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NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Vanderbilt used to be called the worst team in the Southeastern Conference. Cellar-dwellers. The private school that just didn’t belong in a power football league.
No more.
Vanderbilt won a bowl game for the first time in exactly 53 years, with Bryant Hahnfeldt kicking a 45-yard field goal with 3:26 left Wednesday for a 16-14 win over Boston College in the Music City Bowl.
Vandy hadn’t even played in a bowl since 1982 — the SEC’s longest drought. The victory gave the Commodores, 7-6, their first winning season since that season.
“I guess everybody can figure out we’re pretty happy,” coach Bobby Johnson said. “We’re thrilled to win the Music City Bowl right here in Nashville in our hometown. … We kept our composure and made some big plays when we had to.”
This is just the fourth time in the past 50 years that Vanderbilt has won seven games in a season. So maybe it was only appropriate that Hahnfeldt, a Nashville native who grew up only a few miles away from LP Field where this game was played, provided the winning margin.
“It’s fantastic for Nashville,” said Hahnfeldt, who tied his career-high with three field goals.
Boston College, 9-5, had won eight straight bowl games, the nation’s longest active streak.
KansasCity.com
12/31/08
Magnolia Tribune
