Tennessee Football Game Notes vs. No. 7/10 Auburn

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NOV. 9, 2013 » NEYLAND STADIUM » KNOXVILLE, TENN. » 12 PM ET 2013 HOMECOMING PRESENTED BY LOWE’S

THE MATCHUP -/- TENNESSEE

7/10 AUBURN

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THE BASICS Head Coach: Butch Jones Head Coach: Gus Malzahn (Ferris State, ‘90) (Henderson State, ‘90) Career Record: 54-32 (7 yrs.) Career Rec.: 17-4 (2 yrs.) At Tennessee: 4-5 (1 yr.) At Auburn: 8-1 (1 yr.) ‘13 RECORD: 4-5, 1-4 SEC Points/Game: 25.1 Rush Yds/Game: 181.4 Rushing TDs: 14 Pass Yds/Game: 177.7 Passing TDs: 10 Total Off./Game: 359.1 Total Def./Game: 429.3

‘13 RECORD: 8-1, 4-1 SEC Points/Game: 36.8 Rush Yds/Game: 306.2 Rushing TDs: 28 Pass Yds/Game: 188.7 Passing TDs: 13 Total Off./Game: 494.9 Total Def./Game: 398.9

STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING RUSHING #21 Tre Mason #20 Rajion Neal (153-771, 9 TD, 85.7 ypg) (161-921, 13 TD, 102.3 ypg) PASSING #14 Justin Worley (109-196, 1239 yds., 55.6%, 10 TD, 8 INT, 154.9 ypg)

PASSING #14 Nick Marshall (90-152, 1266 yds., 59.2%, 7 TD, 4 INT, 158.2 ypg)

RECEIVING RECEIVING #2 Pig Howard #18 Sammie Coates (36-344, 3 TD, 43.0 ypg) (24-638, 5 TD, 70.9 ypg) DEFENSE DEFENSE #45 A.J. Johnson #11 Chris Davis (76 tkls, 4.5 TFL, 3 QBH) (43 tkls, 2.5 TFL, 8 PBU)

INSIDE THE AUBURN SERIES Overall: AU, 27-21-3 In Knoxville: UT, 14-9-2 In Auburn: AU, 7-2-1 In Birmingham: AU, 10-4 Current Streak: AU W5 Last Game vs. Auburn: AU 26, UT 22 10/3/09

Last UT Win Over Auburn: #7 UT 24, AU 0, 10/2/99 Last Win Over AP Top 10 Team: UT 51, #10 Georgia 33, 10/7/06 in Athens UT All-Time Record: 803-359-53 (.683)

AT FIRST GLANCE THE AUBURN GAME

¢ Saturday marks the 52nd all-time meeting between Tennessee and Auburn and the first since 2009. The Vols are 21-27-3 all-time vs. the Tigers, including a 14-9-2 mark at Neyland Stadium. ¢ Tennessee and Auburn are playing for the first time since 2009, when the Tigers won 26-22 in Knoxville. ¢ The Vols have lost five consecutive games to Auburn from 2003-09, following a streak in which UT was 5-0-1 vs. the Tigers from 1989-99. ¢ Tennessee and Auburn met every season from 1956-1991 prior to the league’s expansion to 12 teams.

HOMECOMING GAME

¢ Saturday is the 90th Homecoming game at the University of Tennessee. UT is 69-17-3 in Homecoming games, including four consecutive wins since 2009 and wins in nine of 10 since 2003. ¢ Auburn is the Homecoming opponent for Tennessee for the first time ever. ¢ Tennessee is also 27-2 on Homecoming since 1984, with the lone losses happening in 2002 vs. No. 1 Miami, Fla. (26-3) and in 2008 vs. Wyoming (13-7).

ANOTHER RANKED OPPONENT...

¢ No. 7 Auburn is the school-record seventh ranked team the Vols have played in the regular season in 2013. ¢ In 1991, UT played six ranked teams in the regular season (#21 UCLA, #23 Mississippi St., #13 Auburn, at #10 Florida, at #14 Alabama, at #5 Notre Dame). UT also played #6 Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl that season. ¢ According to Stats, Inc., UT is the first team since Pitt in 1993 to play seven ranked teams in eight games.

