2010 Review 117 Year in Review /// 119 Game Reviews /// 132 Season Statistics photo >> Patrick Murphy-Racey (pmrphoto.com)
Vols Earn Music City Bowl Trip Thanks to November Sweep Young Roster Quickly Gains Experience by Season’s End By Josh Pate /// UTSports.com
Derek Dooley heard the mumblings. His players did, too. Halfway through the 2010 football season and his University of Tennessee Volunteers sitting with a 2-6 record, the men wearing orange heard their critics talk of how this could be the worst Tennessee football team in years … perhaps ever. There were the difficult times against highly touted opponents Oregon and Florida, and a nailbiting, two-overtime victory to beat UAB. Then there was the winless October, which began with a heartbreaking loss at LSU and ended in three conference thumpings. Dooley and his players heard the doubters. And they answered. “Sitting there at 2-6 and people talking about us being the worst football team in Tennessee history, and nobody in this organization flinched,” Tennessee’s first-year head coach said. “I’m real proud of them for that.” Dooley had reason to be proud. After a September and October in which the Vols faced five opponents ranked inside the top 20, UT turned things around and won four consecutive games to close out the regular season with a 6-6 (3-5 SEC) record to become bowl eligible for the second season in a row and 49th time in school history. Tennessee lost a heartbreaker to North Carolina
in the Music City Bowl, but the season was an improbable turnaround nonetheless. “We never got affected by the results,” Dooley said. “Everybody in the organization improved over the course of the season, and that’s all you can ask for.” Perhaps nobody improved more than freshman quarterback Tyler Bray. He came off the bench against South Carolina and, despite throwing an interception on his first pass, provided a spark in the Tennessee offense with a pair of touchdowns. He had some help as senior wide receiver Denarius Moore exploded for a career-high 228 yards receiving and brought the Vols to a fourth quarter tie with the Gamecocks. But things fell apart when South Carolina superstar Alshon Jeffrey caught a 70-yard touchdown pass to break the tie and help the Gamecocks pull away for the 38-24 victory over the Vols. It was Tennessee’s sixth loss of the season. At that moment, it was gut-check time. Nobody outside the locker room was talking about a bowl game; they were talking about long-term stability. Inside the locker room, however, the talk was about fixing what was broken – and fixing it immediately. “Any other team, period, could just hang their heads and quit after going 2-6 and losing for 40 days straight,” said senior receiver Gerald Jones. “This young team didn’t, which is very exciting to see and great for the future. We kept fighting and turned this season around and got ourselves a bowl game to go to.” That’s thanks to an explosive November. A week after the South Carolina loss, Bray earned his first start at Memphis and responded with 325 yards and five touchdowns in a 50-14 romp over the Tigers. Then the Vols dominated Ole Miss for a surprising 52-14 Homecoming victory at Neyland Stadium, UT’s first conference win of the season. A hard-fought 2410 win at Vanderbilt left it all hanging on a streak that pre-dates anybody on the roster. >>> continued on page 118
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Tennessee’s bowl game chances and getting its record to .500 sat on extending a 25-game winning streak over Kentucky. Again, Bray stepped up with a 354yard, two touchdown day. But the seniors shined most. Nick Reveiz recovered a critical Kentucky fumble that shifted the momentum in Tennessee’s favor. The Wildcats were leading 7-0 and ready to claw once again from the 1-yard line. UK’s Derrick Locke fumbled the football into the checkerboard, and Reveiz pounced on it. Thwarting a potential 14-0 deficit, the Vols rallied back quickly. Bray used four passes to hit Jones for the game-tying touchdown. On the next drive, Bray hit Moore on a 49-yard pass and then connected with him again for a 12-yard touchdown and the lead. Moore finished with 205 yards receiving – mostly on deep passes from Bray – to record his second 200-yard game of the year and become the only UT player to boast that accomplishment. When the horn blew, the Vols won 24-14, kept the streak alive at 26 games, and did the improbable considering the start to the season by securing a bowl bid. For this group to lead the rebound the way it did and head to Tennessee’s second consecutive bowl game is evidence of the group’s character. However, by no means was the path as simple as it seems. Perhaps no step along the way was more painful than the afternoon in Baton Rouge. UT began celebrating what appeared to be an upset victory over No. 12 LSU as the Tigers saw a bad snap end with zeroes showing on the game clock and the Vols leading 14-10. Players ran onto the field, coaches headed toward each other to shake hands, and television began showing the final score. But officials ruled that Tennessee had too many players on the field, and LSU was awarded another play from the 1-yard line. That’s when Stevan Ridley pushed into the end zone with no time left to win the game for LSU 16-14. If that wasn’t enough, UT suffered back-to-back losses to chief rivals Georgia (41-14) and Alabama (4110), both heralded for matching Dooley with his past through family and mentors. The South Carolina loss capped the winless October and left the Vols at 2-6. Yet there was no white flag. In fact, it was just the opposite. The locker room mentality strengthened. Players understood the challenge they faced, and they answered the bell. “It’s hard to describe how proud I am of this football team,” Dooley said. “All the stuff that’s happened to these guys, these were the few that stuck with it and loved Tennessee. They didn’t care what happened. They believed in Tennessee. They got rewarded for sticking to it.” 118
2010 Schedule and Results Date
Opponent
Site TV Time
Sept. 4
UT Martin Skyhawks
Knoxville PPV 6:00 ET W, 50-0 Att.: 99,123
Sept. 11
# 7/8 Oregon Ducks
Knoxville ESPN2 7:00 ET L, 13-48 Poole has career day with 162 rushing Att.: 102,035 yards, but Ducks score 45 unanswered
Sept. 18
#10/7 Florida Gators
Knoxville CBS 3:30 ET L, 17-31 Att.: 102,455
Vols cut lead to 24-17 in fourth quarter, but UF extends series win streak to six
Sept. 25
UAB Blazers
Knoxville SEC Netwk 12:21 ET W, 32-29 (2 ot) Att.: 95,183
25-yard TD pass in 2nd overtime lifts Vols; UT 9-2 all-time in OT (5-0 at Neyland)
Oct. 2
at #12/10 LSU Tigers
Baton Rouge, La. CBS 2:30 CT L, 14-16 Att.: 92,932
LSU scores to win on final play of game, Vols defense forces 4 turnovers on road.
Oct. 9
at Georgia Bulldogs
Athens, Ga. SEC Netwk 12:21 ET L, 14-41 Att.: 92,746
Three turnovers contribute to 27-7 deficit at half; only 4th UT loss in last 10 at UGA.
Oct. 23
#7 Alabama Crimson Tide
Knoxville ESPN 7:00 ET L, 10-41 Att.: 102,455
Vols scored first, trailed 13-10 at half; Tide pulled away with 21-point third qtr.
Oct. 30
at #17 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. SEC Netwk 12:21 ET L, 24-38 Gamecocks Att.: 79,336
Vols tie score at 24 in 4th quarter; lose for only 2nd time in Columbia since ‘96.
Nov. 6
at Memphis Tigers
Memphis CBS Coll. 7:00 CT W, 50-14 Att.: 39,742
Vols led 40-7 at half behind Bray’s 5 TD’s; defeat Memphis for 7th consecutive time.
Nov. 13
MISSISSIPPI (HC) Rebels
Knoxville CBS Noon ET W, 52-14 Att.: 96,044
UT takes 31-14 lead at half; Vols produce five turnovers and 441 yards total offense.
Nov. 20
at Vanderbilt Commodores
Nashville CSS 6:30 CT W, 24-10 Att.: 37,017
14th consecutive win for UT in Nashville; Poole TD run seals win with 1:29 left.
Nov. 27
KENTUCKY Wildcats
Knoxville SEC Netwk 12:21 ET W, 24-14 Att.: 101,170
Vols win 26th consecutive game against UK; become bowl eligible with victory.
