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TENNESSEE (3-4, 1-3 SEC) at KENTUCKY (4-3, 2-3 SEC)
OCT. 31, 2015 » COMMONWEALTH STADIUM (67,606) » LEXINGTON, KY. » 7:30 PM
THE MATCHUP | #TENNvsUK TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
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33.9 (42/4) Points/Game (93/11) 24.7 24.7 (53/10) Points Allowed/Game (58/11) 25.9 209.1 (31/3) Rush Yards/Game (101/12) 139.4 162.9 (62/10) Rush Yards Allowed/Game (77/11) 172.7 206.7 (86/10) Pass Yards/Game (44/5) 253.1 248.3 (91/13) Pass Yards Allowed/Game (75/12) 232.3 415.9 (56/7) Total Offense/Game (73/9) 392.6 411.1 (80/12) Total Defense/Game (76/11) 405.0 (National Ranking/SEC Ranking)
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COACHING FACTS
Head Coach: Butch Jones (Ferris State, 1990) Record at Tennessee: 15-17 (.469) / 3rd year Overall Record: 65-44 (.596) / 9th year
Head Coach: Mark Stoops (Iowa, 1989) Record at Kentucky: 11-20 (.355) / 3rd year Overall Record: 11-20 (.355) / 3rd year
STAT LEADERS
PATRICK TOWLES PASSING 146-242-1730, 8 TD/9 INT, 60.3#14 pct., 123.9 eff., 247.1/gm
#3 JOSH MALONE: 19-212, 1 TD, 11.2 avg, 30.3/gm DORIAN BAKER: 37-398, 3 TD, 10.8 avg, 56.9/gm RECEIVING#2#9 #6 ALVIN KAMARA: 19-152, 2 TD, 8.0 avg, 21.7/gm G. JOHNSON: 33-512, 1 TD, 15.5 avg, 73.1/gm #21 J. REEVES-MAYBIN: 67 tkls,10.5-46 tfl, 4-25 sk #37 BRIAN RANDOLPH: 41 tackles, 0.5-0 tfl, 1-1 int
DEFENSE
#45 JOSH FORREST: 64 tackles, 4-21 tfl, 3.5-20 sk #67 CODY JOHNSON: 46 tkls, 3.5-18 tfl, 2-17 sk
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>> In Joshua Dobbs’ last 13 starts, the Vols are 8-5, averaging 34.5 points, 422 yards/game. >> Led by Jalen Hurd (94.9 yards/ game), Vols are third in rushing yards per game in the SEC (209.1) with four games of 200-plus yards. >> The Vols rushed for 254 yards at Florida, a defense allowing 55 yards entering the game; UT rushed for 132 at Alabama, a defense allowing 71 yards per game. >> Hurd’s 92 rushing yards at Alabama were most by a Vol at the UA since 2001 (Travis Stephens, 162). >> UT’s 38-31 comeback win over #19 Georgia tied for the third-largest comeback in UT history. >> Dobbs had the second 300-yard passing/100-yard rushing game of his career with 312 passing and 118 rushing vs. Georgia. >> UT’s 10 TFLs at Alabama were the most by an opponent in Tuscaloosa since 2007 (LSU). >> The Vols have played 40 true freshmen over the last two seasons (nation-high 23 in 2014 and 17 in 2015) for the most of any program over the last two years. >> More on Page 5
>> The Vols lead the NCAA in kickoff return average (36.9). >> Evan Berry leads the nation in kickoff return average with 38.7. >> Berry is one of four players in the nation with two kickoff returns for touchdown (vs. WCU & Ark.) >> Berry’s 34.3 career kickoff return average is No. 1 in UT history. >> With two kickoff return touchdowns, Berry is first Vol since Willie Gault (3 in 1980) with multiple kickoff return scores in a season. >> The Vols are one of nine teams with a kickoff and punt return for touchdown this season. >> When the Vols had a kickoff return (Berry) and punt return (Alvin Kamara) for TD vs. W. Carolina, it was the first time since 1950, UT had both returns in the same game. >> Trevor Daniel is fourth in the NCAA and second in the SEC in punting average at 47.1 >> Of Daniel’s 37 punts, 15 have travelled 50-plus yards and 13 have landed inside the 20-yard line >> Cameron Sutton is 10th in the NCAA punt return average (14.9). >> More on Page 5
>> The Vols and Wildcats are playing for the 111th time with Tennessee holding a 77-24-9 series lead. >> Tennessee’s 77 wins vs. UK are the most against any opponent. >> Tennessee has won 29 of its last 30 meetings with Kentucky since 1985. >> The Vols are 36-14-3 all-time vs. UK in Lexington, including wins in 15 of the last 16 since 1983. >> With the game on Oct. 31, UT and UK are playing in the month of October for the first time since 1944, when they played in Sept. >> The Vols have three consecutive double-digit wins in the series following a stretch in which six of eight games from 2004-11 were decided by 10 points or fewer. >> UT has scored 24 or more points in seven of the last eight meetings and have allowed 17 or fewer points in six of the last seven series games. >> Joshua Dobbs is 2-0 all-time against UK including his first win as a QB in the 2013 finale, when he accounted for 251 total yards >> More on Page 18
SOCIAL
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DATE UT RK. OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Sept. 5 25/25 vs. Bowling Green (SECN) W, 59-30 Sept. 12 23/23 19/17 OKLA. (ESPN) L, 24-31 (2ot) Sept. 19 RV/RV W. CAROLINA (ESPNU) W, 55-10 Sept. 26 RV/RV at RV/RV Florida* (CBS) L, 27-28 Oct. 3 RV/RV ARKANSAS* (ESPN2) L, 20-24 Oct. 10 19/16 GEORGIA* (CBS) W, 38-31 Oct. 24 at 8/8 Alabama* (CBS) L, 19-14 Oct. 31 at Kentucky* (SECN) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 SOUTH CAROLINA* TBA Nov. 14 NORTH TEXAS (HC) TBA Nov. 21 at Missouri* TBA Nov. 28 VANDERBILT* TBA * SEC game // All times Eastern
#1 JALEN HURD: 144-664, 8 TD, 4.6 avg, 94.9/gm WILLIAMS: 81-551, 3 TD, 6.8 avg, 91.8/gm RUSHING #18 BOOM #11 JOSHUA DOBBS: 89-387, 5 TD, 4.3 avg, 55.3/gm #3 JOJO KEMP: 58-251, 2 TD, 4.3 avg, 35.9/gm #11 JOSHUA DOBBS 111-191-1101, 9 TD/2 INT, 58.1 pct., 127.5 eff., 181.7/gm
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KENTUCKY CONTACT Tony Neely Phone: 859-257-8411 E: tneely@email.uky.edu Twitter: @TNeel
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