Vanderbilt couldn’t find an offensive rhythm early in Lexington. By the time Kyle Shurmur found his targets downfield, it was too late for the Commodores to earn their first SEC win of the season.
Kentucky never trailed in a 20-13 victory that may have sealed Derek Mason’s fate as Vanderbilt’s head coach. With a difficult schedule remaining, the ‘Dores seem consigned to a three or four win season in 2016. Vandy made it close at the end, but Kyle Shurmur’s final two-minute drill fell one fourth-and-goal pass short of a key road win.
Vanderbilt won the coin toss and deferred.