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A stunner: Vanderbilt takes down No. 1 Alabama for first win ever over a top-5 team

Vanderbilt broke a 40-year losing streak against Alabama and got the first win over a top-five team in program history with a 40-35 stunner over the No. 1 Crimson Tide.

The Commodores got a pick-6 in the first half and put the game away in the fourth quarter after Alabama QB Jalen Milroe fumbled as he was sacked.

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Eight plays after Milroe’s fumble, Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia found Kamrean Johnson for a six-yard TD on third down. It was yet another third-down conversion for the Commodores in a day filled with them.