Vanderbilt's long cellar-dwelling football program scored a historic victory when it beat LSU on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee.

Just how rare was the No. 17 Commodores 31-24 win over the No. 10 Tigers?

LSU was 14-1 since 1976 in games against Vanderbilt, which, before Saturday, hadn’t beaten the Tigers (5-2) in 35 years and sported a grisly 6-125 all-time record against AP top-10 teams.

“We did not play well enough on either side of the ball to be the better team today,” coach Brian Kelly said, “and Vanderbilt was the better team today because they executed at a higher level.”

Because they defeated LSU on Saturday, the Commodores (6-1) can now claim seven victories over top-10 teams in their history. Two of those wins have come in just the last two seasons.

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