Kyle Shurmur drove Vanderbilt 75 yards in the final minute to force overtime, then won it with a touchdown pass as the Commodores rallied to top Western Kentucky 31-30 in overtime on Saturday.

The Commodores won it when they stopped WKU’s attempt for a 2-point conversion.

What it means: Vanderbilt got back to .500, but it was far from easy, and some of the issues that led to earlier losses resurfaced Saturday.

Vanderbilt’s scattershot season continued as the Commodores have now dropped 11 of their past 12 road games. The defense limited WKU at times, and quarterback Kyle Shurmur showed flashes with passes of 31 yards and 66 yards, but also had a very sub-par first quarter.

The Commodores couldn’t avenge a narrow loss to WKU in 2015 opener.

What I liked: Vanderbilt’s final drive.

It started with 1:02 left at their 25. Shurmur completed four passes, and a pass interference helped, but Ralph Webb finished the drive with a 2-yard run. The point after forced overtime.

Vanderbilt’s offense didn’t find a rhythm until midway through the second quarter. The drive ended with a Ralph Webb touchdown run to cap a 12-play, 76-yard drive. But a key play was Shurmur’s 31-yard pass to C.J. Duncan. The Commodores converted four third downs, including a rush by Shurmur. That was an improvement from last week’s game at Georgia Tech when Vanderbilt was 4-of-13.

Webb became Vanderbilt’s third-leading rusher in program history past Carl Woods with a 38-yard run in the third quarter. He needed 55 yards entering the game to reach that mark.

Vanderbilt forced two turnovers in a game for the third time this season.

On one sequence in the second quarter, WKU offensive tackle Jimmie Sims was called for targeting and ejected after a fumble return by Vanderbilt’s Tre Herndon, which snuffed a goal-line scoring chance for WKU.

What I didn’t like: Vanderbilt’s stagnant offense resurfaced early in the game as it gave up two sacks in the first quarter. Webb had 18 rushing yards in first quarter. Shurmur was 3-for-6 for 9 yards and an interception. But Vandy’s team rushing was negative 4 yards net in the first quarter, which made the team’s combined total just 5 yards.

Early in the game, Vanderbilt’s Taurean Ferguson picked up what the officials originally ruled a lateral and took it 83 yards for a touchdown. But the play was overturned and WKU scored from 4 yards out.

Vanderbilt’s defense showed deficiencies against the pass-happy WKU offense, most notably a quick-score two-play, 92-yard scoring drive that made it 14-0. At that point, WKU outgained Vandy 235-17. The Vanderbilt defense was without inside linebacker Nigel Bowden, who did not dress because of injury.

A partially-blocked Vanderbilt 6-yard punt about three minutes left in the third quarter from its own 10-yard line gave WKU the ball at the Vanderbilt 16. But on the ensuing drive, WKU missed a 25-yard field goal attempt.

A controversial defensive holding call on Vanderbilt’s Tre Herndon kept a WKU drive alive that resulted in a go-ahead touchdown run of 20 yards by Anthony Wales with 11:33 left in the game.

Who’s the man: Shurmur was the late-game hero, but that wouldn’t have been possible without Webb’s early production. On Vanderbilt’s first drive of the second half, Webb rushed for 43 yards on six carries, and his second touchdown run of the game tied the game at 14.

Webb entered the game leading the SEC with 377 rushing yards. The WKU performance was a bounce back from a lackluster effort at Georgia Tech when Webb managed just 69 yards on 18 carries  and was held without a touchdown in the loss to the Yellow Jackets.

Webb entered the game leading the SEC with 125.7 rushing yards per game and an average of 5.6 yards per carry, up from 4.2 in 2015. Saturday’s performance came against a Hilltoppers’ defense that allowed just 2.85 yards-per-carry entering the game, which ranked 20th in the country.

What’s next: Vanderbilt (2-2) plays host to Florida at noon on Oct. 1.