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(4-4, 2-3 SEC) vs. SOUTH CAROLINA (3-5, 1-5 SEC)
NOV. 7, 2015 » NEYLAND STADIUM (102,455) » KNOXVILLE, TENN. » 4 PM » SEC NETWORK
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36.1 (27/3) Points/Game (105/12) 21.4 24.3 (50/9) Points Allowed/Game (69/12) 27.4 214.1 (21/2) Rush Yards/Game (59/6) 178.8 163.1 (62/10) Rush Yards Allowed/Game (111/14) 215.2 210.0 (81/8) Pass Yards/Game (102/12) 186.1 240.3 (80/12) Pass Yards Allowed/Game (58/8) 215.2 424.1 (46/6) Total Offense/Game (91/12) 364.9 403.4 (70/11) Total Defense/Game (96/13) 430.5 (National Ranking/SEC Ranking)
COACHING FACTS
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COACHING FACTS
Head Coach: Butch Jones (Ferris State, 1990) Record at Tennessee: 16-17 (.485) / 3rd year Overall Record: 66-44 (.600) / 9th year
Interim Head Coach: Shawn Elliott (Appalachian State, 1996) Record at South Carolina: 1-1 (.500) / 1st year Overall Record: 1-1 (.500) / 1st year
STAT LEADERS
PASSING
#10 PERRY ORTH 69-127-947, 4 TD/6 INT, 54.3 pct., 117.9 eff., 118.4/gm
#3 JOSH MALONE: 23-315, 2 TD, 13.7 avg, 39.4/gm PHAROH COOPER: 44-609, 4 TD, 13.8 avg, 76.1/gm RECEIVING#11 #6 ALVIN KAMARA: 21-165, 2 TD, 7.9 avg, 20.6/gm #89 JERELL ADAMS: 16-233, 2 TD, 14.6 avg, 29.1/gm #21 J. REEVES-MAYBIN: 73 tkls,10.5-46 tfl, 4-25 sk #37 BRIAN RANDOLPH: 51 tackles, 0.5-0 tfl, 1-1 int
DEFENSE
#10 SKAI MOORE: 83 tkls, 5-18 tfl, 1-9 sk, 4-25 int #21 ISAIAH JOHNSON: 54 tkls, 1.5-2 tfl
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>> In Joshua Dobbs’ last 14 starts, the Vols are 9-5, averaging 35.8 points, 426 yards/game. >> Led by Jalen Hurd (90.6 yards/ game), Vols are second in rushing yards per game in the SEC (214.1) with five games of 200-plus yards. >> The Vols scored on eight consecutive drives at Kentucky, rallying from a 14-10 deficit with 5:39 left in the second quarter to take a 52-21 lead with 5:29 left in the third (outscoring UK, 42-7 over 15:10). >> Dobbs became the first Vol to have a 300-yard passing game (301) and 100-yard rushing game (166) in last season’s comeback win at South Carolina. He’s just the third in the SEC to have such a game over the last 20 years (joining Tim Tebow and Johnny Manziel). >> The Vols are seventh in the NCAA in third-down percentage defense, allowing just 28.6 pct. >> 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 (40.4). >> Evan Berry leads the nation in kickoff return average with 42.6. >> Berry is the only player the nation with three kickoff returns for touchdown (vs. WCU, Ark., at UK) >> Berry’s 36.5 career kickoff return average is No. 1 in UT history. >> With three kickoff return touchdowns, Berry has tied Willie Gault (in 1980) for most kickoff returns for scores in a season at UT. >> The Vols have a modern program history record five special teams touchdowns (3 KOR, 2 PR). >> After not accomplishing the feat of having a kickoff return and punt return for TD in the same game since 1950, UT has done it twice this season (vs. WCU and at Kentucky). >> Cameron Sutton is third in the NCAA punt return average (20.2). >> Trevor Daniel is fifth in the NCAA and second in the SEC in punting average at 46.5 >> Of Daniel’s 39 punts, 15 have travelled 50-plus yards and 14 have landed inside the 20-yard line >> More on Page 5
>> The Vols and Gamecocks are playing for the 34th time with Tennessee holding a 24-7-2 series lead. >> The Vols have posted dramatic back-to-back comeback wins against the Gamecocks: 23-21 in 2013 and 45-42 (OT), last year. >> Tennessee has won 15 of 17 alltime meetings in Knoxville. >> In 2013, Michael Palardy kicked the game-winning 19-yard FG as time expired to give UT the win. >> In 2014, Joshua Dobbs engineered a miracle comeback as UT trailed 42-28 with less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter. >> Since 2000, no matchup in the SEC has been closer than UT-USC, with an average margin of victory of 7.87. (min. 10 games). >> In the last 13 UT-SC meetings since 2002, the game has been within a touchdown in fourth quarter nine times and has gone to overtime three times (2002, 2007, 2014). >> Five of the last 10 games between the teams have been decided by three or fewer points. >> 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, 14-19 Oct. 31 at Kentucky* (SECN) W, 52-21 Nov. 7 RV/- SOUTH CAROLINA* (SECN) 4 p.m. Nov. 14 NORTH TEXAS (SECN/HC) 12 p.m. Nov. 21 at Missouri* TBA Nov. 28 VANDERBILT* TBA * SEC game // All times Eastern
#1 JALEN HURD: 162-725, 9 TD, 4.5 avg, 90.6/gm BRANDON WILDS: 76-428, 2 TD, 5.6 avg, 85.6/gm RUSHING #22 #11 JOSHUA DOBBS: 96-438, 7 TD, 4.6 avg, 54.8/gm #33 DAVID WILLIAMS: 68-255, 0 TD, 3.8 avg, 31.9/gm #11 JOSHUA DOBBS 127-217-1505, 11 TD/3 INT, 58.5 pct., 130.7 eff., 188.1/gm
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