Sept. 21, 2013
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Vanderbilt – UMass Postgame Notes
September 21, 2013
Gillette Stadium
Pregame Notes
– Vanderbilt is in its 124th year of organized football.
– The Commodores wore gold helmets and pants with white jerseys for the first time this year.
– UMass won the toss and deferred to the second half with Vanderbilt electing to receive in the first half.
– Attendance was 16,419 at Gillette Stadium.
– Vanderbilt captains for the game were Javon Marshall, Austyn Carta-Samuels, Andre Hal and Carey Spear.
Team Notes
– Vanderbilt led 10-7 at half time, marking the third time in the team’s first four games the Commodores have led at the break.
– The Dores won their seventh straight non-SEC game, improved to 2-0 against UMass and 12-2 all-time vs. the MAC.
Individual Notes
– Redshirt freshman Andrew Jelks made his first career start at right tackle.
– Larry Franklin made his first career start at outside linebacker for the Dores.
– Adam Butler made his first career fumble recovery in the first quarter falling on the ball near midfield.
– Jonathan Krause made the first TD reception of his career with a 42-yard catch in the first quarter.
– With his eight-yard catch in the first quarter Jordan Matthews now has at least one catch in 24 games.
– Darrius Sims’ 42-yard kick return in the second quarter set a new career-best.
– Jonathan Krause’s 17-yard catch in the second quarter gave him 73 yards receiving in the game, setting a new career-best.
– Carey Spear nailed a 32-yard field goal in the second quarter to put Vanderbilt in front, the field goal was his 27th made field goal of his career.
– Austyn Carta-Samuels made the first catch of his VU career with a 21-yard grab from Wesley Tate.
– Jordan Matthews scored his 20th career touchdown with an 11-yard TD reception early in the fourth quarter. The TD catch matches the second-most in Vandy history with Earl Bennett (2005-07) and Chuck Scott (1981-84) and leaves Matthews one shy of Dan Stricker’s (1999-02) school record.
– Jordan Matthews now has one touchdown in eight of his last nine games.
– With his eight catches, Jordan Matthews tied Dan Stricker for fourth all-time on Vanderbilt’s career receptions list with 182 catches.
– Darreon Herring and Jake Sealand led the Commodores with eight tackles each.
– For the second straight week, Adam Butler posted a career-best in tackles recording seven tackles on Saturday.
– Wesley Tate led VU with 64 yards rushing on 14 carries with Jerron Seymour finishing with 56 yards on 15 rushes.
Offensive Notes
– Jonathan Krause’s 42-yard TD catch in the first quarter from Austyn Carta-Samuels gave the Commodores their first, first quarter touchdown of the year.
– The Commodores topped 400 yards of total offense for the third time this season, finishing with 406 yards.
– The Dores finished 8-for-13 on third down.
Defensive Notes
– Vanderbilt held UMass to 248 yards of total offense.
– The Commodores’ D allowed only 99 yards on the ground, marking the second time this season (Austin Peay) that an opponent failed to gain at least 100 yards rushing.
Special Teams Notes
– Darrius Sims’ 42-yard kick return in the second quarter set a new career-best.
– Carey Spear nailed a 32-yard field goal in the second quarter to put Vanderbilt in front, the field goal was his 27th made field goal of his career.
– Jonathan Krause’s 18-yard punt return in the third quarter was his season-best return.
– Taylor Hudson’s first and only punt of the game was a 52-yard punt that went out of bounds at the three-yard line.