Vanderbilt – Florida Postgame Notes

Nov. 8, 2014

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Vanderbilt – Florida Postgame Notes
Nov. 8, 2014
Vanderbilt Stadium

Pregame Notes
• Vanderbilt is in its 125th year of organized football.
• The Commodores wore black pants and helmets with white jerseys for the first time this season.
• Vanderbilt won the toss and elected to receive, Florida elected to defend the south end zone.
• Attendance was 35,191.
• Vanderbilt captains for the game were Andrew East, Joe Townsend, Kyle Woestmann and Kellen Williams.

Team Notes
• Vanderbilt is now 10-36-2 against Florida all-time.
• Vanderbilt’s 10-game winning streak in November games came to an end with the loss, the Dores’ first November loss since 2011.
• Ralph Webb broke the Vanderbilt freshman rushing record with an eight-yard gain in the first quarter, breaking Kwane Doster’s record of 798 yards set in 2002. Webb now has 843 yards in his first season for the Dores and is ninth on the Dores’ all-time single-season list.

Individual Notes
• Ralph Webb broke the Vanderbilt freshman rushing record with an eight-yard gain in the first quarter, breaking Kwane Doster’s record of 798 yards set in 2002. Webb now has 843 yards in his first season for the Dores and is ninth on the Dores’ all-time single-season list.
• Steven Scheu hauled in his third TD pass of the season in the first quarter on a 33-yard strike from Johnny McCrary.
• Johnny McCrary’s 33-yard TD pass to Steven Scheu in the first quarter gave McCrary four straight games with at least one TD pass and nine total TD passes in those four games.
• Barron Dixon made his first start of the season on the defensive line.
• Davis Dudchock hauled in the longest pass of his Vanderbilt career early in the fourth quarter with a one-handed, diving catch for 41 yards.
• Tommy Openshaw booted the longest field goal of his career with a 48-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
• Latevious Rayford caught a career-high seven passes for 44 yards and now has 12 catches for 123 yards in his last two games.
• Davis Dudchock made five receptions for a team-high 83 yards to set VU career-bests in both categories.
• Steven Scheu made five catches for 74 yards and now has 14 catches in his last three games.
• Zach Cunningham made a career-high 11 tackles, including eight solo stops.
• Andrew Williamson made seven tackles and a career-high two tackles for loss.
• Stephen Weatherly made a career-best three tackles for loss.

Offensive Notes
• Ralph Webb broke the Vanderbilt freshman rushing record with an eight-yard gain in the first quarter, breaking Kwane Doster’s record of 798 yards set in 2002. Webb now has 843 yards in his first season for the Dores and is ninth on the Dores’ all-time single-season list.
• Vanderbilt’s 86-yard TD drive in the first quarter matched the team’s longest scoring drive of the season.
• The Commodores completed passes to seven different receivers marking the fifth straight game to have at least seven different players catch passes and eighth time this season.
• Vanderbilt went 3-for-4 on fourth down in the game and has now converted six of the team’s last seven fourth downs.

Defensive Notes
• Zach Cunningham made eight tackles in the first half, including six solo tackles.
• The Commodores made eight tackles for loss in the game with two sacks, led by Stephen Weatherly’s three tackles for loss.

Special Teams Notes
• Tommy Openshaw booted the longest field goal of his career with a 48-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
• Darrius Sims returned six kicks for 151 yards, including a 33-yard return.
• Colby Cooke punted six times for an average of 41.5 yards with two inside the twenty-yard line and a long of 52 yards.