Tennessee Football vs. MTSU Week 10 Game Notes Package

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TENNESSEE 2011 VOLUNTEER FOOTBALL

Six-Time National Champions

1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998

13 SEC Championships | 49 Bowl Games | 89 All-Americans | 43 NFL 1st-Round Picks Nov. 5 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. | 7:08 p.m. Tennessee

Record: 3-5 (0-5 SEC) Head Coach: Derek Dooley, 2nd year at UT (9-12)

VOLUNTEER STAT LEADERS Rushing Passing Receiving Defensive

Tauren Poole - 116 att., 462 yds., 2 TD Tyler Bray - 116-176, 1579 yds., 14 TD/2 INT Da’Rick Rogers - 37 rec., 608 yds., 6 TD A.J. Johnson - 45 tckl, 3.5 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR

Middle Tennessee BLUE RAIDER STAT LEADERS Record: 2-5 (1-3 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Rick Stockstill, 6th year at MTSU (35-35)

Rushing Passing Receiving Defensive

William Pratcher - 83 att., 445 yds., 2 TD Logan Kilgore - 173-290, 1869 yds., 16 TD/9 INT Malcolm Beyeh - 39 rec., 446 yds., 6 TD Eric Russell - 55 tckl, 3.0 TFL, 2 INT, 2 FF, 2 FR

THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE GAME (HOMECOMING 2011)  The Tennessee Vols continue their 115th season with their second all-time meeting against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. Kickoff is slated for 7:08 p.m. on FSN. UT is 792-345-53 (.688) all-time.  The Vols won the lone meeting in the series, a 26-3 victory over MTSU on Sept. 7, 2002.  A win over Middle Tennessee would mark the sixth consecutive win over a non-conference opponent for UT dating to a win over UAB on Sept. 25, 2010.  Among current Sun Belt members, UT is 2-0 vs. Louisiana, 1-0 vs. Arkansas State, MTSU, LouisianaMonroe and Western Kentucky, and 0-1 vs. North Texas.

 UT is 67-17-3 all-time in homecoming games.  Since 2006, Tennessee has won nine consecutive games over in-state opponents (5-0 vs. Vanderbilt, 3-0 vs. Memphis, 1-0 vs. UT-Martin).  UT is 6-1 all-time vs. current members of the Sun Belt Conference. The Vols lost to North Texas State, 21-14 on Oct. 25, 1975. The school is now known as the University of North Texas and competes as a member of the Sun Belt.  The Vols have won six consecutive November games since Nov. 21, 2009 and 13 of 16 in the month since 2007.

A Tennessee Win Would...

 Improve the Vols to 4-5 overall and extend Tennessee's non-conference winning streak to six games.  Mark the ninth consecutive win over an in-state opponent since 2006. A win would also improve UT to 2-0 all-time vs. Middle Tennessee.  Give the Vols their sixth win in their last nine games at Neyland Stadium and their eighth win in the last 13 regular-season games overall.  Mark Tennessee's seventh consecutive win in the month of November dating to Nov. 21, 2009. A win would also improve UT to 14-3 in their last 17 November games since 2007 and 75-12 in November games since 1990.  Mark the first time the Vols swept their regular-season non-conference slate since 2006, when they defeated No. 9 California, Air Force, Marshall and Memphis.”

Last Game - #14 South Carolina 14, Tennessee 3

 The Vols fell to 3-5 with a 14-3 loss to No. 14 South Carolina at Neyland Stadium on October 29.  Freshman linebacker A.J. Johnson recorded 12 tackles, becoming the first UT true freshman with three 10+ tackle games. Johnson now has three of top six single-game tackle performances by a true freshman in UT history.  Johnson has 57 tackles this season, and his 12-tackle effort vs. South Carolina moved him past Reggie White (51 tackles in 1980) and into third place on the Tennessee freshman single-season tackle list.  DB Prentiss Waggner recorded his sixth career interception and his second sack of the season.  Five Vols made their first career starts: QB Justin Worley, LG Marcus Jackson, WR Rajion Neal, DB Byron Moore, and DT Maurice Couch. A total of 21 Vols have made their first career start in 2011 (22 Vols did so in 2010).

November Remembered

 Tennessee begins its November schedule with Saturday’s game vs. MTSU...during the last 11 seasons since 2000, the Vols are 37-9 in November (.804)...UT has won 15 of its last 18 games during the month since a 39-10 win at Vanderbilt on Nov. 18, 2006.  UT has won six consecutive November games since Nov. 21, 2009 and 13 of the last 16 in the month since 2007.  The Vols are 74-12 (.860) in November in the last 21 seasons since 1990, including an astounding 37-3 (.925) record in regular-season games in November or later during the decade of the 1990s.  The Vols were 51-3 (.944) in November from 1991-2003 and are 19-8 (.704) during the month since 2004...UT won 21 consecutive November games between 1990-96.

 Tennessee Record By Month (Since 1990)

 UT Home/Road Record By Month (Since 1990)

CONTACTS

Years Sept.* Oct. Nov.^ Years Home Road/Neu. 1990-99 28-8-2 26-7 37-3 September* 45-9 11-13-2 2000-09 26-12 21-15 33-9 October 25-13 22-13 2010-11 4-3 1-8 4-0 November^ 41-6 33-6 Overall 58-23-2 48-30 74-12 Overall 111-28 66-32-2 (*-includes August games; ^-includes December regular season games)

Overall 56-22-2 47-26 74-12 177-60-2

 2011 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Jimmy Stanton | Associate AD - Communications | Cell 865.306.2052 | Email jimmystanton@utk.edu Jason Yellin | Assistant AD - Media Relations | Cell 865.314.0273 | Email jyellin@utk.edu Cameron Harris | Assistant Media Relations Director | Cell 817.408.7604 | Email charri48@utk.edu Andrew Lentz | Media Relations Graduate Assistant | Cell 317.403.0531 | Email alentz1@utk.edu

2011 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Sept. 3 Montana (PPV) W, 42-16 Sept. 10 Cincinnati (ESPN2) W, 45-23 Sept. 17 at #16/17 Florida* (CBS) L, 23-33 Oct. 1 Buffalo (CSS) W, 41-10 Oct. 8 RV/- Georgia* (ESPN2) L, 12-20 Oct. 15 #1/2 LSU* (CBS) L, 7-38 Oct. 22 at #2/3 Alabama* (ESPN2) L, 6-37 Oct. 29 #14 S. Carolina* (ESPN2) L, 3-14 Nov. 5 MTSU (FSN) 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Arkansas * TBA Nov. 19 Vanderbilt * TBA Nov. 26 at Kentucky * TBA * Southeastern Conference game

2011 RECORD

TENNESSEE (3-5) vs. MIDDLE TENNESSEE (2-5)

OVERALL RECORD:

3-5

SEC 0-5 NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 HOME 3-3 AWAY 0-2

On the Air TELEVISION

 FSN  Bob Rathbun (play-by-play)  Tim Couch (color analyst)  Kristina Akra (sideline)  Jay Hoover (producer)

RADIO

 Vol Network  Bob Kesling (play-by-play)  Tim Priest (color analyst)  Andy Kelly (sideline)  John Wilkerson (studio host)

SATELLITE RADIO

 Sirius Premier Channel 217  XM Channel 200

ONLINE

 www.ESPN3.com

TELEVISION (Delay)  SportSouth  Sunday, Nov. 6 (10 p.m.)  Monday, Nov. 7 (11 a.m.)  MYVLT2  Sunday, Nov. 6 (7 p.m.)

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