Overview
- Quarterback Diego Pavia totaled 433 yards, throwing for 268 with a touchdown and rushing for 165 with another score.
- Running back Sedrick Alexander rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns as the Commodores piled up 582 total yards.
- Vanderbilt broke open a 21-21 halftime tie by scoring on its first four second-half drives to pull away on the road.
- The victory snapped Tennessee’s six-game win streak in the rivalry and delivered Vanderbilt’s first win in Knoxville since 2017.
- Pavia struck the Heisman pose after a 24-yard TD run and set the school’s single-season passing TD record at 27, while the Vols fell to 8-4 with a bowl assignment due Dec. 7.