Overview

• Pavia went 26-for-34 for 321 yards with five touchdown passes and 79 rushing yards with a score, tying Vanderbilt’s single-game passing TD record and becoming the program’s second QB since 1996 with six total touchdowns.
• After an opening three-and-out, Vanderbilt scored on eight straight drives in the 55-35 win, marking back-to-back 50-point games for the first time since 1915.
• Receiver Junior Sherrill caught three first-half touchdown passes, while Eli Stowers and Richie Hoskins added TD receptions, Makhilyn Young ran for a score, and Brock Taylor made two field goals.
• Vanderbilt’s defense allowed 393 yards and inconsistent stretches but generated pressure with three sacks and seven hurries and held Utah State to 15 total yards in the third quarter.
• The Commodores visit Bryant-Denny Stadium on Oct. 4 at 2:30 p.m. CT (ABC), with ESPN’s College GameDay in Tuscaloosa for the rematch one year after Vanderbilt upset Alabama.