POSTGAME NOTES
RV/RV Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Ball State Cardinals | Nashville, Tenn. | October 19, 2024
Vanderbilt 24, Ball State 14
TEAM NOTES
- Vanderbilt improves to 5-2 on the season, 4-0 at home. It is the first time dating to the 1987-88 campaign that the Commodores have won four straight as the home team
- The last time the Dores started a season 4-0 at home was in 1982 when Vandy won all six home contests
- The Commodore defense held the Cardinals’ offense to under 100 rushing yards, the fourth time this season that Vandy has limited the opposition to a double-figure total. That is the most times Vanderbilt has accomplished the feat since holding five opponents below 100 rushing yards in 2015
- Vandy’s offense totaled a season-high 420 yards
- Richie Hoskins, Diego Pavia and Marlen Sewell represented the Commodores at midfield for the coin toss. Vandy won the toss and elected to defer
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Nick Rinaldi led Vandy’s defense with seven tackles and a sack, marking his third straight game taking down the opponent’s quarterback. Rinaldi’s sack in the second quarter was for a loss of 12, the longest TFL by a Commodore this season
- Eli Stowers had eight catches for 130 yards, the third 100-yard receiving game this season for the tight end and the most by a Commodore in a season since Jordan Matthews posted 100-plus receiving yards on eight occasions in 2013
- Quarterback Diego Pavia finished 17-for-31 passing for 275 yards. Pavia reached 200-plus yards in the air by halftime for the fifth time in his career
- Junior Sherrill had one catch for a season-long 43 yards. Sherrill finished with 100 all-purpose yards for the first time in his career
- Sedrick Alexander finished with 12 carries and 48 yards on the ground. Alexander made a career-long 38-yard catch in the opening quarter
- Brock Taylor finished a perfect 3-of-3 on field-goal attempts to bring his season total to 14, tied for the sixth most field goals in a season in program history. Taylor is 7-for-7 in the last three games
- De’Marion Thomas registered his first career sack in the win and made a career-high-tying four tackles
- Bryce Cowan made a season-high four tackles
