SEC ROUNDUP
KENTUCKY 38, VANDERBILT 35
Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson accounted for three touchdowns, Chris Rodriguez rushed for two scores including a 74-yarder before the Wildcats withstood Vanderbilt’s late rally to win Saturday.
Rested from a bye and with Wilson back from a one-game absence because of a wrist injury, the Wildcats moved the ball at will against the Commodores with five TDS and a field goal on its first seven possessions. Wilson sandwiched a 32-yard score in the first half between TD passes to tight ends Justin Rigg and Keaton Upshaw.
Wilson completed 13 of 15 passes for 110 yards and rushed seven times for 83. Rodriguez rushed 13 times for a careerhigh 149 yards with TDS of 3 and 74 yards, the last providing a 17-point lead midway through the fourth quarter.
Kentucky needed that cushion as Vanderbilt answered with Mitchell Pryor’s 2-yard TD run before Ken Seals’ 7yard scoring pass to Cam Johnson with 30 seconds remaining to get within three. The Wildcats recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.
Two days after Kentucky offensive line coach John Schlarman, 45, died of cancer, the Wildcats honored him multiple ways including controlling the line of scrimmage throughout. They initially lined up with just 10 men and took a delay of game penalty (declined) just before left tackle Landon Young came on the field wearing Schlarman’s No. 65 worn while playing for Kentucky in the mid-1990s.