Sept. 30, 2017
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Vanderbilt – Florida Postgame Notes
Sept. 30, 20167
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Pregame Notes
– Vanderbilt is in its 128th year of organized football.
– The Commodores wore all white in the first SEC road game of the season, donning white helmets, uniforms and pants. VU wore all white in the season-opener at Middle Tennessee.
– Vanderbilt won the toss and elected to receive.
– Attendance was 84,478.
– Vanderbilt captains for the game were Oren Burks, Trent Sherfield and Ryan White.
Team Notes
– The Commodores faced off against the team’s third straight ranked opponent, marking the first time since 2009 the Dores played three straight Top 25 teams.
– Vanderbilt went into the half tied with Florida, marking the second time the season the Dores and the opponent went to the locker room even (Kansas State).
Individual Notes
– Saige Young and Egidio DellaRippa each earned their first career starts on the offensive line with Young getting the nod at left guard and DellaRippa at right guard.
– Caleb Scott earned his first start of the season at wide receiver.
– Taurean Ferguson earned his first start of the season in his first game action of 2017 starting at cornerback.
– Dimitri Moore made his collegiate debut, seeing action on special teams.
– Kenny Hebert made his collegiate debut, checking in on defense in the first half.
– Tre Herndon’s streak of 29 consecutive starts was snapped.
– Kyle Shurmur’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Kalija Lipscomb in the first quarter was Shurmur’s ninth of the season, matching last season’s total.
– Khari Blasingame’s 21-yard catch in the second quarter is the longest catch of his career.
– Caleb Scott snagged his first touchdown of the season in the second quarter, catching Shurmur’s 10th TD pass of the season on a 12-yard pass.
– Jonathan Wynn registered his first sack of the season in the second quarter.
– Kyle Shurmur’s two TD passes in the first half gives him his third multiple TD game of the season.
– Donaven Tennyson hauled in a 35-yard pass in the first half for the longest reception of his career.
– Oren Burks paced the Dores in the first half with eight tackles and finished with a career-high 15 stops.
– Safety LaDarius Wiley had 11 tackles – the third straight game in which he has posted 11+ stops.
– Wide receiver CJ Duncan finished with a season-high 75 yards. He had five catches in the game.
– Wide receiver Caleb Scott finished with three catches for 27 yards – both season-highs.
– Kyle Shurmur tossed three touchdown passes – the third time this season he has thrown at least three scores.
– Cornerback Taurean Ferguson matched a career-high eight tackles in his first game of the season.
Offensive Notes
– Vanderbilt racked up 199 yards of total offense in the first half, including 161 through the air.
Defensive Notes
– For the second time in five games, the VU defense forced a three-and-out on the opponent’s first possession of the game. The Commodores have not allowed any points on the opponent’s first possession of the game.
– For the fourth time in five games, Vanderbilt’s defense did not allow any points on the opening possession of the second half.
Special Teams Notes
– Tommy Openshaw’s 42-yard field goal near the end of the first half was Vanderbilt’s first field goal of the season.
– Sam Loy punted six times for an average of 41.0 yards.
