Kentucky-Vanderbilt Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES

VANDERBILT vs. KENTUCKY

KROGER FIELD – LEXINGTON, KY.

OCT. 12, 2024

FINAL SCORE: RV/RV Vanderbilt 20, RV/RV Kentucky 13

Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 3-3 on the season and 1-3 in the Southeastern Conference, while Vanderbilt is 4-2 on the season and 2-1 in the SEC.
  • Kentucky remains the leader in the all-time series with Vanderbilt, 49-44-4.
    • UK remains the leader in games played in Lexington, 26-13-2.

Next Game

• Kentucky travels to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida to take on the Florida Gators on Saturday, Oct. 19. The game time is 7:45 p.m. ET and it will be televised on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky won first downs 23 to 19. UK has won or tied the first downs in every game this season.
• Kentucky had 164 rushing yards tonight and has led the opponent in rushing yardage in all six games this season.
• Kentucky limited Vanderbilt to 288 total yards tonight. UK has limited 353 yards or less in all six games this year, the longest streak since doing so in the last eight games of the 2019 season.
• Kentucky has earned at least one turnover in each of its six games this season.
  • Kentucky’s defense forced Vanderbilt to record its first interception of the season, with D’Eryk Jackson’s pickoff and 1-yard return in the second quarter.
• UK has allowed 87 points this season, fewest in the first six games of the season since 2018, when 83 points were allowed in the first six games.
• This was Kentucky’s Homecoming game.
  • The first occurred in 1915. Early records are incomplete but UK has hosted a Homecoming game every year since 1946 and owns a 56-23 record in those contests.

Player Notes

• QB Brock Vandagriff completed 15 of his 25 pass attempts for 158 yards and a 22-yard touchdown.
  • He also rushed nine times for 37 yards.
• QB Gavin Wimsatt rushed five times for 25 yards.
• WR Dane Key had a game-high and career-high-tying eight catches for 83 yards and a 22-yard touchdown receiving.
  • He has had a career-high eight catches in two straight games.
  • He has caught at least seven passes in three consecutive games, the last Wildcat to do so since Wan’Dale Robinson in 2021.
  • He now has 1,607 career receiving yards to remain ninth on the all-time career list. He needs just 55 more yards to move into eighth, which is currently occupied by Randall Cobb.
• RB Demie Sumo-Karngbaye carried 12 times for 59 yards, including a one-yard touchdown rushing.
  • The touchdown rushing marked his fourth of the season and fifth of his UK career.
• LB D’Eryk Jackson recorded seven tackles, including two tackles for loss (-16 yards), including a sack (-15 yards).
  • He also made his fifth career interception catch with a pickoff in the second quarter.
  • It marked Vanderbilt’s first interception all season.
  • Jackson has recorded at least one interception in four of his five seasons as a Wildcat (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024).
• LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson and DB Jordan Lovett led the game with nine tackles
  • Dumas-Johnson had two tackles for loss (-13 yards), including a sack (-12 yards).
• OLBJ. Weaver four tackles and a sack (-5 yards).
  • He now has 20.5 sacks for his career, which remains fourth in program history. He needs 3.0 more sacks to tie for third in program history.
• K Alex Raynor made his lone extra point attempt, improving to 60-and-61 in his UK career.

Game Captains

• DL Deone Walker, C Eli Cox, DB Zion Childress, WR Dane Key