Dec. 30
NORTH CAROLINA Tar Heels
Nashville ESPN 5:30 ET L, 27-30 (2 ot) Att.: 69,143
Vols lose in double overtime after outcome reversed again on final play.
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Series/Result Note First season-opening shutout in 17 years; Poole and Moore each score 2 TDs
SEASON REVIEW/GAME RECAPS
UT Martin Tennessee
0 0 0 0 -- 0 13 7 23 7 -- 50
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 24 14 0 181 1 42 Bray 6 3 1 24 0 9 Totals 30 17 1 205 1 42
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Taylor 4 14 0 6 Thompson 3 38 0 30 Everett 2 21 0 13 Hamrick 1 7 0 7 McNeil 1 6 0 6 Totals 11 86 0 30
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jones 6 86 0 37 Moore 4 66 1 42 Stocker 2 17 0 9 Cooper 2 13 0 9 D.Rogers 1 9 0 9 Rivera 1 7 0 7 Z.Rogers 1 7 0 7 Totals 17 205 1 42
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 17 112 2 110 2 24 Neal 9 83 4 79 0 40 Oku 6 77 0 77 1 44 Moore 1 58 0 58 1 58 T.Williams 3 9 1 8 0 8 Simms 3 7 0 7 0 3 Bray 1 0 1 -1 0 0 Team 3 0 6 -6 0 0 Totals 43 346 14 332 4 58
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Lincoln 21 field goal. UT Oku 44 run (Lincoln kick). UT Lincoln 35 field goal. 2nd UT Poole 24 run (Lincoln kick). 3rd UT Moore 58 run (Lincoln kick). UT Moore 42 pass from Simms (Lincoln kick). UT Poole 14 run (Lincoln kick). UT Team safety (McNeil tackled in end zone). 4th UT Waggner 54 interception return (Lincoln kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT UTM First Downs 23 3 Rushes-Yards 43-332 29-56 Passing Yards 205 86 Passes (A-C-I) 30-17-1 26-11-2 Total Offensive Plays 73 55 Total Offense 537 142 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 11-83 Punts-Average 4-40.8 10-41.7 Time of Possession 33:21 26:39 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 2 of 17 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 1 Sacks By-Yards 1-4 1-1
to the defensive side of the ball. “The last time I played linebacker in a real game would be my senior year in high school,” Johnson said. “It felt good to be back out there and playing linebacker. Before the game I was really going over my playbook trying to get all the stuff down I needed. Once I got out there it just kind of came to be and I was able to play fast.” Matt Simms completed 14 of 24 passes for 181 yards and the touchdown to Moore in his first Vols start. 119
HONORS & records VOLMANAC
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Carr 22 9 2 66 0 30 Ju.McNair 4 2 0 20 0 13 Totals 26 11 2 86 0 30
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Ju.McNair 6 34 0 34 0 22 Taylor 1 16 0 16 0 16 Ja.McNair 13 20 13 7 0 5 Shiver 1 5 0 5 0 5 Blanks 1 3 0 3 0 3 Carr 2 2 4 -2 0 2 Barksdale 3 1 3 -2 0 1 McNeil 2 0 5 -5 0 0 Totals 29 81 25 56 0 22
• Derek Dooley became the 18th of 22 UT head coaches to win his inaugural game. • Ten Vols started for the first time -- six on offense and four on defense. • Tennessee’s defense limited UT Martin to just three first downs, including one in the first half. • Ja’Wuan James, who started at right tackle, was one of 12 true freshmen to see action for the Vols. • UT finished the game with 332 yards rushing and 205 passing. • Redshirt freshman Joseph Ayres saw action at defensive tackle. Ayres is the great-great-grandson of Brown Ayres, who served as UT’s 12th president from 1904-19 and for whom Ayres Hall is named.
2010 REVIEW
>> Tennessee
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> UT MARTIN
Tauren Poole had touchdown runs of 24 yards and 14 yards as Tennessee beat UT Martin 50-0 for Derek Dooley’s first victory as the Volunteers’ coach. It was Tennessee’s first shutout since a 48-0 win over Vanderbilt in 2003 and first time facing an FCS opponent since a win over The Citadel in 1983. Poole had been waiting for his chance to shine and he delivered, darting through holes, running around coverage and picking up 110 yards on 17 carries before sitting out the fourth quarter. “The backs ran well; the line blocked well,” Dooley said. “They were packing them in and trying to stop the run, but we did a nice job up front. The runners ran hard and I think we just wore them down a bit.” David Oku had his share of carries too and found some large holes for a 44-yard touchdown run with 5:00 left in the first quarter to give the Vols a 10-0 lead in the season opener for both teams. Denarius Moore ran 58 yards for a touchdown and caught a 42-yard scoring pass from Matt Simms. Moore finished with 66 yards on four catches, and Gerald Jones had 86 yards on six catches before injuring his left hand. Tennessee scored nearly every way it could. Austin Johnson and Greg King tackled D.J. McNeil in the end zone for a safety. Prentiss Waggner intercepted Derek Carr and ran 54 yards for a touchdown. Daniel Lincoln kicked field goals of 21 and 35 yards. “I was real proud of how we came out in the third quarter too,” Dooley said. “We weren’t relaxed or complacent. Overall, it was a good, solid win.” UT Martin’s young, inexperienced offense couldn’t find any rhythm. The Skyhawks neither completed a pass nor picked up a first down in the first quarter but were flagged for delay of game four times. By the end of the game, they had 142 yards on offense compared to Tennessee’s 537. The Vols shut out an opponent for the first time since Nov. 22, 2003, then they blanked Vanderbilt at home, 48-0. “The defense was aggressive,” Dooley said. “We tackled well, and those are the basics you worry about in the first game.” Carr finished 9-for-22 for 66 yards and threw two interceptions. The Skyhawks were penalized 11 times for 83 yards. In addition to his shared tackle for the safety, linebacker Johnson also intercepted a pass in his return
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Sept. 4 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | 6 p.m. | 99,123
Vols pitch first shutout since 2003, blank cross-state Skyhawks in opener
OUTLOOK
Game 1
REVIEW
Vols’ fast start, rain delay can’t keep Ducks from flying to easy triumph Tennessee’s early success and a first-quarter weather delay couldn’t keep No. 7 Oregon from a big victory over the Vols. LaMichael James ran for 134 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown to open the second half, and the Ducks scored 45 consecutive points to beat Tennessee 48-13. The Vols were on the board first with a pair of Daniel Lincoln field goals before a thunderstorm roared through Knoxville, halting the game for 70 minutes. The delay didn’t seem to affect UT as the Big Orange defense held Oregon to a field goal and then scored the game’s first touchdown, a 1-yard plunge by Tauren Poole that made it 13-3. “I was proud of how we came out and competed early in the game,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “We screwed up the last three minutes of the half in all phases. So we go in halftime tied, which was fine. But we didn’t have a good look in our eye at halftime.” James had only 27 yards at the break after being targeted by the Volunteers’ defense for the entire first half. But he broke several tackles on the 72-yard touchdown run that vaulted Oregon into the lead for good. The Vols then seemed to fall apart. “You would have thought we were down 40,” Dooley said. “We hit some bad adversity in the third quarter and we didn’t handle it well.” The Vols were penalized for having an ineligible receiver on one play and a false start on another. A pass by Matt Simms intended for Zach Rogers was cleanly picked off by Cliff Harris, who returned it 76-yards for another score to give Oregon a 27-13 lead with 6:27 left in the third quarter. Simms, who completed 15 of 29 for 151 yards, struggled to connect with his receivers. Poole and backup David Oku couldn’t get their footing. Kenjon Barner, who scored five TDs filling in for James as the Ducks’ No. 1 tailback in a 72-0 win against New Mexico in Week 1, took a punt back 80 yards for a touchdown that made it 41-13 with 11:39 left. The Ducks struggled to find a first-half answer for Poole, who had 111 yards rushing in the first quarter. He finished with 162 yards on 23 carries. “He was great and we needed him to be,” Dooley said. “He ran hard. We caught them in some pretty good looks and they made adjustments.” Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas completed 17 of 32 for 202 yards and two touchdowns. The 120
THE WRAPUP • Tennessee’s top four tacklers in the game all recorded career highs: Nick Reveiz (10), Chris Walker (8), Gerald Williams (7) and Prentiss Waggner (7). • Sophomore Marsalis Teague made his first defensive start at cornerback. Teague started five games at wide receiver in 2009. • The last time Tennessee was involved in a weather delay was at Arkansas in 2001, a game the Vols won 13-3. • The 35-point margin was Tennessee’s worst loss in Neyland Stadium history, topping the 33-0 defeat to VMI on Nov. 17, 1923.
