Austin Peay 9, Vanderbilt 28 · Box Score

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Final · Week 1 · Sat, Sep 5, 2026

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Austin Peay	6	3	0	0	9
VAN	5	10	6	7	28

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Team stats

Austin PeayFCS		VAN
11	First downs	20
178	Total yards	396
116	Passing yards	209
12-21	Comp-Att	18-25
5.5	Yards per pass	8.4
62	Rushing yards	187
25	Rushes	38
2.5	Yards per rush	4.9
1-10	3rd down	4-12
2-3	4th down	2-3
3-25	Penalties-yards	9-73
0	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	0
24:13	Time of possession	35:47
0	Sacks	5
3	Tackles for loss	5
3	QB hurries	4
1	Passes defended	1
0	Defensive TDs	1
—	Kick return yards	15
16	Punt return yards	43
1	Passing TDs	0
0	Rushing TDs	2
3	Kicking points	8

Advanced stats

Austin PeayFCS		VAN
-0.03	EPA per play	+0.26
34%	Success rate	48%
1.19	Explosiveness	1.06
+0.21	Rushing EPA per play	+0.23
37%	Rushing success rate	41%
-0.15	Passing EPA per play	+0.34
35%	Passing success rate	60%
48%	Standard downs success	53%
15%	Passing downs success	29%
3.23	Line yards per rush	3.50
1.05	Second-level yards	1.08
1.21	Open-field yards	0.70
21%	Stuff rate	8%
100%	Power success	75%
6%	Havoc caused	13%
3	Scoring chances	5
3.00	Points per chance	3.80
Own 33	Avg. starting field position	Own 23
2	Explosive plays	3
3%	Postgame win expectancy	97%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q18:59
VanderbiltFG
(08:58) #88 B.Taylor field goal attempt from 32 yards GOOD (H: #37 T.Ebel, LS: #54 K.Schickel), clock 08:59
Drive: 13 plays, 61 yds
0-3
Q16:57
VanderbiltTD
Martel Hight Defensive PAT Conversion
6-5
Q214:19
VanderbiltFG
Brock Taylor 37 Yd Field Goal
Drive: 13 plays, 73 yds
6-8
Q26:21
VanderbiltTD
Blaze Berlowitz 7 Yd Run (Brock Taylor Kick)
Drive: 9 plays, 88 yds
6-15
Q21:33
FCS
Austin PeayFG
Hamilton DiBoyan 51 Yd Field Goal
Drive: 10 plays, 42 yds
9-15
Q35:24
VanderbiltTD
(05:25) Shotgun #28 S.Alexander rush middle for 18 yards gain to the APSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:24, 1ST DOWN #1 B.Berlowitz pass attempt failed
Drive: 9 plays, 55 yds
9-21
Q414:50
VanderbiltPUNT TD
(14:52) #49 L.Leftrick punt 9 yards to the APSU27 #18 J.Broxton return 27 yards to the APSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:50 #88 B.Taylor kick attempt good (H: #37 T.Ebel, LS: #54 K.Schickel)
9-28

Score shown Austin Peay-VAN.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int
Chris Parson	12/21	116	5.5	1	0

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
Courtland Simmons	5	26	5.2	17
Corey Richardson	2	19	9.5	16
Nate Garnett	2	18	9.0	14
Isaiah Groves	2	17	8.5	16
Matthew Wilson	1	1	1.0	1
Kaden Williams	2	1	0.5	1
Denver Harper	1	0	0.0	0
Chris Parson	9	-19	-2.1	5
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Marvin Sims	6	55	9.2	0	11
Denver Harper	1	24	24.0	1	24
Nate Garnett	1	13	13.0	0	13
Kaden Williams	1	10	10.0	0	10
Jaden Robinson	2	10	5.0	0	5
Courtland Simmons	1	4	4.0	0	4

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Ta'Ron Haile	10	7	0	0	0
Markell Redding	8	5	0	0	0
Trevor Hardy	7	4	0	0	1
Eli Jones	7	2	0	0	0
Deandre Creary	5	3	0	0	0
Kelton Crisp	5	3	0	0	0
Malik Denkins	5	2	1.5	0	0
Caleb Merritt	4	1	0	0	0
Al Sandifer	4	1	0	0	0
Jefferson Bretanys Desca	3	1	1.5	0	0
Demoris Jenkins	3	0	0	0	1
Quan Peterson	2	1	0	1	0
Tywan Royal	2	1	0	0	0
Antori Hamilton	2	1	0	0	0
Kendal Howard	1	1	0	0	0
Canaan Williams	1	0	0	0	0
Kahlil Tate	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Lloyd	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Grier Jr.	1	0	0	0	0
RJ Jackson	1	0	0	0	0
Keith Charney	0	0	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Hamilton DiBoyan	1/1	100.0	51	0/0	3
Nick Guagliano	0/0	0.0	0	0/1	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Logan Leftrick	5	214	42.8	0	2	52

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Denver Harper	2	16	8.0	16	0