POSTGAME NOTES
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia Bulldogs | Athens, Ga. | Oct. 3, 2026
No. 2/2 Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 14
TEAM NOTES
- Vanderbilt’s four captains – Issa Ouattara, Nick Rinaldi, Cole Spence, Makhilyn Young – represented the Commodores for the coin toss
- Georgia won the toss and elected to defer
- The Commodore defense has produced a sack in nine-straight games dating back to last season
- The 60-yard touchdown pass from Blaze Berlowitz to Junior Sherrill in the first quarter marked Vanderbilt’s longest play of the season
PLAYER NOTES
- Junior Sherrill recorded his second game of the season with 100-plus receiving yards, collecting 107 yards on a season-high seven receptions
- The senior wide receiver’s 60-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter marked the longest reception of his career
- He has recorded a reception in 42-straight games, which is the longest active streak in the FBS and the longest stretch by a Dore since 1996
- Sherrill moved into a tie for eighth on the school’s all-time receiving touchdowns with 16, matching Carl Parker’s total from 1985-87
- Sherrill also broke into the program’s top-10 career receiving yards list on Saturday, as he ranks 10th with 1,962 yards
- The senior wide receiver has had at least three receptions and 70 receiving yards in each of his last 10 games
- Sherrill has recorded 100 receiving yards in four of his eight contests
- Sedrick Alexander’s 2-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter was his fourth of the season and his fifth total
- Alexander has now scored a touchdown in five-straight games, the longest stretch of his career
- The senior running back is now second in school history in total touchdowns (31) and third in rushing touchdowns (25)
- Blaze Berlowitz’s 60-yard touchdown pass to Sherrill marked the longest completion of his career
- Berlowitz threw for a career-high 190 yards in his first career SEC start
- The senior quarterback recorded 162 of his 190 passing yards in the first half
- Berlowitz collected a career-high 227 total yards of offense, adding a team-high 37 rushing yards
- Bryan Longwell recorded a tackle in his 42nd straight game, which is the fourth-longest streak by a Dore since 2002
- Longwell has also collected a solo tackle in 29 consecutive contests, tied for the 10th-longest stretch since 2002
- CJ Heard recorded his third sack of the season with a 7-yard tackle for loss in the second quarter
- Heard had a season-high nine tackles for the second consecutive week
- Tristen Brown posted his sixth-straight game with a catch
- Cayden Daniels defended his third pass of the season, fourth of his career