TOP 10...

¢ Including #1 Alabama and #10 Missouri, #7 Auburn is the third consecutive top 10 opponent for the Vols, the first time UT has played three consecutive top 10 foes since 1964 (#3 Alabama, at #7 LSU, #7 Georgia Tech). ¢ The game vs. Auburn allows Tennessee to tie the school record for the most top 10 opponents in a single season with five (also: at #2 Oregon, #6 Georgia, at #1 Alabama, at #10 Missouri). ¢ UT also played five Top 10 foes in 2005 (at #6 Florida, at #4 LSU, #5 Georgia, at #5 Alabama, at #8 Notre Dame).

MORE SCHEDULE NOTES

¢ This season is the first since 2005 that UT has played four ranked teams on the road, all consecutively (1995: #6 Florida, #4 LSU, #5 Alabama, #8 Notre Dame). ¢ According to the NCAA, the Vols have played the third-toughest schedule nationally in terms of cumulative opposition winning pct. to date at .727 (4015) behind Purdue (.809) and Utah (.735).

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...

Improve Tennessee to 5-5 and snap a five-game losing streak vs. Auburn, dating to 2003 and be the Vols’ first win over Auburn since Oct. 2, 1999, a 24-0 UT win. Snap an 19-game losing streak vs. AP Top 10 opponents dating to the 51-33 win at No. 10 Georgia in 2006. Earlier this season, So. Carolina was ranked No. 9 in the Coaches Poll when the Vols beat SC (23-21). Mark consecutive wins at home over ranked opponents for the first time since 2007 (35-14 over No. 12 Georgia on Oct. 6, 2007 and 27-24 in overtime over No. 15 South Carolina on Oct. 27, 2007). Mark Tennesse’s first win over an AP Top-10 team at Neyland Stadium since a season-opening 35-18 win over No. 9 Cal on Sept. 2, 1996. The Vols have lost eight consecutive home games vs. AP Top-10 teams.

2013 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

TENNESSEE (4-5) vs. #7/10 AUBURN (8-1)

OVERALL RECORD:

SEC 1-4 NON-CONFERENCE 3-1 HOME 4-1 AWAY 0-4 NEUTRAL 0-0

THE SCHEDULE DATE Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 7

Email: JimmyStanton@utk.edu Email: JYellin@utk.edu Email: BrianBruce@utk.edu Email: BetsyDevine@utk.edu Email: MaryCarter@utk.edu

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OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Austin Peay (PPV) W, 45-0 W. Kentucky (SEC TV) W, 52-20 at #2 Oregon (ABC) L, 14-59 at #19 Florida* (CBS) L, 17-31 South Alabama (SEC TV) W, 31-24 #6 Georgia* (CBS) L, 31-34 (OT) #11 So. Carolina* (ESPN) W, 23-21 at #1 Alabama* (CBS) L, 10-45 at #10 Missouri* (ESPN) L, 3-31 #7 Auburn* (ESPN) 12:00 p.m. Vanderbilt * TBA at Kentucky * TBA SEC Championship (CBS) 4 p.m.

* Southeastern Conference game All times Eastern

ON THE AIR TELEVISION

 ESPN  Dave Pasch (play-by-play)  Brian Griese (color analyst)  Tom Luginbill (sideline)  Bryan Ryder (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 91  XM Channel 91

WATCH ONLINE

 www.WatchESPN.com

TELEVISION (Delay)

 MYVLT2  Sunday, Nov. 10 (7 p.m.)  SportSouth  Sunday, Nov. 10 (10 p.m.)

TENNESSEE FOOTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Jimmy Stanton Senior Associate AD - Communications Cell: 865.306.2052 Jason Yellin Assistant AD - Media Relations Cell: 865.314.0273 Brian Bruce Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 607.745.6093 Betsy Devine Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 508.223.6667 Mary-Carter Kniffen Asst. Media Relations Dir. (Credentials) Cell: 804.516.6337

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