Diego Pavia accounts for 6 TDs as Vanderbilt improves to 5-0

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Diego Pavia threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead No. 18 Vanderbilt over Utah State 55-35 on Saturday.

Pavia completed 26 of 34 passes for 321 yards and rushed for 79 yards. He became the second Vanderbilt quarterback since 1996 to collect six-plus touchdowns in a game and tied the program's single-game passing touchdown record alongside Johnny McCrary (2014), Jay Cutler (2005) and Bill Wade (1950).

He's got the Commodores off to a 5-0 start for the first time since 2008. Vanderbilt has now won each of its first five games by 20-plus points, tied for the 3rd-longest streak to begin a season in SEC history, according to ESPN…