Game 2
#7/8 Oregon Tennessee
3 10 14 21 -- 48 6 7 0 0 -- 13
Sept. 11 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | 7 p.m. | 102,035
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Lincoln 48 field goal. UT Lincoln 35 field goal. ORE Beard 37 field goal. 2nd UT Poole 1 run (Lincoln kick). ORE Beard 42 field goal. ORE Paulson 27 pass from Thomas (Beard kick). 3rd ORE James 72 run (Beard kick). ORE Harris 76 interception return (Beard kick). 4th ORE Tuinei 29 pass from Thomas (Beard kick). ORE Barner 80 punt return (Beard kick). ORE Alston 2 run (Beard kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT ORE First Downs 14 26 Rushes-Yards 36-182 44-245 Passing Yards 151 202 Passes (A-C-I) 29-15-1 32-17-0 Total Offensive Plays 65 76 Total Offense 333 447 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-60 6-38 Punts-Average 8-41.4 4-41.8 Time of Possession 31:13 28:47 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 15 5 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1 Sacks By-Yards 1-10 2-13
Ducks picked up 447 yards of offense compared to the Vols’ 333 yards, despite holding the ball three fewer minutes than Tennessee. The officials halted play with 8:53 remaining in the first quarter after Lincoln’s second field goal when lightning was spotted in the area. The teams spent an hour in their locker rooms as heavy rain and lightning hovered over Neyland Stadium, and many of the capacity crowd of 102,035 fans huddled under overhangs and crowded the concourses.
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>> OREGON
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg James 16 142 8 134 1 72 Alston 9 43 3 40 1 8 Thomas 7 44 10 34 0 17 Barner 7 26 0 26 0 7 Costa 1 11 0 11 0 11 Hawkins 2 4 0 4 0 2 Team 2 0 4 -4 0 0 Totals 44 270 25 245 2 72 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Thomas 32 17 0 202 2 29 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Maehl 5 50 0 17 Paulson 4 61 1 27 Tuinei 3 45 1 29 Barner 2 11 0 7 Davis 2 6 0 6 Williams 1 29 0 29 Totals 17 202 2 29
>> Tennessee
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 23 164 2 162 1 39 D.Rogers 1 21 0 21 0 21 Oku 7 12 4 8 0 3 Neal 2 2 0 2 0 1 Simms 3 2 13 -11 0 2 Totals 36 201 19 182 1 39 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 29 15 1 151 0 31 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Moore 4 37 0 17 Z.Rogers 3 45 0 31 Poole 3 17 0 14 Cooper 2 14 0 11 Hunter 1 31 0 31 Oku 1 5 0 5 Stocker 1 2 0 2 Totals 15 151 0 31
GAME RECAPS
#10/7 Florida Tennessee
0 7 17 7 -- 31 3 0 7 7 -- 17
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Thompson 4 55 0 24 Demps 3 34 0 16 Moore 2 26 0 14 Hines 2 15 0 13 Reed 1 22 0 22 Clark 1 8 0 8 Hammond 1 7 1 7 Totals 14 167 1 24
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 31 19 2 259 2 49 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Stocker 5 41 0 19 Z.Rogers 4 53 0 33 Hunter 3 60 1 35 Poole 3 38 0 31 Cooper 2 12 0 7 Moore 1 49 1 49 Oku 1 6 0 6 Totals 19 259 2 49
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Lincoln 49 field goal. 2nd FLA Gillislee 2 run (Sturgis kick). 3rd FLA Sturgis 44 field goal. UT Moore 49 pass from Simms (Lincoln kick). FLA Hammond 7 pass from Brantley (Sturgis kick). FLA Gillislee 5 run (Sturgis kick). 4th UT Hunter 35 pass from Simms (Lincoln kick). FLA Burton 2 run (Sturgis kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT FLA First Downs 11 18 Rushes-Yards 23-29 49-150 Passing Yards 259 167 Passes (A-C-I) 31-19-2 23-14-0 Total Offensive Plays 54 72 Total Offense 288 317 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 9-54 5-25 Punts-Average 5-44.4 3-43.7 Time of Possession 23:14 36:46 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 13 8 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2 Sacks By-Yards 1-8 6-34
by Tauren Poole. Poole, who entered the game leading the SEC in rushing, was held to 27 yards. UT scored first for the first time against Florida since 2001 when Daniel Lincoln kicked a first-quarter 49-yard field goal, tying his career high. But the Vols had their own struggles. After recovering a fumbled punt return by Janoris Jenkins at the Florida 21, the Vols drove 18 yards but missed a chance to score when Jonathan Bostic picked off a pass by Simms in the end zone. 121
HONORS & records VOLMANAC
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Brantley 23 14 0 167 1 24
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Oku 5 24 0 24 0 11 Poole 10 27 4 23 0 12 Simms 8 16 34 -18 0 12 Totals 23 67 38 29 0 12
• Linebacker Nick Reveiz (14) and safety Janzen Jackson (9) both turned in career highs in tackles. Reveiz also recovered a fumbled punt by the Gators. • True freshman James Stone replaced the injured JerQuari Schofield on the offensive line during the second half. Stone joined Ja’Wuan James as the Vols’ second true freshman on the offensive front. • Tight end Luke Stocker matched his career high with five catches, finishing with 41 receiving yards. • Florida’s six consecutive wins are the most in the series since the Vols won the first 10 contests from 1916-53. • Justin Hunter, another Vols true freshman, led UT with 60 receiving yards on three catches. Included was his first career touchdown, a 35-yard pass from Matt Simms that closed Tennessee to within 24-17 early in the fourth.
