2024 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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The 2024 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores were led by Clark Lea in his fourth year as their head coach. The team is best known for its game on October 5, 2024, where Vanderbilt beat No. 1 Alabama 40–35. They gained their first victory over the Crimson Tide in 40 years, as well as their first ever win over an AP top 5 opponent after going 0–60 all time against them prior to that matchup. Their fans carried the South end zone goalposts 2.9 miles through downtown Nashville and Broadway before dumping them in the Cumberland River across from Nissan Stadium. Fans made it past many road blocks by the Nashville Metropolitan PD, and even took a detour around Bridgestone Arena to avoid police. They were fined $100,000 by the SEC. The following week, Vanderbilt achieved another upset against double digit spread by beating the Kentucky Wildcats for...

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