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Kentucky football report card: Grading the Wildcats’ win against Vanderbilt

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The average margin of victory in Kentucky’s three SEC wins before this weekend was 6.3 points per game. But the Wildcats, who’ve become known for nail-biting finishes, rolled to a 44-21 win at Vanderbilt on Saturday. It was Kentucky’s most-dominant conference win since Mark Stoops arrived in Lexington. The Cats fell behind 7-0, but then scored 34 unanswered points in a road stadium painted in blue. Kentucky (7-3, 4-3 SEC) has won seven of its last 12 SEC games — the program’s best conference stretch since the 1998-99 seasons. Here’s how we graded the performance: Offense: A It’s not a bad day for the offense when your starting running back breaks the school record for rushing touchdowns. Benny Snell found the end zone 3 times to pass Sonny Collins and Moe Williams on the all-time rushing touchdowns list at Kentucky. Snell carried 17 times for 116 yards — a nice 6.8 yards per attempt. The super sophomore scored 3 touchdowns and now has 9 touchdowns in Kentucky’s last three games. “As we said from day one when we recruited him and when he came in here, the first thing we looked at with him is what you see is that toughness, is that attitude, is a strong, physical runner,” Stoops said of Snell. “But the maturity to be able to do these things, we needed that in that room. We still need it — and I appreciate him and what he’s done.” RELATED: Benny Snell’s record day comes with reminder that he’s just a sophomore And it wasn’t just Snell in the run game.