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 | |  | | Western Carolina (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Vanderbilt (1-0) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 45 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Vanderbilt: Justin Green 46 yd pass from Larry Smith (Ryan Fowler kick) | | | Vanderbilt: Warren Norman 7 yd run (Ryan Fowler kick) | | | Vanderbilt: Zac Stacy 9 yd run (Ryan Fowler kick) | | | Vanderbilt: Warren Norman 2 yd run (Ryan Fowler kick) | | | Vanderbilt: Kennard Reeves 7 yd run (Ryan Fowler kick) | | | Vanderbilt: Ryan van Rensburg 2 yd run (Ryan Fowler kick) | | | Vanderbilt: Ryan Fowler 25 yd FG | |
| Team Statistics | | | Vanderbilt | Western Carolina | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 33 | 4 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 620 | 115 | | Total Plays | 95 | 50 | | Average Gain | 6.5 | 2.3 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 433 | 41 | | Rushes | 70 | 24 | | Average per rush | 6.2 | 1.7 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 187 | 74 | | Completions-attempted | 13-25 | 13-26 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 4 | | Interceptions | 0 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 3 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 3 | 2 | | Penalty Yards | 24 | 15 | | Time of Possesion | 34:44 | 25:16 | | Punts | 5 | 10 | | Punt Average | 17.2 | 39.5 | | Return Yards | 19 | 115 |
| Passing | | Vanderbilt | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Larry Smith (0) | 10 | 18 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | | | Mackenzi Adams (0) | 3 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | | | Western Carolina | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Zack Jaynes (0) | 13 | 25 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Jonathan Efird (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Vanderbilt | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Zac Stacy (0) | 20 | 133 | 1 | 6.7 | | | Warren Norman (0) | 18 | 105 | 2 | 5.8 | | | Larry Smith (0) | 11 | 66 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Kennard Reeves (0) | 7 | 62 | 1 | 8.9 | | | Jermaine Doster (0) | 5 | 36 | 0 | 7.2 | | | Gaston Miller (0) | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4.5 | | | Mackenzi Adams (0) | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Ryan van Rensburg (0) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | | | Team (0) | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | | | Western Carolina | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Mike Johnson (0) | 13 | 46 | 0 | 3.5 | | | Dion Wilson (0) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Jayson Williams (0) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | | | D.J. McLendon (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Zack Jaynes (0) | 7 | -17 | 0 | -2.4 | |
| Receiving | | Vanderbilt | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Brandon Barden (0) | 3 | 38 | 0 | 12.7 | | | Austin Monahan (0) | 3 | 31 | 0 | 10.3 | | | Alex Washington (0) | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Justin Green (0) | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46.0 | | | Udom Umoh (0) | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23.0 | | | Tray Herndon (0) | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17.0 | | | Collin Ashley (0) | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Jermaine Doster (0) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Western Carolina | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Mike Johnson (0) | 3 | 15 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Marquel Pittman (0) | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Jacoby Mitchell (0) | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5.5 | | | Nate Harris (0) | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | | | D.J. McLendon (0) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Josh Cockrell (0) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Andrerius Thomas (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | George Richardson (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Chris Everett (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
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