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Four Jarring Stats From Vanderbilt Football's Win Over Mississippi State
Vanderbilt football has its first SEC win.
Clark Lea and company escaped Starkville with a 25-23 win over Mississippi State to move to 4-5 overall and 1-5 in league play. Now, this Vanderbilt team is squarely removed from the category of team that Lea's worst teams are in.
Here's a few stats that got the job done for Vanderbilt on Saturday.
Vanderbilt ran for 160 yards
Vanderbilt has prided itself on being a run-first team all along, but it’s struggled to have any semblance of a consistent rushing attack in 2026. That changed Saturday.
Lea and company spent the bye week working to establish some sort of rushing attack and to get it in sync. Finally, their efforts paid off.