Oct. 15, 2011
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Vanderbilt-Georgia Postgame Notes
October 15, 2011 Nashville, Tenn.
Pregame Notes
– Vanderbilt is in its 122nd year of organized football.
– The Commodores wore black pants with black tops and black helmets.
– Georgia won the toss and deferred to the second half.
– At kickoff the temperature was 68 degrees with a seven MPH wind blowing northwest.
– The attendance was 36,640.
Team Notes
– The Commodores move to 3-3 (1-3) on the year
– Vanderbilt now trails 18-52-2 in the Georgia series
– The `Dores now hold a 11-23-2 record against the Bulldogs when playing in Nashville
– Vanderbilt is minus-5 in turnovers during losses
Individual Notes
– Despite uncertainty during the week due to an injury sustained in the second half of the Alabama game, Larry Smith made the start at quarterback
– Senior Chris Marve moved into 12th place all-time in Vanderbilt history for career tackles with 352
– Zac Stacy completed the first pass of his career when he hit Jordan Matthews on a 43-yard touchdown pass to record the first points of the game for Vanderbilt
– Stacy recorded his second rushing touchdown of the season on a 19-yard run with 9:15 left in the game
– Andre Hal’s 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown tied him for fourth longest in Vanderbilt history. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown since Warren Norman took the ball 80 yards against Georgia Tech in 2009
– Hal’s 157 kickoff return yards are the most for a Commodore this season
– Casey Hayward grabbed the 13th interception of his career, moving him to second all-time in the Commodore record books
– Jerron Seymour recorded his third rushing touchdown of the season when he punched it in from the one-yard line late in the third quarter
– Jordan Rodgers had a career-long rush when he scampered for 40 yards in the fourth quarter. Rodgers’s 80 yards rushing were a career high
– Sean Richardson recorded his second-career sack early in the game, his first since getting to the quarterback against South Carolina on October 23, 2010
– Richardson’s two tackles for loss mark a season-high
– Casey Hayward’s 29-yard run on a double reverse in the first quarter marked a career-long rush
– Stacy moved to 28th on the all-time rushing list after going for 97 yards
– Freshman Barron Dixon saw action for the first time in his career and becomes the fifth true freshmen to get on the field so far this season
– Steven Clarke’s 23-yard kickoff return set a career-long
– Casey Hayward returned his first-career punt 12 yards
– Archibald Barnes recorded his first pass breakup of his career and finished the game with two
– Jordan Matthews’s scoring catch from Stacy was the first touchdown of the year for him.
– Marshall set a career-high in tackles with six and now has recorded at least five in three straight games
– Javon Marshall recorded his first solo tackle for loss
– Casey Hayward notched a season-high seven tackles
– Rob Lohr now has a tackle for loss in four out of the six Vanderbilt games
– Tim Fugger has recorded a tackle for loss in five of six games this season
– Ryan Fowler appeared for the third time this season when he executed a fake-punt pass that went for 35 yards
– Long snapper Andrew East caught his first-career pass when he was on the other end of Ryan Flower’s toss
– Ryan Fowler attempted his first-career punt, booting the ball 24 yards late in the second quarter
– Richard Kent’s streak of punts inside the twenty ended at 17 games
Defense
– The Commodores have continued to dominate the first quarter defensively, only allowing 10 points total so far this season after pitching a shutout against the Bulldogs to start the game
– After Georgia took over on Vanderbilt’s 24-yard line early in the second quarter, the `Dores held the Bulldogs to no yards and kicker Blair Walsh missed the field goal attempt
Offense
– Zac Stacy’s second quarter touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews marked the first TD for Vanderbilt since Stacy had a 77-yard run in the third quarter against Ole Miss on September 17.
– Stacy’s 43-yard toss marked the longest passing touchdown of the season for Vanderbilt
– The offense produced eight first downs in the first half, matching the total from the Alabama game
– The Commodores 19 first downs are the most since the Ole Miss victory, and second most for the season
– Vanderbilt’s four third-down conversions tied a season high
– Vanderbilt’s 13 play, 6:25 yard drive was the longest of the season in terms of plays and time of possession
– The 149 passing yards are tied for the second most this season, falling short of the 177 set against Elon
– The Commodores racked up at least 200 yards rushing for the second time this season
Special Teams
– On 4th and 13 in its own territory with 9:30 remaining in the first half, Vanderbilt sent out place kicker Ryan Fowler as the punter who executed a 35-yard pass on a fake punt
– Georgia attempted six field goals, the most an opponent has attempted against Vanderbilt all season
– Vanderbilt’s 210 kickoff return yards mark a season high
– The Commodores have racked up over 100 yards of kickoff return yards for the second straight game
– Vanderbilt blocked a punt late in the fourth quarter, the first blocked punt for the team since Ryan van Rensburg recorded one against Florida last season