POSTGAME NOTES
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Iowa Hawkeyes | Tampa, Fla. | Dec. 31, 2025
No. RV/RV Iowa 34, No. 13/12 Vanderbilt 27
TEAM NOTES
- Four captains represented the Commodores at midfield: Richie Hoskins, Langston Patterson, Marlen Sewell and Jordan White
- Vanderbilt won the toss and elected to defer
- The Commodores scored at least 27 points in 11 games
- Vandy’s defense generated its 15th turnover of the season against the Hawkeyes
- Vanderbilt has forced a turnover in 10 of its 11 bowl games in program history
- The black and gold recorded a sack in all but one game this season
- Wednesday’s contest marked the 11th game of the season Vanderbilt has produced multiple sacks in the same game
PLAYER NOTES
- Diego Pavia threw for 347 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 36 yards and a score
- It was Pavia’s 11th game of the season with multiple touchdowns accounted for, and is his 21st out of 26 total games as a Commodore
- Pavia has generated 300 or more yards of total offense in five straight games, the second-longest such stretch across all of FBS and the longest by any SEC quarterback this season
- The graduate quarterback has thrown for 250 or more yards in five straight contests
- Pavia set bowl game career records for Vanderbilt in passing yards (507) and passing touchdowns (5) while tying the career record for bowl game completions (38)
- Pavia’s 75-yard touchdown pass to Tre Richardson was the longest reception in Vanderbilt’s bowl game history; it was also the longest completion of the season for Pavia and the longest reception of the season for Richardson
- Richardson led Vanderbilt in receiving yards with 127 yards on six catches including the touchdown
- Five of Richardson’s seven total touchdowns have been at least 25 yards, with four of those covering 50 yards or longer
- Richardson has finished with 100 or more receiving yards in three of the last four games
- Junior Sherrill notched his 100th career reception
- Sherrill led the Dores in receptions for the fourth time this season after finishing with eight
- Both Richardson and Sherrill ended with 100 or more receiving yards for the second time in the last three contests, as it marked the first time in program history multiple receivers have accomplished that feat in the same game three separate times
- Brock Taylor drilled two field goals to reach 31 career makes
- Taylor’s .928 field goal percentage set the program record for highest in a season
- Bryce Cowan forced his fifth fumble of the season with a sack in the second quarter
- Cowan’s five forced fumbles tied the program record for most in a season and moves him into the top five on the career list
- Martell Hight nabbed his fourth interception of the season and seventh of his career
- Hight had three picks across the last three contests
- Tristen Brown produced three receptions, tying his career high
- Nick Haberer‘s 59-yard punt in the opening quarter was the longest of the season for the senior
- Joseph McVay grabbed his first touchdown of the season on a 16-yard pass from Pavia
- Langston Patterson collected his first tackle for loss since the Commodores defeated Utah State on Sept. 27 while leading the team in total tackles with eight