2010 REVIEW
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Demps 26 94 21 73 0 18 Hines 1 36 0 36 0 36 Gillislee 8 27 0 27 2 11 Moody 5 20 0 20 0 9 Brantley 4 19 10 9 0 12 Burton 2 4 0 4 1 2 Team 3 0 19 -19 0 0 Totals 49 200 50 150 3 36
>> Tennessee
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> FLORIDA
Tennessee had its chance against a second consecutive top 10 foe, down seven points midway through the fourth quarter. But Florida used a nine-play drive capped by a 2-yard touchdown run from Trey Burton to seal a 31-17 victory at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee tied the game at 10 with a 49-yard touchdown pass from Matt Simms to Denarius Moore with 8:59 in the third quarter. Simms completed 19 of 31 for two touchdowns. Florida stalled on the next drive until Gators coach Urban Meyer called for a fake punt on fourthand-6. Omarius Hines ran 36 yards to keep the drive alive, and John Brantley eventually connected with Frankie Hammond on a 7-yard touchdown pass. “It was a big play; it was a good call by them,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “Looking back, we should have been in safe punt. We were trying to make something happen a little bit. They made a good play and got us on that.” Jeremy Brown picked off a pass by Simms on third-and-6 at the Tennessee 40, which set up Gillislee’s second touchdown that gave the Gators a 2410 lead just before the end of the third quarter. The Vols, who were hosting a second AP top 10 team in as many weeks, had found themselves in a similar situation a week earlier against Oregon and unraveled. They seemed on the verge of a meltdown again when Simms appeared to be sacked in the end zone for a safety, but an official review ruled him down on the 1. Tennessee punted but got the ball back when Dooley challenged a run by Jeff Demps, insisting the Florida track star had fumbled. The officials agreed, and the Vols answered with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Simms to true freshman Justin Hunter on fourth-and-6 to cut Florida’s lead to 2417 with a 11:24 left. Dooley, who was facing the Gators for the first time as a head coach, said that’s the kind of reaction he expects from a team that hasn’t done much to prove it can fight back from adversity. “We should do that. I’m proud of them for that, but we should do that every game,” Dooley said. “All that does is give you a chance, and it proved out.” It also didn’t last very long. Florida responded with Trey Burton’s 2-yard touchdown run that iced the Vols, who allowed two more big sacks on Simms and turned the ball over with a fumble
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Sept. 18 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | 3:30 p.m. | 102,455
Turnovers stifle second-half rally, Vols can’t reverse Gators’ streak
OUTLOOK
Game 3
REVIEW
Simms-to-Moore toss lifts Vols past Blazers in double-overtime thriller Tennessee made its last chance at victory count, and the Vols escaped with a 32-29 win over UAB in double overtime at Neyland Stadium. Matt Simms threw the game-winner, a 25-yard touchdown to Denarius Moore on UT’s first play of the second overtime. The score was a sudden end to a seesaw affair that saw the Blazers rally from a 16-point halftime deficit. “He (Moore) was my first read on the play, came off the play action, the safety flat-footed there for a split second and that was all the time I needed to make my decision,” Simms said. “I just tried to put it in a place where he could go up and get it and jump over the corner, and that is exactly what he did.” The Volunteers held a 23-7 lead at halftime thanks mainly to Moore’s first touchdown, a 13-yard reception, and Zach Rogers’ 72-yard catch and run. Both of those plays came in the first quarter and were followed by a Daniel Lincoln 47-yard field goal and Prentiss Waggner’s second interception return for touchdown of 2010, this one from 9 yards just before the break. But the Blazers staged their comeback as David Isabelle found Frantrell Forrest on a 27-yard touchdown strike in the third quarter, and ran for 6 yards for another score in the fourth. After each touchdown, Bryan Ellis hit Jeffery Anderson on a pair of two-point conversions. Daniel Lincoln kicked a 40-yard field goal for Tennessee to open the first overtime, and UAB’s Josh Zahn, who missed field goals from 41, 35, 49, 30 and 54 in regulation, connected on a 35-yard field goal to answer. Ellis hit Pat Shed on a 14-yard pass to pick up a first down in the second overtime but his 7-yard pass to Patrick Hearn came up 4 yards short of the end zone, and Zahn scored on a 21-yard field goal to put UAB up 29-26 before the Vols’ final touchdown. The Blazers dominated the game in nearly every category. They picked up 544 yards compared to the Vols’ 287 yards, had eight more first downs and converted seven more third down attempts. Tennessee’s defense couldn’t stop UAB, who used Isabelle, the backup quarterback, to chip away yards with his runs and Ellis, the starter, to convert thirdand-long situations. Ellis completed 29 of 55 for 373 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Isabelle ran 16 times for 73 yards and completed 4 of 5 for 56 yards and a touchdown. 122
THE WRAPUP • Tennessee improved to 9-2 in overtime, including a 5-0 mark at Neyland Stadium. • Matt Simms’ 72-yard touchdown pass to Zach Rogers was Tennessee’s longest scoring pass play since Erik Ainge connected with Robert Meachem for an 84-yard TD at Memphis in 2006. • Tennessee started the game 0-for-10 on third down conversions until David Oku’s 1-yard run midway through the fourth quarter. The Vols finished the contest 2-of-15 on third down. • The Vols finished 2-2 at home in September.
Game 4
UAB Tennessee
7 0 8 8 3 3 -- 29 14 9 0 0 3 6 -- 32
Sept. 25 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | 12:21 p.m. | 95,183
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Moore 13 pass from Simms (Lincoln kick). UAB Jones 52 pass from Ellis (Zahn kick). UT Z.Rogers 72 pass from Simms (Lincoln kick). 2nd UT Lincoln 47 field goal. UT Waggner 9 interception return (Kick block). 3rd UAB Forrest 27 pass from Isabelle (Anderson pass from Ellis). 4th UAB Isabelle 6 run (Anderson pass from Ellis). OT1 UT Lincoln 40 field goal. UAB Zahn 35 field goal. OT2 UAB Zahn 21 field goal. UT Moore 25 pass from Simms.
>> TEAM STATS
UT UAB First Downs 15 23 Rushes-Yards 27-42 32-115 Passing Yards 245 429 Passes (A-C-I) 34-19-0 60-33-1 Total Offensive Plays 61 92 Total Offense 287 544 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-20 7-55 Punts-Average 9-42.1 4-45.5 Time of Possession 23:53 36:07 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 15 9 of 23 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 2 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 5-39
Still, the Vols seemed to be in control in the first half. The Vols went for it on fourth-and-1 at the UAB 15 on its first drive and got two yards on a quarterback sneak by Simms, who threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Moore on the next play. UAB had just tied the game at 7 when Simms answered with the 72-yarder to Rogers on the next play. It was Tennessee’s longest play since an 87-yard touchdown run by LaMarcus Coker against Vanderbilt in 2006.
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>> UAB
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Isabelle 16 73 10 63 1 18 Shed 6 42 1 41 0 15 Borne 3 13 0 13 0 5 Franklin 1 7 0 7 0 7 Forrest 1 6 0 6 0 6 Ellis 1 2 0 2 0 2 Brooks 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jones 1 0 11 -11 0 0 Team 1 0 6 -6 0 0 Totals 32 143 28 115 1 18 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Ellis 55 29 1 373 1 52 Isabelle 5 4 0 56 1 27 Totals 60 33 1 429 2 52 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Forrest 7 109 1 42 Shed 7 58 0 14 Hearn 4 38 0 17 Anderson 3 53 0 34 Borne 3 48 0 28 Franklin 3 37 0 14 Jones 2 58 1 52 Williams 2 28 0 24 Ellis 1 1 0 1 Brooks 1 -1 0 0 Totals 33 429 2 52
>> Tennessee
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Oku 8 35 2 33 0 12 Poole 6 25 2 23 0 11 Neal 4 20 0 20 0 11 D.Rogers 1 0 8 -8 0 0 Simms 8 13 39 -26 0 7 Totals 27 93 51 42 0 12 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 34 19 0 245 3 72 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Moore 5 68 2 25 Stocker 4 56 0 17 Oku 3 23 0 9 Z.Rogers 2 78 1 72 D.Rogers 2 16 0 13 Rivera 2 6 0 3 Hunter 1 -2 0 0 Totals 19 245 3 72
GAME RECAPS
Tennessee #12/10 LSU
7 0 0 7 -- 14 7 0 0 9 -- 16
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jones 5 46 0 26 Moore 2 19 0 13 Stocker 2 16 0 13 Hunter 1 37 0 37 Z.Rogers 1 5 0 5 Poole 1 -2 0 0 Totals 12 121 0 37
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Lee 23 16 1 185 0 47 Jefferson 10 3 2 30 0 17 Totals 33 19 3 215 0 47 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg D.Peterson 5 45 0 16 Randle 4 69 0 47 Toliver 3 52 0 21 Shepard 3 26 0 12 Ridley 2 7 0 8 Ware 1 16 0 16 Murphy 1 0 0 0 Totals 19 215 0 47
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st LSU Jefferson 83 run (Jasper kick). UT Poole 1 run (Palardy kick). 4th LSU Jasper 31 field goal. UT Simms 3 run (Palardy kick). LSU Ridley 1 run.
