POSTGAME NOTES
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Tennessee Volunteers | Knoxville, Tenn. | Nov. 29, 2025
No. 12/12 Vanderbilt 45, No. 18/18 Tennessee 24
TEAM NOTES
- Four captains represented the Commodores at midfield: Randon Fontenette, Richie Hoskins, Langston Patterson and Khordae Sydnor
- Vanderbilt won the toss and elected to defer
- Vanderbilt earned its first 10-win season in program history
- Vandy’s six SEC wins this season are the most in school history
- The Commodores defeated Tennessee for the first time since 2018 and earned their first win at Neyland Stadium since 2017
- It is Vanderbilt’s first win over Tennessee as a ranked team since 1948
- The Dores’ offense amassed a season-high 314 rushing yards, the most by the Vandy offense since 2022 (414 at Hawai’i) and the most against an SEC school since at least 1996
- Vanderbilt scored 45 points vs. Tennessee, the most points allowed by the Volunteers’ defense all season
- Vandy’s 28 passing touchdowns this season are a program record
- The Vanderbilt defense recorded at least one sack in all but one game during the regular season
- The Dores tallied four sacks, which is tied for the most allowed by the Tennessee offense all season (the Vols also surrendered four at Alabama and vs. Oklahoma)
PLAYER NOTES
- Diego Pavia eclipsed 3,000 passing yards this season with 268 yards vs. Tennessee, with his 3,192 at the end of the contest setting a school season record
- With a career-high 165 yards on the ground, Pavia also surpassed 1,500 rushing yards in his Vanderbilt career
- Pavia recorded a passing and rushing score for the fifth time this season
- It’s Pavia’s second game of the season with 200-plus passing yards and over 100 yards rushing
- After scoring his 17th rushing touchdown as a Commodore, Pavia is now tied for sixth in the program’s record book for career rushing TDs
- With 433 total yards accounted for, Pavia moved into fourth on Vanderbilt’s career record list
- Sedrick Alexander rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns. His three rushing TDs in a game are tied for third in school history and a career high
- Alexander surpassed 1,500 career rushing yards as well with his performance
- Alexander moved into a tie for third in program history with 21 career rushing touchdowns and is now tied for third in Vandy history with 26 total career TDs
- It’s the fifth game of Alexander’s career scoring two-plus rushing touchdowns and his eighth outing with multiple TDs
- Brock Taylor connected on a 35-yard field goal for his 11th made field goal of the season
- Alexander and Taylor have each accounted for 90 points this season and are tied for third in program history for most points in a single season
- Tre Richardson led Vandy receivers with six catches for 75 yards and a touchdown
- Bryce Cowan was credited with his first forced fumble of the season, fourth of his career, and is now tied with Miles Capers for the most forced fumbles by an active player
- Bryan Longwell recorded his first sack of the season. He has tallied 8.5 tackles for loss this season
- Nick Rinaldi recorded a sack for the second game in a row. It’s his first time recording sacks in back-to-back games since Vanderbilt’s wins at Virginia Tech and South Carolina
- Randon Fontenette led the Dores’ defense with a team-high eight tackles, which matches his season high
- Kolbey Taylor more than doubled his previous season-high with seven tackles
- Zaylin Wood and Linus Zunk were each credited with a sack. It’s Wood’s fourth sack of the season and Zunk’s third
