Vanderbilt football vs Kentucky: Final score as Diego Pavia leads ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Vanderbilt football won its second straight SEC game, defeating Kentucky, 20-13, at Kroger Field on Saturday night.

The Commodores (4-2, 2-1 SEC) got their second road win of the Clark Lea era. The first road win also came over Kentucky, in 2022.

Quarterback Diego Pavia has been busy on the talk show circuit and was named the Maxwell Award Player of the Week. Pavia threw for 143 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 53 yards.

Pavia appeared to suffer a knee injury late in the third quarter, but he came back in the game with a brace on his right knee.

The Wildcats are coming off an open week and before that, defeated Ole Miss. Kentucky has yet to score more than 20 points in any of its SEC games.

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Vanderbilt vs Kentucky score updates

Fourth quarter

Kentucky scored a touchdown in less than two minutes, marching down the field. But the holder fumbled the snap on the extra point attempt to keep the lead at seven for Vanderbilt.

Kentucky nearly added a score late in the third quarter, but the holder dropped the snap on a field goal attempt and had to attempt a throw that was intercepted. The Commodores went down the field but the drive stalled, resulting in Taylor's fourth 50-yard field goal of the season.

Third quarter

Vanderbilt's drive stalled after Diego Pavia exited the game after losing his helmet on a second-down play. Taylor made the 49-yard field goal to extend the Commodores' lead to 10.

Second quarter

On 3rd-and-8, Diego Pavia found Richie Hoskins with 13 seconds to go in the half for an 18-yard touchdown.

During a Kentucky run play, Vanderbilt pass-rusher Miles Capers took a hit and had to be stretchered off the field.

Kentucky methodically marched down the field with a run-heavy drive and Sumo-Karngbaye scored from one yard out as the second quarter got underway.

First quarter

Diego Pavia scrambled away from rushers and found Newberry for the 20-yard score after a 4:52 drive that saw Pavia run for 50 yards.

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky time today

• Date: Oct. 12
• Time: 6:45 p.m. CT
• Location: Kroger Field

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What channel is Vanderbilt vs Kentucky game on today?

• Streaming: SEC Network (Stream on Fubo with a free trial)
• Radio: 102.5 The Game and the Vanderbilt Athletics app

Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky will be broadcast on SEC Network. The broadcasters will be Tom Hart. Cole Cubelic and Jordan Rodgers.

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky history

Vanderbilt is 43-49-4 against Kentucky all time.

• Last Vanderbilt win: 2022, 24-21
• Last Kentucky win: 2023, 45-28

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky predictions

Vanderbilt 21, Kentucky 17: In a game where scoring is likely to be limited, the question is whether the Wildcats' extra week to prepare comes in handy.

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky betting odds

Game lines and odds from BetMGM as of Saturday:

• Spread: Kentucky -13.5
• Over/under: 44.5
• Moneyline: Vanderbilt +400

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky injury updates

Vanderbilt will be without CB Mark Davis (Achilles) and OT CJ Williams (ankle fracture), who are both out for the season. DE Zaylin Wood is also out after suffering an injury during the Georgia State game.

Langston Patterson was listed out on the pregame availability report. Chase Mitchell, Bryan Longwell, CJ Taylor and Yilanan Ouattara are banged up but expected to play.

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky weather update

Forecast high in Lexington for Saturday is 76 degrees with a 0% chance of precipitation.

Vanderbilt football 2024 schedule

Aug. 31: Virginia Tech, 34-27 win (OT)

Sept. 7: Alcorn State, 55-0 win

Sept. 14: at Georgia State, 36-32 loss

Sept. 21: at Missouri, 30-27 loss (2OT)

Sept. 28: Open

Oct. 5: Alabama, 40-35 win

Oct. 12: at Kentucky

Oct. 19: Ball State

Oct. 26: Texas

Nov. 2: at Auburn

Nov. 9: South Carolina

Nov. 16: Open

Nov. 23: at LSU

Nov. 30: Tennessee

Kentucky football 2024 schedule

Aug. 31: Southern Miss, 31-0 win

Sept. 7: South Carolina, 31-6 loss

Sept. 14: Georgia, 13-12 loss

Sept. 21: Ohio, 41-6 win

Sept. 28: at Ole Miss, 20-17 win

Oct. 12: Vanderbilt

Oct. 19: at Florida

Oct. 26: Auburn

Nov. 2: at Tennessee

Nov. 16: Murray State

Nov. 23: at Texas

Nov. 30: Louisville

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Vanderbilt football news

• Vanderbilt was named the Cheez-It National Team of the Week for the second time this season after beating Alabama, becoming the first team to earn the honor twice in one season since 2005.
• Vanderbilt has replaced the goalpost at FirstBank Stadium that was torn down by students in the postgame celebration.
• Diego Pavia received an apology from Alabama's Malachi Moore for a late-game outburst.

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Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.