>> TEAM STATS
UT LSU First Downs 12 20 Rushes-Yards 37-96 36-219 Passing Yards 121 215 Passes (A-C-I) 23-12-0 33-19-3 Total Offensive Plays 60 69 Total Offense 217 434 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-10 9-54 Punts-Average 5-48.2 3-48.0 Time of Possession 30:07 29:53 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 7 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 1 Sacks By-Yards 2-17 5-41
jury to lead the Vols with five receptions for 46 yards while helping UT convert a season-high seven third downs. LSU sacked Simms five times for 41 yards in losses that added to the Tigers’ total offensive margin of 434 to 217. Lake Charles, La., native Janzen Jackson was outstanding in his return to the Bayou State. The sophomore snagged his second career interception, returning it 14 yards, to go with seven tackles. 123
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PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 23 12 0 121 0 37
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Ridley 22 124 1 123 1 59 Jefferson 5 100 0 100 1 83 Shepard 2 12 0 12 0 9 Ford 2 6 0 6 0 6 Murphy 2 5 12 -7 0 5 Lee 3 2 17 -15 0 2 Totals 36 249 30 219 2 83
• Tennessee was 3-of-5 on third-down conversion attempts in the first quarter after converting just two third-downs in each of the last two games. The Vols finished 7-of-15 for the afternoon. • Luke Stocker started his 30th consecutive game. • Matt Simms scored his first major college touchdown, a 3-yard run that gave Tennessee the lead 1410 early in the fourth quarter. • UT allowed two opposing ball-carriers to rush for 100 yards for the first time since UT’s 1990 Cotton Bowl win over Arkansas. • The Vols defense compiled 25 tackles by players from Louisiana -- Herman Lathers (10), Prentiss Waggner (8) and Janzen Jackson (7). Bayou State natives Dallas Thomas and Jarrod Shaw started on the offensive line. • The Vols did not score first for the first time in 2010. • For the first time all season (including overtime against UAB), Tennessee won the coin toss.
2010 REVIEW
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 24 110 1 109 1 20 Moore 2 16 0 16 0 16 Oku 1 3 0 3 0 3 Simms 10 9 41 -32 1 4 Totals 37 138 42 96 2 20
>> LSU
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> Tennessee
BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU scored on the game’s very first play and again on the very last play -- after Tennessee was penalized for too many men on the field. Those scores were enough to allow the Tigers to escape with a 16-14 decision that was beyond heartbreaking to the UT faithful. The Tigers remained unbeaten after a Volunteers penalty for too many players on the field rescued LSU from what appeared to be a botched final play. LSU was confused on third-and-goal from the 1 and allowed the clock to run nearly to zero before a mishandled shotgun snap seemingly ended the game and sent Tennessee players streaming onto the field in jubilation. The celebration was cut short when officials ruled the Vols had 13 defensive players on the field when the ball was snapped. Stevan Ridley then bulled into the end zone from less than a yard out for the wild finish. “I don’t know if I have ever had a loss like that,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “They changed personnel and ran a bunch of guys on the field. It was a lot of chaos. “Things happened fast and guys didn’t run off the field. The ball was snapped pretty quickly, and so we lose the game. I have never hurt like this before.” Jordan Jefferson had an 83-yard TD run on LSU’s first offensive play, but UT’s defense limited the Tigers after that, forcing four turnovers including three interceptions. Tennessee played without a turnover for the second game in a row. “Our guys fought and fought,” Dooley said. “We played great on special teams, we got turnovers and every time things went bad we kept sticking with it. It was a great football game.” Tennessee was in the game the whole way despite playing in its first road contest of the season. Tauren Poole’s 1-yard dive over the pile helped the Vols to a 7-7 tie at halftime. Matt Simms’ 3-yard touchdown run put the Vols in the lead with 11:34 left in the fourth quarter. The first interception of LaMarcus Thompson’s career in the Vols’ end zone put Tennessee in position to bury the Tigers in a hole with another score, but the Tigers’ defense got a critical stop on fourth-and-1 at the LSU 31. Poole topped 100 yards for the third time in 2010 with a 109-yard performance. Gerald Jones returned from a three-game absence after nursing a hand in-
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Oct. 2 | Baton Rouge, La. | Tiger Stadium | 2:30 p.m. | 92,932
Vols win, then lose, after late penalty nullifies all-out effort against Tigers
OUTLOOK
Game 5
REVIEW
Bulldogs bite Vols early & often in 41-14 decision at Athens ATHENS, Ga. -- Aaron Murray ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more scores as Georgia snapped a four-game losing streak and defeated Tennessee 41-14 in a tough homecoming for Volunteers coach Derek Dooley. UT made this one easy on the Bulldogs, turning it over three times, giving up four sacks and falling behind 17-0 in the first quarter. “We ran into a motivated team today,” Dooley said of Georgia, which entered the game with a 1-4 record. “We got affected on the road and couldn’t keep our composure. We are not going to win with those types of turnovers.” Murray was 17 of 25 for 266 yards passing and ran seven times for 41 yards. A.J. Green had six catches for 96 yards and a touchdown. Georgia scored first when Murray raced nearly untouched for a 35-yard touchdown. Then it was time for Tennessee to start making mistakes. Matt Simms lofted a pass that was deflected and picked off by Bacarri Rambo, who managed to get one foot down just before he flew through the bench area and actually leaped over the famous hedge that surrounds the field. The first of the turnovers led to Blair Walsh’s 42yard field goal. On the ensuing kickoff, Eric Gordon had the ball knocked loose and Derek Owens recovered at the Tennessee 41. Murray struck right away, hooking up with Green on a 33-yard pass. After King was thrown for a loss, Murray hooked up with Rantavious Wooten on a 9-yard touchdown to give the Bulldogs a 17-point cushion. “That’s what we expected Georgia to be like at the beginning of the season,” Dooley said. “But I was disappointed in how we competed.” Tennessee’s only bright spot in the first half came after Simms appeared to headed for yet another sack, but managed to slip away from two defenders and loft a 38-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter. But any hope of the Vols rallying was snuffed out when Green hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass down the middle that made it 24-7. Walsh added a 20-yard field goal for a 27-7 halftime lead. Just about everything went Georgia’s way. On the opening possession of the second half, Murray spun away from a would-be tackler in the backfield, took off running again to his left and managed to stick the ball 124
THE WRAPUP • Justin Hunter became the first Vols receiver with 100 yards in a game since Robert Meachem had 145 against Kentucky in 2004. • Matt Simms’ streak of pass attempts without an interception was snapped at 72. • Rajion Neal’s first career catch was a 58-yarder from Simms that led to Tauren Poole’s third-quarter TD. Neal finished with two catches for 70 yards. • True freshman quarterback Tyler Bray saw his first meaningful action, entering the game in the fourth quarter and completing 8 of 12 passes for 81 yards. • Georgia controlled the clock for 34:33 to UT’s 25:27. • Chad Cunningham contributed a season-long punt of 55 yards in the second quarter.
