POSTGAME NOTES
Vanderbilt vs. Arkansas | Nashville, Tenn. | Oct. 17, 2026
Arkansas 31, Vanderbilt 21
TEAM NOTES
- Vanderbilt’s four captains – Issa Ouattara, Nick Rinaldi, Cole Spence and Makhilyn Young– represented the Dores for the coin toss
- Arkansas won the toss and elected to defer
- With a sellout crowd of 35,000, Vandy has sold out nine consecutive home games dating back to last season
- Tonight's game marked the fifth time this season that the Vanderbilt defense produced multiple tackles for loss after posting three in contest
PLAYER NOTES
- Sedrick Alexander posted his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and the 26th of his career
- Maurice Veney hauled in his longest career reception with a 45-yard catch from Jared Curtis in the third quarter
- Makhilyn Young tied the game at 21 with a 3-yard rushing touchdown. It was Young's second touchdown on the ground this season
- With 2,116 career receiving yards, Junior Sherrill moved into eighth Vandy's all-time list in the category
- Sherrill moved into a tie for eighth on the Vanderbilt career receiving touchdowns list with 17 as well
- Ricardo Jones recorded two pass breakups tonight against Arkansas, matching his total from the first six games of the season combined
- Nick Rinaldi recorded his first TFL in SEC play this season
- Rinaldi recorded a season-high nine total tackles tonight, his most in a game since Dec. 27, 2024
- Mason Lewis has recorded a pass breakup in back-to-back games and three of the last four contests
- Sherrill has now caught a pass in 44-straight games, the longest active streak in the FBS and the longest for a Dore since at least 1996
- Bryan Longwell recorded a tackle for the 44th-straight game, which is the fourth-longest streak by a Dore since at least 2002