Alabama football’s explosive offense didn’t have much time to see the field. The Vanderbilt offense was responsible for that. There’s having an edge in time of possession, and then there’s what the Commodores did. Vanderbilt had the ball for 42:08 of the game. Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide only had the ball for 17:52.

Vanderbilt pulled off one of the biggest upsets in SEC history on Saturday, downing No. 1 Alabama 40-35 at home. This is Vanderbilt's first win against a top-five opponent, and its first win against Alabama since 1984.

Clark Lea made it through one sentence of his opening statement before choking up. He had just led Vanderbilt football to a 40-35 win over Alabama, the first win over an AP No. 1 ranked team in school history. Not only had the Commodores never beaten a No. 1 team, they'd never even beat a top-5 team on the field.