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Game day: Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17
Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Saturday night’s Kentucky-Vanderbilt football game at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.
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The Kentucky Wildcats travel to Nashville to face the Vanderbilt Commodores in an SEC East football matchup on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. EDT. ESPN2 has the telecast. Check here for score updates, statistics and a dedicated Twitter feed.
You can interact with me on Twitter at @johnclayiv throughout the game.
Final: Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17
Scoring summary
Kentucky 7, Vanderbilt 0 - On its first possession, UK drives 85 yards in 10 plays for the game’s first score. Will Levis hit Wan’Dale Robinson with the 6-yard TD pass with 6:07 left in the first quarter. It’s Robinson’s seventh TD reception of the season.
Kentucky 7, Vanderbilt 3 - Vanderbilt’s Joseph Bulovas kicks a 48-yard field goal with 44 seconds left in the first quarter to get the Commodores on the board.
Kentucky 14, Vanderbilt 3 - Levis throws his second touchdown pass of the game, this time hitting Izayah Cummings for a 22-yard score with 14:43 left in the first half.
Kentucky 21, Vanderbilt 3 - Jalen Geiger returns a Ken Seals’ pass 31 yards for a pick six with 13:09 left in the first half. It’s Kentucky’s fourth interception return of the season and second interception return for a touchdown this season.
Kentucky 28, Vanderbilt 3 - After an 18-yard punt gives UK the ball at the home team’s 48, UK needs just three plays to score. Chris Rodriguez handled all three, going 30 yards on one run, and five yards for the TD on another with 10:43 left in the first half. The Wildcats have scored three touchdowns in four minutes.
Kentucky 31, Vanderbilt 3 - Matt Ruffolo kicks a 25-yard field goal with 3:46 left in the first half.
Kentucky 31, Vanderbilt 11 - On its first possession of second half, Vanderbilt drives 72 yards in 12 plays with new quarterback Mike Wright hitting Chris Pierce for a TD on fourth-and-goal at the UK 8-yard line. Wright throws to Cam Johnson for the two-point conversion with 5:53 left in the third quarter.
Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 11 - Ruffolo finishes off an 86-yard drive with a 32-yard field goal with 13:26 left in the game.
Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17 - The Commodores score on their second consecutive drive. This time, Vanderbilt marches 75 yards in 11 plays and again scores on a fourth-and-goal. This time, Wright hits Amir Abdur-Rahman for an 8-yard score. The two-point conversion fails with 7:33 left.
Pregame information
Date: Nov. 13, 2021.
Kickoff: 7 p.m. EDT
TV: ESPN2 with Anish Shroff, Mike Golic, Jr. and Taylor McGregor as the sideline reporter.
Radio: UK Network with Tom Leach, Jeff Piecoro and Dick Gabriel.
Records: Kentucky 6-3; Vanderbilt 2-7.
SEC records: Kentucky 4-3; Vanderbilt 0-5.
Team websites: Kentucky football; Vanderbilt football.
Last game: Kentucky lost 45-42 to Tennessee in Lexington on Nov. 6. Vanderbilt was off last week. The Commodores last played on Oct. 30 when they lost 37-28 to visiting Missouri.
Coaches: Kentucky-Mark Stoops (55-53); Vanderbilt-Clark Lea (2-7).
Series: Tennessee leads 47-42-4.
Last meeting: Kentucky won 38-35 in Lexington on Nov. 14, 2020.
This story was originally published November 13, 2021 at 5:00 PM.
