Vanderbilt Commodores @ Kentucky Wildcats — Oct 24, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 October 24, 2026
Commodores Vanderbilt VAN 2-5, 0-3 Away
17
Final
34
Wildcats Kentucky UK 6-1, 3-1 Home
1 2 3 4 T
VAN 3 7 7 0 17
UK 0 14 10 10 34
Top Performers
Passing Yards
J.
J. Curtis VAN
247 PASS
K. Minchey QB UK
203 PASS
Rushing Yards
J.
J. Lassiter WR VAN
6 RUSH
J.
J. Barnes RB UK
68 RUSH
Receiving Yards
J.
J. Sherrill WR VAN
78 REC
K.
K. Darby WR UK
71 REC
Passing
Vanderbilt
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
J. Curtis 27/36 247 2 1 3 100.1
Kentucky
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
K. Minchey 19/26 203 1 0 1 108.3
Rushing
Vanderbilt
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
J. Lassiter 1 6 6.0 0 6
S. Alexander 3 4 1.3 0 4
M. Young 3 -2 -0.7 0 3
J. Sherrill 1 2 2.0 0 2
J. Curtis 8 6 0.8 0 13
Kentucky
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
K. Minchey 5 23 4.6 1 12
C. Baxter 1 3 3.0 0 3
W. Rodriguez 1 1 1.0 1 1
M. Skinner 4 24 6.0 0 16
J. Patterson 12 44 3.7 0 9
J. Barnes 15 68 4.5 0 12
B. Ward 1 10 10.0 1 10
Receiving
Vanderbilt
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
J. Lassiter 1 2 2 2.0 0 2 0
E. Hampton 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
C. Spence 5 5 49 9.8 0 18 0
S. Alexander 3 4 29 9.7 0 19 0
J. Sherrill 8 9 78 9.8 0 16 0
G. Fisher 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
C. Richards 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0
J. Conner 2 5 20 10.0 1 17 0
T. Brown 3 3 31 10.3 0 12 0
J. Thomas 3 5 35 11.7 1 34 0
Kentucky
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
H. Boyer 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
C. Baxter 1 1 5 5.0 0 5 0
D. Miller 5 9 43 8.6 1 12 0
W. Rodriguez 6 7 67 11.2 0 21 0
M. Skinner 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
J. Patterson 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
J. Ferguson 1 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
K. Darby 4 5 71 17.8 0 44 0
Defense
Vanderbilt
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
C. Daniels 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
E. Kolenge 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
C. Heard 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Hight 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N. Rinaldi 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Longwell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Chandler 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Jones 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Lawrence 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Cowan 12 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Lewis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Poteat 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Carter 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
G. Seabrooks 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Gilbert 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Stone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
V. Hinton 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
T. Bryant 6 5 1 0 0 1 18 1 0
E. Barnes 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
A. Breaux 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
H. Sykes 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Gates 3 2 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
C. Works 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
G. Godfrey 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Castell 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
M. Grace 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
T. Nichols 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Harkless 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
L. Cowan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Gadson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Vanderbilt
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
B. Taylor 1/1 2/2 5 0
Kentucky
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
A. Zouagui 2/2 4/4 10 0
Returns
Vanderbilt
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
R. Jones 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
Kentucky
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C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
262 Total Yards 376
15 First Downs 24
11 Passing 10
3 Rushing 12
2 Penalty 1
7/12 3rd Down Eff. 8/13
247 Passing Yards 203
15 Rushing Yards 173
2 Turnovers 0
9-75 Penalties 3-24
28:57 Possession 31:03
2/2 Red Zone 5/6
Play-by-Play
Q4 0 - 10 17 - 34
17 - 34 5:11
A. Zouagui XP
17 - 33 5:11
K. Minchey TD
17 - 27 14:10
A. Zouagui FG
Q3 7 - 10 17 - 24
17 - 24 1:24
A. Zouagui FG
XP B. Taylor
17 - 21 5:45
TD J. Thomas
16 - 21 5:45
10 - 21 10:35
A. Zouagui XP
10 - 20 10:35
B. Ward TD
Q2 7 - 14 10 - 14
10 - 14 0:21
A. Zouagui XP
10 - 13 0:21
W. Rodriguez TD
10 - 7 5:04
A. Zouagui XP
10 - 6 5:04
D. Miller TD
XP B. Taylor
10 - 0 9:03
TD J. Conner
9 - 0 9:03
Q1 3 - 0 3 - 0
FG B. Taylor
3 - 0 3:57
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 1 Biggest Lead: UK +17 Times Tied: 0
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
October 24, 2026
Time
11:30 pm
Duration
1h 0m