WEST POINT, N.Y.(AP) -- What a difference a week made for Alex
Carlton.

Carlton kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime Saturday to give
Army a 16-13 victory over Vanderbilt, just a week after missing
a potential game-winner against Tulane.

"It was the complete opposite feeling that I had last week,"
Carlton said. "After it went in, I don't know, it got kind of
crazy down there. Everybody was hitting me on the head. It was
just a great feeling."

The field goal, which hit the left upright, was Carlton's third
of the game. He also kicked a 51-yarder in the second quarter,
Army's longest field goal since 1994.

"I'm not surprised it came down to the last play and then some,
but also not surprised we found a way to win," Army coach Rich
Ellerson said.

With the win, the Black Knights (3-3) matched their victory
total from each of the last three seasons. It was Armys first
win over a BCS opponent since 2006, and it delighted the 34,357
fans at Michie Stadium, including Gen. David H. Petraeus, leader
of the U.S. Central Command who was celebrating his 35th class
reunion at West Point.

"We're a program on the verge of tipping the right way," junior
linebacker Stephen Anderson said. "This was the best true-team
win that we've had this season."

Vanderbilt (2-4) forced the game into overtime when Ryan Fowler
hit a 41-yard field goal with less than 52 seconds remaining for
a 13-13 tie. Quarterback Larry Smith went 4-for-7 for 79 yards
on that drive, but Vanderbilt had a potential touchdown called
back because of offensive pass interference by Udom Umoh. It was
the second would-be Commodores TD negated by a penalty, and
Vanderbilt was penalized 12 times for 99 yards.

"We had penalties, and we were very inconsistent in our
execution," Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson said. "When we got
big plays, somehow we figured out a way to get a penalty to
bring it back."

The Commodores' opening possession of overtime fell short when
Andrew Rodriguez forced Warren Norman to fumble at the 1-yard
line, with the ball falling into the end zone for a touchback.

"I was chasing him from behind, and he popped through a gap,"
Rodriguez said. "And I think he thought he was in. It looked
like he let up a little bit, so I just attacked the ball and it
came out and rolled through the back of the end zone."

Smith finished 11-for-24 with 144 yards and two interceptions.

Quarterback Trent Steelman led Army with 97 yards rushing on 25
carries.

Army opened the scoring with that 51-yard field goal with 6:22
remaining in the first half.

Vandy threatened on its opening drive of the second half, with
Smith's 18-yard pass to John Cole placing the Commodores at
Army's 5-yard line. But the Black Knights kept Vanderbilt out of
the end zone as the Commodores tied the game at 3 with Fowler's
19-yard field goal.

Both teams saved their offense for the fourth quarter.

Steelman surged into the end zone for a 2-yard touchdown just 46
seconds into the final quarter for a 10-3 Army lead.

"I have to say that was one of the craziest touchdown runs I've
had," Steelman said. "I had everybody pushing me left and right
trying to find my way into the end zone."

Army, however, was forced to kick from its own 15 after Jason
Johnson removed his helmet in celebration, earning a 15-yard
penalty. That proved costly as Norman returned that kickoff 76
yards for a touchdown

But Donovan Travis' fourth interception of the season set up
Carlton's 23-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter
to give Army a 13-10 advantage, an edge erased by Fowler's
last-minute field-goal to tie it at 13.

"It's kind of a storybook ending for the week we've been
through," Ellerson said. "We came back with a purpose."