. Burnip
86 P
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J. Burnip | 2 | 43.5 | 0 | 47 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
E. Henderson Jr.
3 WR
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E. Henderson Jr. | 3 | 25.0 | 46 | 0 |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
D. Pavia
2 QB
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D. Pavia | 16/20 | 252 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N. Johnson
8 QB
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N. Johnson | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
S. Alexander
28 RB
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S. Alexander | 21 | 64 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Pavia
2 QB
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D. Pavia | 20 | 56 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Newberry
23 RB
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A. Newberry | 7 | 34 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Sherrill
0 WR
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J. Sherrill | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Gillespie
13 RB
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C. Gillespie | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Jones
33 RB
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M. Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
E. Stowers
9 TE
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E. Stowers | 7 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Sherrill
0 WR
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J. Sherrill | 5 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Q. Skinner Jr.
3 WR
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Q. Skinner Jr. | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Alexander
28 RB
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S. Alexander | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Newberry
23 RB
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A. Newberry | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Spence
16 TE
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C. Spence | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Johnson
84 TE
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K. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
N. Rinaldi
24 LB
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N. Rinaldi | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Capers
29 LB
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M. Capers | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Fontenette
2 LB
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R. Fontenette | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
B. Taylor
88 K
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B. Taylor | 2/2 | 51 | 4/5 | 10 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
J. Mirco
29 P
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J. Mirco | 2 | 38.0 | 2 | 46 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
J. Sherrill
0 WR
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J. Sherrill | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
M. Hight 25 CB
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M. Hight | 1 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
1st | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
8:46 | BAMA 25 | 0:43 | 3 | 4 | INT |
8:03 | BAMA 25 | 3:41 | 7 | 75 | TD |
2nd | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
9:32 | BAMA 14 | 1:20 | 3 | -3 | Punt |
4:10 | BAMA 17 | 2:45 | 9 | 83 | TD |
0:03 | BAMA 12 | 0:03 | 1 | -2 | Half |
3rd | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
15:00 | BAMA 47 | 2:59 | 5 | 53 | TD |
6:15 | BAMA 4 | 1:09 | 2 | -1 | Punt |
2:53 | BAMA 25 | 1:52 | 4 | 75 | TD |
4th | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
10:35 | BAMA 25 | 0:59 | 3 | 28 | Fumble |
5:07 | BAMA 25 | 2:21 | 8 | 75 | TD |
1st | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
15:00 | VANDY 25 | 6:14 | 10 | 75 | TD |
4:22 | VANDY 25 | 9:50 | 17 | 75 | TD |
2nd | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
8:12 | VANDY 42 | 4:02 | 8 | 26 | FG |
1:25 | VANDY 25 | 1:12 | 6 | 33 | Punt |
3rd | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
12:01 | VANDY 25 | 5:46 | 9 | 25 | Punt |
5:06 | BAMA 45 | 2:13 | 4 | 45 | TD |
1:01 | VANDY 25 | 5:26 | 9 | 60 | FG |
4th | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
9:36 | VANDY 47 | 4:29 | 7 | 53 | TD |
2:46 | VANDY 18 | 2:46 | 7 | 54 | Game |
- Touchdown (10 plays, 75 yards, 6:14 poss)
Result | Play |
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Kickoff | (15:00 - 1st) C.Talty kicks 65 yards from BAMA 35 to the VAN End Zone. Touchback. |
+2 YD | 1 & 10 - VANDY 25 (15:00 - 1st) S.Alexander rushed for 2 yards. Tackled by BAMA at VAN 27. |
+8 YD | 2 & 8 - VANDY 27 (14:20 - 1st) A.Newberry rushed for 8 yards. Tackled by BAMA at VAN 35. |
+7 YD | 1 & 10 - VANDY 35 (13:40 - 1st) S.Alexander rushed for 7 yards. Tackled by BAMA at VAN 42. |
-2 YD | 2 & 3 - VANDY 42 (12:58 - 1st) D.Pavia rushed for -2 yards. Tackled by BAMA at VAN 40. |
+14 YD | 3 & 5 - VANDY 40 (12:14 - 1st) D.Pavia pass complete. Catch made by A.Newberry for 14 yards. Tackled by BAMA at BAMA 46. |
+13 YD | 1 & 10 - BAMA 46 (11:24 - 1st) D.Pavia pass complete. Catch made by Q.Skinner for 13 yards. Tackled by BAMA at BAMA 33. |
+17 YD | 1 & 10 - BAMA 33 (10:40 - 1st) D.Pavia pass complete. Catch made by E.Stowers for 17 yards. Tackled by BAMA at BAMA 16. |
+5 YD | 1 & 10 - BAMA 16 (9:55 - 1st) D.Pavia rushed for 5 yards. Tackled by BAMA at BAMA 11. |
+4 YD | 2 & 5 - BAMA 11 (9:23 - 1st) S.Alexander rushed for 4 yards. Tackled by BAMA at BAMA 7. |
+7 YD | 3 & 1 - BAMA 7 (8:55 - 1st) S.Alexander rushed for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN. |
PAT Good | (8:46 - 1st) B.Taylor extra point is good. |
- Interception (3 plays, 4 yards, 0:43 poss)
Result | Play |
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Kickoff | (8:46 - 1st) B.Taylor kicks 65 yards from VAN 35 to the BAMA End Zone. Touchback. |
+4 YD | 1 & 10 - BAMA 25 (8:46 - 1st) J.Haynes rushed for 4 yards. Tackled by VAN at BAMA 29. |
No Gain | 2 & 6 - BAMA 29 (8:17 - 1st) J.Milroe steps back to pass. Pass incomplete intended for C.Dippre. |
Int | 3 & 6 - BAMA 29 (8:13 - 1st) J.Milroe pass INTERCEPTED at BAMA 24. Intercepted by R.Fontenette at BAMA 24. TOUCHDOWN. |