AUSTIN, Texas — The Commodores’ fourth-quarter comeback, powered by a career performance from quarterback Diego Pavia, was cut short on Saturday as the No. 9 Vanderbilt football team fell 34-31 at No. 20 Texas.

Pavia finished with a career-high 408 yards of total offense, 365 passing and 43 rushing. It’s the most by a Commodore against an SEC opponent since 2006 (Chris Nickson, 517 yards) and a season-high passing total for Pavia. He went 27-for-38 passing with no interceptions, also accounting for four touchdowns. With his performance in Austin, Pavia moves to No. 7 in the program record books for career passing yards.

Eli Stowers led the Commodores (7-2, 3-2 SEC) with seven catches for 146 yards, the fourth-most by a tight end in the country this season. Stowers hauled in two touchdown receptions, his first multi-touchdown game of the season. Junior Sherrill and Richie Hoskins each made five receptions, a career-high for Hoskins. The Vanderbilt defense was paced by Nick Rinaldi and Marlen Sewell who each posted a season-high eight tackles.

Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) quarterback Arch Manning finished 25-of-33 with 328 passing yards and three touchdowns. Quintrevion Wisner led the Longhorns on the ground, amassing 75 yards on 18 carries. Emmett Mosley made a team-high seven catches for 69 yards.

The Longhorns stormed out to an early 17-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring first on a 75-yard touchdown pass from Arch Manning to Ryan Wingo.

Brock Taylor put Vandy’s first points on the board in the second quarter, drilling a field goal from 44 yards out. It was his 19th consecutive made field goal and fourth from 40-plus yards this season.

A conversion on fourth-and-five opened the door for Vanderbilt to score on an 18-yard pass from Pavia to Stowers, making it a two-score game with 15 seconds left in the first half.

Texas was the first to score out of the locker room as Manning found Mosley on a six-yard touchdown pass.

The Commodores marched 45 yards down the field to the Texas 30, putting Vandy in field goal range. Taylor’s 48-yard field goal attempt was unsuccessful, ending his streak of 19 consecutive made field goals, which was the sixth-longest active run in the nation heading into Saturday’s game.

Texas answered with a field goal of its own from 37 yards out to extend the Longhorns’ lead to 24 points. The score was 34-10, Texas, at the end of the third quarter.

The Commodores continued to battle back in the fourth quarter, putting up 21 unanswered points to cut the Longhorns’ lead to three. Pavia opened the fourth-quarter scoring with a 25-yard touchdown run, his longest rushing score this season. The Vanderbilt defense made a fourth down stop on the following possession to give the Commodores the ball back on their own 33-yard line. On the next play, Pavia connected with Stowers on a 67-yard touchdown pass, the Dores’ second-longest scoring play of the season. After forcing Texas to a three and out, Pavia completed five passes for first downs, eventually finding Hoskins on an 8-yard touchdown pass.

Vanderbilt’s onside kick attempt was unsuccessful, and Texas held on to win the game by a score of 34-31.

Next up, the Commodores return home to host Auburn for their homecoming game. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. on the SEC Network.