Vanderbilt becomes bowl eligible for first time since 2018 with 17-7 win over Auburn

AUBURN, Ala. -- , Diego Pavia threw a pair of touchdown passes, including a 4-yarder to Eli Stowers with 4:18 left, and Vanderbilt became bowl eligible for the first time since 2018 with a 17-7 win over Auburn on Saturday. The Commodores (6-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) locked up another win in their surprising season with a 14-play, 78-yard drive that consumed 8 minutes, 53 seconds. It was kept alive when Keldric Faulk was penalized for leverage while trying to block a field goal by Brock Taylor , setting up first down at the 4. “This is a great moment for our program and one that we need to celebrate the right way,” Vandy coach Clark Lea said after emerging from a lengthy and noisy locker room celebration. “I think if you look at where we’ve come in, I guess, what amounts to 11 months now, we’ve had an incredible journey.