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Only Vanderbilt Football and Georgia eclipsed 20 points against either Tennessee or Texas this season. 20+ points vs. Texas: UGA (30), Vandy (24), UGA (22 in SEC Championship) 20+ points vs. Tennessee: UGA (31), Vandy (23) #AnchorDown

Lea is the first Vanderbilt Football SEC Coach of the Year since Bobby Johnson in 2008. Coach Johnson tied with Houston Nutt and Nick Saban. The last out-right SEC Coach of the Year on West End was George MacIntyre in 1982. #AnchorDown

Vandy opens the Birmingham Bowl scoring with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Diego Pavia to Cole Spence. The scoring drive went 87 yards over eight plays, spanning 4:40.

Sedrick Alexander made his 21st reception on Vandy's first scoring drive. The running back has at least one catch in all but one game this season.

Loic Fouonji's 40-yard reception that helped setup Vandy's first touchdown of the bowl game is his longest reception on the season. Fouonji now with a catch in each of the last four games.

Diego Pavia keeps it for a two-yard rushing touchdown. His seventh rushing TD on the season caps a 14-play, 81-yard drive that lasted 8:06. It's the fifth time this season he's thrown and rushed for a touchdown in a game.

With two sacks in the first half, Nick Rinaldi has a team-high six sacks on the season. That's the most by a Commodore in a season since 2017.

Junior Sherrill has a reception in 24 consecutive games.

Jesse Mirco's 69-yard punt matches his season long and is the longest punt by a Commodore in a bowl game.

Diego Pavia finds Eli Stowers for a three-yard touchdown. The drive was five plays, 56 yards over 2:20. Pavia is now up to 19 passing touchdowns on the season. Stowers now with five receiving touchdowns.

CJ Taylor records his second interception this fall, fifth of his career.

Diego Pavia throws a 7-yard touchdown pass to Quincy Skinner Jr. to finish a 3-play, 11-yard drive spanning 0:49. Pavia's 20 passing touchdowns is fifth-most by a Commodore in a single-season and most since 2018. He's the second Commodore to throw for 3-plus TDs in a bowl game.

Miles Capers forced his team-leading third fumble on the season. Aeneas DiCosmo recovered the loose ball for his first recovery. Vandy's defense has multiple takeaways for the sixth time this season.

Capers’ three forced fumbles are most by a Commodore since 2018 (LaDarius Wiley, 4).

Diego Pavia accounts for his fifth touchdown of the game with a six-yard rush. The drive was six plays, 73 yards over 3:41.

There were four Power 4 tight ends with at least 600 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns in 2024: Mackey Award winner Tyler Warren (Penn State), Oronde Gadsden II (Syracuse), Gunnar Helm (Texas) and Eli Stowers (Vandy). Stowers is the only one returning in 2025.

Vanderbilt's Birmingham Bowl victory over Georgia Tech was seen by 4.1 million viewers, a 52% increase over the previous year and the most-watched edition of the game since 2014. h/t ESPN PR

The school-record seven turnovers lost by Vanderbilt Football were the fewest in FBS this year and the first time the Dores had single-digit turnovers in a season. It matched the fewest turnovers by an FBS team since Oregon State had six in 2019 (excluding shortened 2020 season).

Pavia set Vandy records for rushing yards by a QB and the fewest interceptions in a season (min. 250 att.). Stowers had the second-most receiving yards by a Vandy tight end since 1996 and became just the sixth tight end since '96 with a 100-yard receiving game against Alabama.

Ashby is the fourth specialist drafted out of Vanderbilt, joining John Markham (2001 Giants), Ricky Anderson (1985 Cardinals) and Jim Arnold (1983 Kansas City). He is the first Commodore drafted by New England since Joejuan Williams in 2019.