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Football head coach Clark Lea spoke to the media on Tuesday and previewed Vanderbilt’s upcoming matchup with the Kentucky Wildcats. Lea highlighted what went well in Vanderbilt’s upset victory over Kentucky in 2022. The Commodores will look to get back in the win column after surrendering a brutal loss to UNLV last Saturday. “I was...

Head coach Clark Lea spoke with the media Tuesday afternoon, coming off of a 36-20 loss to Wake Forest this past weekend. To start the presser, Lea reiterated his disappointment with how the team performed, highlighting key improvements the Commodores have to make going forward.  “No one in this building believes that we’re anything but...

There were plenty of reasons to celebrate when the Vanderbilt Commodores started the 2022 season with a 2-0 record. After all, it was the program’s first time winning two consecutive games to start the year since Clark Lea took over — and the team did so in dominant fashion. This year, despite matching that flawless...

Wake Forest will aim to beat visiting Vanderbilt for the second consecutive season in a non-conference matchup of unbeaten teams in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday.

Now two weeks into its season, Vanderbilt is beginning to get an idea of its strengths and weaknesses. Still, it’s difficult to gauge expectations considering that both of its first two games came against significantly weaker programs, non-Power 5 programs in Hawaii and Alabama A&M. Perhaps the Commodores’ biggest strength is their air attack. With...

The Vanderbilt Commodores captured their second victory of the season on Saturday night, defeating the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 47-13 at home. The Commodores have now begun consecutive seasons 2-0 for the first time since 2018. After failing to score a touchdown for the first 22 minutes of the game, Vanderbilt took control in the second...

Sluggish Vanderbilt finally came alive in the second half, coasting to a 47-13 win over Alabama A&M at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn,, on Saturday.Vanderbilt quarterback AJ Swann accounted f

The long-standing, ritually-repeated phrase in sports following an ‘ugly’ victory is the following: “A win’s a win.” While this is true, and the Vanderbilt Commodores will indeed take the field 1-0 Saturday, an up-and-down performance against Hawaii left Clark Lea’s squad with plenty of room for improvement. Vanderbilt’s secondary was shredded in Week Zero, with...

Vanderbilt looks for a 2-0 start when it plays host to Alabama A&M on Saturday evening at Nashville, Tenn.The Commodores, while happy to get a win in last Saturday's 35-28 home victory over Hawaii,

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