Game 6
Tennessee Georgia
0 7 7 0 -- 14 17 10 14 0 -- 41
Oct. 9 | Athens, Ga. | Sanford Stadium | 12:21 p.m. | 92,746
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st GA Murray 35 run (Walsh kick). GA Walsh 42 field goal. GA Wooten 9 pass from Murray (Walsh kick). 2nd UT Hunter 38 pass from Simms (Palardy kick). GA Green 22 pass from Murray (Walsh kick). GA Walsh 20 field goal. 3rd GA Murray 5 run (Walsh kick). UT Poole 2 run (Palardy kick). GA Chapas 1 run (Walsh kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT GA First Downs 12 20 Rushes-Yards 26-9 36-136 Passing Yards 260 266 Passes (A-C-I) 25-17-1 25-17-0 Total Offensive Plays 51 61 Total Offense 269 402 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-38 5-50 Punts-Average 5-44.0 4-43.5 Time of Possession 25:27 34:33 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 4 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Sacks By-Yards 2-18 4-27
over the goal line just before stepping out of bounds. Hunter finished with four catches for 110 yards and the touchdown to highlight Tennessee offensive effort. He had receptions of 28 and 25 yards in addition to the touchdown play. Herman Lathers was UT’s defensive tackle leader with seven, while Janzen Jackson and Willie Bohannon added sacks. Limited by four Georgia sacks, Tennessee finished the game with just 9 rushing yards on 26 attempts.
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>> Tennessee
>> GEORGIA
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 13 9 1 179 1 58 Bray 12 8 0 81 0 22 Totals 25 17 1 260 1 58
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Murray 25 17 0 266 2 33
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 15 53 2 51 1 13 Neal 2 3 0 3 0 2 Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jones 1 0 1 -1 0 0 Simms 6 6 27 -21 0 5 Team 1 0 23 -23 0 0 Totals 26 62 53 9 1 13
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Hunter 4 110 1 38 Neal 3 70 0 58 Stocker 2 36 0 22 Moore 2 18 0 11 Poole 2 14 0 9 Z.Rogers 1 8 0 8 Rivera 1 4 0 4 Jones 1 3 0 3 D.Rogers 1 -3 0 0 Totals 17 260 1 58
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg King 13 66 8 58 0 16 Murray 7 59 18 41 2 35 Ealey 12 34 1 33 0 13 Munzenmaier 2 4 0 4 0 2 Chapas 1 1 0 1 1 1 Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 Totals 36 164 28 136 3 35
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Green 6 96 1 33 King 3 48 0 20 White 2 41 0 30 Charles 2 35 0 25 Ealey 2 20 0 12 Durham 1 17 0 17 Wooten 1 9 1 9 Totals 17 266 2 33
GAME RECAPS
#7 Alabama Tennessee
3 10 21 7 -- 41 7 3 0 0 -- 10
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Simms 22 12 1 117 0 26 Bray 14 5 1 39 0 16 Totals 36 17 2 156 0 26
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jones 12 221 0 47 Maze 4 73 0 36 Hanks 3 10 0 9 Dial 1 11 0 11 Richardson 1 5 1 5 Williams 1 4 0 4 Alexander 1 3 0 3 Ingram 1 -1 0 0 Totals 24 326 1 47
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jones 7 52 0 15 Stocker 3 26 0 10 Neal 2 29 0 26 D.Rogers 2 19 0 23 Rivera 1 16 0 16 Poole 1 8 0 8 Z.Rogers 1 6 0 6 Totals 17 156 0 26
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 14 122 5 117 1 59 Neal 6 36 0 36 0 22 Simms 3 9 1 8 0 9 D.Rogers 1 3 0 3 0 3 Moore 1 2 0 2 0 2 Jones 2 3 5 -2 0 3 Bray 3 9 14 -5 0 9 Totals 30 184 25 159 1 59
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Poole 59 run (Palardy kick). ALA Shelley 36 field goal. 2nd ALA McElroy 1 run (Shelley kick). ALA Shelley 42 field goal. UT Palardy 33 field goal. 3rd ALA Ingram 1 run (Shelley kick). ALA Richardson 65 run (Shelley kick). ALA Ingram 1 run (Shelley kick). 4th ALA Richardson 5 pass from McCarron (Foster kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT ALA First Downs 19 24 Rushes-Yards 30-159 34-210 Passing Yards 156 326 Passes (A-C-I) 36-17-2 35-24-0 Total Offensive Plays 66 69 Total Offense 315 536 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-48 5-52 Punts-Average 6-48.2 2-47.0 Time of Possession 28:00 32:00 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 7 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Sacks By-Yards 1-7 2-14
the Vols’ 17-13 win in 2004. Tauren Poole found a gaping hole in the line and ran 59 yards to the end zone with 8:44 left in the first quarter. Poole finished with 117 yards on the ground, becoming the first player to rush for more than 100 yards against Alabama since Mississippi’s BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 131 on Oct. 13, 2007. Jones set an Alabama game record with 221 yards on 12 catches for the Crimson Tide, which got its fourth straight win over Tennessee for the first time since 1992. 125
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PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg McElroy 32 21 0 264 0 42 McCarron 3 3 0 62 1 47 Totals 35 24 0 326 1 47
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Richardson 12 119 0 119 1 65 Ingram 14 88 0 88 2 42 Goode 2 4 0 4 0 2 McCarron 1 4 0 4 0 4 Fowler 2 4 1 3 0 4 McElroy 2 1 7 -6 1 1 Team 1 0 2 -2 0 0 Totals 34 220 10 210 4 65
• Justin Hunter made his first career start at wide receiver, becoming the fifth true freshman and fourth position player to start for the Vols this season. • Tauren Poole broke loose for a 59-yard touchdown in the first quarter that was the longest rush of his career. • Freshman placekicker Michael Palardy scored his first career field goal on a 33-yarder to end the first half. • Chad Cunningham averaged a season-best 48.2 yards per punt on six kicks. • Nick Reveiz finished with 11 tackles to lead the Vols for the fifth time in seven games. • The Vols were shut out in the second half for the third time this season.
2010 REVIEW
>> Tennessee
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> ALABAMA
Trent Richardson’s 65-yard touchdown run and 5-yard touchdown reception were part of 28 unanswered second-half points as No. 7 Alabama beat Tennessee 41-10 at Neyland Stadium. The Vols seemed ready for another close game against the Crimson Tide, this time under first-year coach Derek Dooley, who was facing former boss Nick Saban. Dooley was part of Saban’s coaching staff for seven seasons at LSU and the Miami Dolphins. Alabama, which had won 21 consecutive over unranked opponents, came out of halftime with only a 13-10 lead after a sluggish first half. But the Tide wasted no time in the third quarter, getting three straight first downs on its opening drive before Mark Ingram pushed the ball 1 yard for the touchdown for a 20-10 lead. The Vols attempted to pressure the Crimson Tide’s running game by blitzing and pressuring quarterback Greg McElroy, but the effort wore down a team plagued by a lack of depth. McElroy completed 21 of 32 for 264 yards, mostly to receiver Julio Jones. “We watched the film and the film says they throw it,” Dooley said. “They threw for 326. We struggled to stop it.” Richardson and Ingram had just 91 yards rushing at halftime, but added 96 yards on the ground in the third quarter, including Richardson’s touchdown and a pair of 1-yard scoring runs by Ingram. Richardson finished with 119 yards on 12 carries, and Ingram had 88 yards on 14 runs. “We fought them pretty hard for 30 minutes and were scrapping and fighting,” Dooley said. “The third quarter, obviously, was the difference.” For their part, the Volunteers had a few shots to keep the game competitive in the second half. Matt Simms led a long drive that eventually stalled at the Alabama 35 after three straight run plays, and Michael Palardy missed a 52-yard field goal attempt that could have cut the Crimson Tide’s lead to a touchdown. Simms drove the Vols the length of the field when they got the ball back after Richardson’s touchdown, but Robert Lester stepped in front of a would-be touchdown pass to Gerald Jones and took the ball to the Vols 20. Simms finished 12 for 22 for 117 yards and an interception, but no touchdowns. “I think Matt did some really good things,” Dooley said. “He just had a couple of bad decisions.” Tennessee got the first score for the first time since
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Oct. 23 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | 7 p.m. | 102,455
Vols close at intermission, then undone by Tide’s second-half surge
OUTLOOK
Game 7
REVIEW
