Some offenses can gash you for huge chunks of yardage, while others move the ball 10 yards at a time. In 2016, the Vanderbilt Commodores did neither.
And that leads us to no. 84 on the Southbound and Down College Football Countdown.
Vanderbilt was 84th in college football in first downs in 2016.
The Commodores converted 253 first downs last season, which was good for 84th in the country, and 11th in the SEC. Vanderbilt averaged 23.0 points per game last season. That was 113th in the nation, and 13th in the SEC. Only South Carolina was worse at 20.