Vanderbilt-Texas A&M Postgame Notes

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Vanderbilt – Texas A&M Postgame Notes
Nov. 21, 2015
Vanderbilt Stadium

Pregame Notes
– Vanderbilt is in its 126th year of organized football.
– The Commodores wore the team’s Deep Water uniforms for the second time this season (Georgia).
– Texas A&M won the toss and elected to receive with Vanderbilt defending the north end zone.
– Attendance was 32,482
– Vanderbilt captains for the game were Ryan White, Oren Burks, Darreon Herring and Spencer Pulley.

Team Notes
– Saturday’s game was the first-ever played between Vanderbilt Texas A&M in Nashville.
– With the loss Vanderbilt now owns a 4-7 overall 2015 record and an 0-2 record against the Aggies.
– Dores trailed 16-0 heading into the second half.
– Vanderbilt is now 0-2 all-time vs. Texas A&M after Saturday’s first-ever meeting in Nashville.

Individual Notes
– Redshirt Freshman Bruno Reagan earned his first start as a Commodore, becoming the 16th Commodore to earn his first career start this season.
Delando Crooks earned his first career start as a tight end.
Zach Cunningham led the Dores with seven tackles heading in the first half.
Ralph Webb led the Dores in carries in the first half with 16 carries for 67 yards.
Tre Herndon had a career-high eight tackles.
Oren Burks had a career-high seven tackles.
Ralph Webb surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the season rushing for a team-high 79 yards, becoming just the fifth Commodore to ever achieve the feat in a single season. Webb has rushed for 1,003 yards in the team’s 11 games this season and is the only Vanderbilt sophomore to ever rush for 1,000-plus yards.
Dallas Rivers had a season-high 30 rushing yards, beating his previous high of 26 vs. WKU (9/3/15).
Zach Cunningham registered a team-high 14 tackles, including three tackles for loss. Cunningham now has six games with at least 10 tackles this season.

Offensive Notes
Ralph Webb surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the season rushing for a team-high 79 yards, becoming just the fifth Commodore to ever achieve the feat in a single season.
– The Commodores rushed for 125 yards in the game.

Defensive Notes
– The Commodores held the Aggies to 6-for-17 on third down.
– Vanderbilt recorded nine tackles for loss with three sacks.

Special Teams Notes
– The Dores suffered their first blocked punt since Ole Miss’ Cole Luke blocked a punt on 9/26/15.
Tommy Openshaw punted nine times for an average of 41.8 yards with three punts landing inside the 20-yard line and three travelling 50-plus yards.
Dallas Rivers returned five kicks for 107 yards with a long of 31 yards.