College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 16, 2019
Where: Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature: 53°
Head Official: Marc Curles
Attendance: 23288

Using a potent rushing attack, Kentucky went to Nashville and blasted Vanderbilt, 38-14, at Vanderbilt Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Wildcats (5-5, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) mauled Vandy (2-8, 1-6) on the ground from start to finish, running over, around and through the Commodores for a season-high 401 yards.

Quarterback Lynn Bowden ran for 110 yards and threw for 104, with a touchdown each way. Running backs Chris Rodriguez and Kavosiey Smoke added 129 and 95 yards, respectively.

The Wildcats out-gained Vandy, 528-198 and held VU to 4.0 yards per snap.

UK scored on five consecutive drives, each going at least 72 yards.

The 'Cats took a 31-14 lead after Bowden took an option keeper two yards around the right side with 11:54 left in the third quarter.

Kentucky safety Yusuf Corker intercepted Vandy quarterback Riley Neal at the Wildcats' 28, setting up Rodriguez's 27-yard third-quarter TD scamper to follow.

After center Sean McMoore's bad snap pinned Vandy in the shadow of its goal line on its first possession, the Wildcats got the ball at the VU 44 after a punt. Kicker Chance Poore hit a 32-yard field goal for the game's first points just 5:12 in.

Vandy running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn accounted for 41 yards on the ensuing possession, plowing over around right end from five yards out to give the Commodores a 7-3 lead after kicker Ryley Guay's point-after.

On the 'Cats next possession, Vandy outside linebacker Andre Mintze popped the ball loose from Rose. Cornerback Allan George picked it up on the bounce and raced 67 yards for a score.

It was all Kentucky from there as UK's offensive line soon took the game over.

Smoke capped an 11-play, 75-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring run in traffic, getting the Wildcats within four with 14:14 left in the second quarter.

Kentucky scored on a nine-play, 82-yard drive -- all that yardage coming on the ground -- when Rodriguez dashed in from 22 yards out.

Kentucky drove to the red zone on its next drive when Bowden under threw a receiver, but safety Brendon Harris tipped it right to wide receiver Josh Ali for a touchdown with 11 seconds left in the half, making for a 10-point lead.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Kentucky   Vanderbilt
Christopher Rodriguez Jr. Player Ke'Shawn Vaughn
15 Attempts 12
129 Yards 58
8.6 Avg Yards 4.8
2 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Kentucky   Vanderbilt
Clevan Thomas Jr. Player Ben Bresnahan
2 Receptions 2
45 Yards 32
22.5 Avg Yards 16.0
0 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Kentucky 529 402 127 5 1 1 0.0 1
Vanderbilt 218 128 90 2 0 0 1.0 1