Overview

• Diego Pavia went 26-for-34 for 321 yards with five touchdown passes and added 79 rushing yards and a score, tying Vanderbilt’s single-game passing TD record.
• Vanderbilt scored on eight consecutive drives after an opening three-and-out, with Junior Sherrill hauling in three first-half touchdowns as Eli Stowers and Richie Hoskins also scored through the air.
• The defense mixed strong stretches with lapses, allowing 393 total yards and committing six penalties for 65 yards but holding Utah State to 15 yards in the third quarter with three sacks and multiple hurries reported.
• The Commodores have started with five straight wins by 20-plus points—tied for the third-longest such streak to begin a season in SEC history—and logged back-to-back 50-point games for the first time since 1915.
• Vanderbilt visits No. 17 Alabama on Oct. 4 at 2:30 p.m. CT (ESPN/ABC), a rematch one year after the Commodores upset the then-No. 1 Crimson Tide.