Vanderbilt stunned No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, beating the Crimson Tide 40-35 for the football program's first win over a No. 1 team.
Vanderbilt was 0-60 all-time vs. AP Top-5 teams before Saturday, the longest such streak in the Poll Era . The Commodores hadn't beaten Alabama on the field in 40 years, but they snapped a 23-game skid by making big play after big play to give coach Clark Lea his alma mater's biggest win ever.
The Commodores scored the first 13 points and took a 16-point lead that was their largest ever over the No. 1 team in the country. Alabama running backAlabama had just moved to the top of The Associated Press' Top 25 after an emotional win over Georgia. They opened as a 22.5-point favorite over Vanderbilt at ESPN BET; it's the first time an AP No. 1 team lost as at least a three-touchdown favorite since 2008, when USC lost to Oregon State as a 25-point favorite.
The Tide won the opening toss and deferred. Alexander capped the opening drive with a 7-yard TD to put Vandy ahead to stay. It marked the first time since 2007 that Vandy had opened a game against Alabama with a TD -- Nick Saban's second game as coach. Alabama rallied and won that day 24-10. This time, the Tide helped Vanderbilt pad that lead with too many mistakes, sloppy play and penalties.Vanderbilt answered with 10 points. Of their total, 13 came off Milroe's two turnovers, the second a strip sack byscoring on an end around on fourth-and-1 from 2 yards out with 2:46 left but they never got the ball back.
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