Vols rally from 14-point deficit before Gamecocks strike twice in 4th COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Alshon Jeffery hauled in a 70yard touchdown catch to help South Carolina escape a Tennessee comeback and remain in control of the SEC East. Jeffery caught a routine pass over the middle with the game tied at 24, moved toward the right sideline and outran several Vol defenders to give the Gamecocks the lead in an eventual 38-24 victory. “The worst that should have come from that play was a first down for 12 yards, but that’s what great players do,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “That’s what impact, game-changing players do. If you look at the fourth quarter, who took over? Nos. 1 and 21, and that’s what great players do.” Jeffery, who wears the No. 1 jersey, was joined by freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore, who wears No. 21, as the offensive stars for the Gamecocks. Jeffery finished with 3 catches for 87 yards and his winning TD reception, while Lattimore rushed 29 times for a career-high 184 yards and another score. The Vols had rallied from a 14-point deficit on a pair of touchdown passes from backup quarterback Tyler Bray to tie the game at 24-24. To spark the comeback, Tennessee pulled off its first successful fake punt since 2004 when Chad Cunningham ran for 25 yards on fourth-and-10. On the next play, Bray connected with Denarius Moore on a 30yard scoring pass to pull within a touchdown. Bray and Moore were at it again on Tennessee’s next series. The two combined for a 64-yard reception to the Gamecocks 2 and, after a personal foul penalty pushed the Vols back, Bray hit Gerald Jones for a 17-yard touchdown to tie it up at 24-all. Bray, playing in his first meaningful action, told his teammates not to hang their heads. “I came back in the second half and said, ‘Hey guys, lets go’ and started throwing it to the playmakers,” said Bray, who also threw an interception that defensive end Devin Taylor returned 24 yards for a touchdown. Moore was Tennessee’s offensive star, finishing the game with 228 receiving yards on just six receptions. The senior’s previous game high was 86 at the 2008 Outback Bowl against Wisconsin. The teams were tied 10-10 at halftime when UT turned the ball over twice early in the third quarter. South Carolina capitalized both times with easy touchdowns to take its 24-10 advantage. “It is impossible to have a worse start in the third 126
THE WRAPUP • Herman Lathers and LaMarcus Thompson tied for UT’s tackle honors with seven apiece. Lathers added a sack, another tackle for loss and a QB hurry. • Nick Reveiz intercepted the first pass of his career to thwart a South Carolina scoring chance on the game’s opening drive. • Four of Gerald Jones’ six receptions converted third downs and kept Tennessee drives alive. • Quarterback Matt Simms opened the game 6-of-6 for 119 yards. • Denarius Moore’s 228 receiving yards were second in the UT history books to Kelley Washington’s 256 against LSU in 2001.
Game 8
Tennessee 3 7 7 7 -- 24 #17 South Carolina 0 10 14 14 -- 38 Oct. 30 | Columbia, S.C. | Williams-Brice Stadium | 12:21 p.m. | 79,336
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Palardy 39 field goal. 2nd SC Lanning 40 field goal. SC Lattimore 1 run (Lanning kick). UT Stocker 12 pass from Simms (Palardy kick). 3rd SC Garcia 1 run (Lanning kick). SC Taylor 24 interception return (Lanning kick). UT Moore 30 pass from Bray (Palardy kick). 4th UT Jones 17 pass from Bray (Palardy kick). SC Jeffery 70 pass from Garcia (Lanning kick). SC Garcia 1 run (Lanning kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT SC First Downs 21 20 Rushes-Yards 37-92 43-212 Passing Yards 312 223 Passes (A-C-I) 28-19-1 22-13-1 Total Offensive Plays 65 65 Total Offense 404 435 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-57 6-49 Punts-Average 2-48.5 3-40.0 Time of Possession 31:32 28:28 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 14 7 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 0 Sacks By-Yards 2-9 6-41
quarter,” Dooley said. “But to the team’s credit, they showed a little resolve and tied the score. “At the end of the day, mistakes were the difference. You’re not going to beat a team that is going to the Georgia Dome when you spit it up four times and give up six sacks.” Wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers led the Tennessee rushing attack with 49 yards on five carries around end. Bray finished 9-of-15 for 159 yards and the two scores in relief of Matt Simms.
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>> Tennessee
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg D.Rogers 5 50 1 49 0 19 Poole 16 40 7 33 0 9 Cunningham 1 25 0 25 0 25 Neal 6 16 0 16 0 9 Z.Rogers 1 9 0 9 0 9 Simms 4 1 16 -15 0 1 Bray 3 0 24 -24 0 0 Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 Totals 26 62 53 9 1 13 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Bray 15 9 1 159 2 62 Simms 13 10 0 153 1 64 Totals 28 19 1 312 3 64 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Moore 6 228 1 64 Jones 6 49 1 17 Poole 3 21 0 11 Stocker 2 16 1 12 Fugate 1 4 0 4 Neal 1 -6 0 0 Totals 19 312 3 64
>> SOUTH CAROLINA
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Lattimore 29 187 3 184 1 40 Garcia 10 35 17 18 2 13 Maddox 2 9 0 9 0 8 Shaw 1 2 0 2 0 2 Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 Totals 43 233 21 212 3 40 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Garcia 22 13 1 223 1 70 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jeffery 3 87 1 70 Moore 3 41 0 20 DiMarco 2 37 0 26 Gurley 2 33 0 22 Lattimore 2 26 0 17 Sanders 1 -1 0 0 Totals 13 223 1 70
GAME RECAPS
Tennessee Memphis
13 27 10 0 -- 50 7 0 0 7 -- 14
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Moore 6 103 1 34 Jones 5 66 1 26 Stocker 3 56 0 32 Rivera 3 29 0 11 Poole 2 50 1 41 Hunter 1 42 1 42 D.Rogers 1 22 1 22 Oku 1 11 0 11 Totals 22 379 5 42
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Williams 27 18 2 221 2 38 Smith 5 2 1 23 0 17 Totals 32 20 3 244 2 38 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Rucker 5 76 2 38 Longstreet 3 40 0 29 Ray 3 34 0 25 Foster 3 29 0 17 McKenzie 2 37 0 22 Rehrer 2 13 0 7 B.Johnson 1 10 0 10 C.Johnson 1 5 0 5 Totals 20 244 2 38
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st MEM Rucker 4 pass from Williams (Henriques kick). UT Poole 9 pass from Bray (kick failed). UT Hunter 42 pass from Bray (Palardy kick). 2nd UT Palardy 24 field goal. UT Moore 14 pass from Bray (Palardy kick). UT D.Rogers 22 pass from Bray (Palardy kick). UT Jones 9 pass from Bray (Palardy kick). UT Palardy 32 field goal. 3rd UT Poole 21 run (Palardy kick). UT Palardy 33 field goal. 4th MEM Rucker 38 pass from Williams (Henriques kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT MEM First Downs 22 17 Rushes-Yards 32-130 31-64 Passing Yards 379 244 Passes (A-C-I) 38-22-0 32-20-3 Total Offensive Plays 70 63 Total Offense 509 308 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 5-29 4-31 Punts-Average 2-34.5 5-45.8 Time of Possession 29:11 30:49 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 15 4 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2 Sacks By-Yards 5-31 0-0
placed Bray and was 3 of 5 for 54 yards. In addition to Poole’s 21-yard scoring run, Palardy added his third field goal of the night from 33 yards out in the second half. Defensive tackle Malik Jackson led Tennessee’s defensive effort with a team-high and career best eight tackles, including two sacks and another for lost yardage. The junior also intercepted his first career pass and returned it 44 yards to set up Poole’s rushing TD. 127
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PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Bray 33 19 0 325 5 42 Simms 5 3 0 54 0 34 Totals 38 22 0 379 5 42
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Ray 14 60 0 60 0 20 Longstreet 8 32 6 26 0 14 Foster 1 5 0 5 0 5 Smith 2 2 5 -3 0 2 Williams 6 2 26 -24 0 2 Totals 31 101 37 64 0 20
• Tennessee forced five turnovers for the first time in a game since a 63-20 win over Arkansas in 2000. • Bray’s five first-half touchdowns are believed to be a UT record for scoring tosses in the opening 30 minutes. • Denarius Moore (103) and Tauren Poole (101) became the 43rd WR/TB duo in UT history to top 100 yards in the same game. • Tyler Bray set a UT record for a half with 308 yards passing in the first half. • Governor-elect Bill Haslam tossed the coin prior to kickoff.
