NASHVILLE, Tennessee – A ranar 30 ga Janairu, 2025, Vanderbilt Commodores sun yi tarihi ta hanyar cin nasara a kan Alabama Crimson Tide, wanda aka sanya shi a matsayin makaranta ta farko a kasar, da ci 40-35. Wannan nasara ta kawo karshen jerin rashin nasara na Vanderbilt tun 1984.
Kocin Vanderbilt Clark Lea, wanda ya sha wahala a cikin shekaru uku na farko a matsayin koci, ya jagoranci tawagarsa zuwa nasara mai ban mamaki. Tare da taimakon dan wasan kwata-kwata Diego Pavia da dan wasan tight end Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt ta sami nasarar kammala kakar wasa da nasara 7-6, wanda ya nuna ci gaba mai girma ga kungiyar.
Vanderbilt ta shawo kan Alabama ta hanyar sarrafa lokacin wasa, inda ta kasance a kan filin wasa na tsawon mintuna 42:08, sabanin Alabama wacce ta kasance a filin wasa na mintuna 17:52 kacal. Wannan ya sa Vanderbilt ta sami damar yin amfani da dabarun wasa masu tsauri, inda ta lalata tsarin tsaron Alabama.
Bayan nasarar, masu sha’awar Vanderbilt sun yi ta murna ta hanyar shiga filin wasa, rushe ginshiƙin gida, da kuma jefa shi cikin kogin Cumberland. Wannan nasara ba ita ce kawai ba, amma Vanderbilt ta kuma yi nasara a kan Kentucky da Georgia Tech a cikin wannan kakar wasa.
Wannan kakar wasa ta zama muhimmiyar mataki a tarihin Vanderbilt, kuma nasarar da ta samu a kan Alabama za a iya tunawa da ita a matsayin wasan kwallon kafa mafi kyau na shekara a 2024.