2010 REVIEW
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 16 104 3 101 1 27 Neal 4 16 2 14 0 9 Oku 6 13 1 12 0 4 Williams 2 4 1 3 0 4 Z.Rogers 1 1 0 1 0 1 D.Rogers 1 1 0 1 0 1 Team 2 0 2 -2 0 0 Totals 32 139 9 130 1 27
>> memphis
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> Tennessee
MEMPHIS -- Freshman quarterback Tyler Bray, starting his first game for Tennessee, threw for 325 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Volunteers to a 50-14 victory over Memphis. The victory snapped a four-game October losing streak for Tennessee, which was never threatened after the first quarter. Bray, who took over the helm one week earlier in relief of junior Matt Simms, picked apart the young Memphis secondary from the start. “It was obviously a great first half by the team,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “We outmatched them, and we did what we should do. It’s been awhile since we got a win, so it was a nicer scene in the locker room.” Tauren Poole rushed for 101 yards, and scored twice -- once on a 21-yard run and another on a 9-yard pass from Bray. The Vols would end the night with 510 yards of offense, including 379 through the air. Memphis actually scored first, but Tennessee’s 50 consecutive points matched UT’s largest scoring output of the season. Ryan Williams connected on 18 of 27 passes for 221 yards for the Tigers. The bulk of Bray’s statistics came in the first half as he completed 17 of 28 passes for 308 yards and all five of his touchdown passes. That helped the Vols carry a 40-7 lead into halftime. “He played well, obviously,” Dooley said. “But we outmatched them on the perimeter. Let’s not get too excited is what I’m saying. He did what he should have done -- throw and catch.” Tennessee already had 398 yards of offense at the break. Bray was spreading out the scoring passes, hitting Poole and Justin Hunter (42 yards) for touchdowns in the first quarter. The second quarter scoring passes were to Denarius More (14 yards), Da’Rick Rogers (22 yards) and Gerald Jones (9 yards). Michael Palardy added field goals of 24 and 32 yards for Tennessee, which scored on every possession. except its first, in the half. For his efforts, Bray was named the SEC’s Freshman of the Week. The Vols held the Tigers to 117 yards of offense, including only 8 yards rushing in the opening 30 minutes. Memphis finished the game with 308 yards of total offense. Midway through the third quarter, Simms re-
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Nov. 6 | Memphis | Liberty Bowl Stadium | 7 p.m. | 39,742
Vols turn calendar, turn to Bray in offensive showcase against Tigers
OUTLOOK
Game 9
REVIEW
Resurgent Vols overwhelm Rebels with two pick-sixes, scoring onslaught Tyler Bray threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Justin Hunter, and Tennessee returned two pass interceptions for touchdowns to capture its first Southeastern Conference win of the season with a 52-14 victory over Mississippi. It also was Derek Dooley’s first SEC win as Tennessee’s coach and first streak of two wins. The Vols have never gone a season without an SEC victory and have won at least three conference games every season since 1977. Tauren Poole added a pair of late touchdown runs as UT snapped a six-game losing streak against SEC West opponents. “It was just a phenomenal effort by our players,” Dooley said. “We were focused. We had our best week of practice and it just showed.” On Tennessee’s first play from scrimmage, Bray attempted a pass to Gerald Jones that was tipped by Mississippi’s Jonathan Cornell right into the hands of Justin Hunter. Hunter had 80 yards of green space and took it all the way to the end zone. The Vols were in control the whole game, thanks to Bray’s passing. Tennessee had only seven yards on the ground in the first half but countered it with 265 yards by air. By the end of the game, Tennessee had outgained Ole Miss 441 yards to 295 on offense. Bray finished 18-of-34 with 323 yards. In two games as the starter, Bray has completed 37-of-67 for 648 yards and eight touchdowns without turning the ball over. Hunter had 114 yards on three catches and Poole had 107 yards on 12 carries. Ole Miss couldn’t get its offense going with Masoli being pressured by the Vols’ defensive line all day. The Rebels entered having given up only seven sacks in eight games, but UT took Masoli down twice and sacked backup Nathan Stanley once. Tennessee took a 21-0 lead with 2:33 left in the first quarter when Eric Gordon picked off a pass by Masoli at the Rebels 46 and ran it back for a touchdown. Prentiss Waggner returned another Masoli interception for a score, his third touchdown on an interception return this season, setting a UT record. “It’s a big honor,” Waggner said. “I really didn’t know about the record until you guys told me. I think it’s all because of the grace of God that I got that interception and got it into the end zone.” 128
THE WRAPUP • Tennessee 52 points were the most scored by the Vols in a regulation SEC game since 2003. • The Bray-to-Hunter TD was Tennessee’s first touchdown on the opening play from scrimmage since Erik Ainge connected with Arian Foster to begin the 2007 contest at Kentucky. • The interception returns for touchdowns by Eric Gordon and Prentiss Waggner were the third and fourth for UT this season. • Returning from a five-game injury absence, Daniel Lincoln kicked a 43-yard field goal that was his eighth consecutive made field goal to begin the season, tying his own school record.
Game 10
Mississippi Tennessee
0 14 0 0 -- 14 21 10 14 7 -- 52
Nov. 13 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | Noon | 96,044
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Hunter 80 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). UT Moore 17 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). UT Gordon 46 interception return (Lincoln kick). 2nd MISS Bolden 17 run (Rose kick). UT Hunter 22 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). MISS Bolden 2 run (Rose kick). UT Lincoln 43 field goal. 3rd UT Waggner 10 interception return (Lincoln kick). UT Poole 36 run (Lincoln kick). 4th UT Poole 35 run (Lincoln kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT MISS First Downs 20 14 Rushes-Yards 28-118 39-196 Passing Yards 323 99 Passes (A-C-I) 35-18-0 24-10-4 Total Offensive Plays 63 63 Total Offense 441 295 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 6-45 6-72 Punts-Average 8-37.1 8-48.1 Time of Possession 30:33 29:27 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 2 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1 Sacks By-Yards 3-15 3-18
Masoli finished 7-of-18 for 80 yards, with three interceptions and no touchdowns. And the quarterback known for his scrambling abilities had even less success on the ground, with 22 yards rushing. Mississippi entered the game with a ground game that ranked second in the SEC and 13th in the nation, and the Rebels tailbacks did their best to make up for Masoli’s struggles. Brandon Bolden ran for 113 yards and scored on touchdown runs of 17 yards and 2 yards for the Rebels’ only scores.
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>> MISSISSIPPI
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Bolden 12 113 0 113 2 29 Davis 11 45 5 40 0 8 Scott 5 31 0 31 0 25 Masoli 7 31 9 22 0 17 Thomas 2 7 0 7 0 4 Stanley 2 0 17 -17 0 0 Totals 39 227 31 196 2 29 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Masoli 18 7 3 80 0 26 Stanley 6 3 1 19 0 18 Totals 24 10 4 99 0 26 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Harris 3 43 0 26 Neat 1 22 0 22 Summers 1 18 0 18 Herman 1 8 0 8 Contartesi 1 6 0 6 Logan 1 4 0 4 Epperson 1 3 0 3 Bolden 1 -5 0 0 Totals 10 99 0 26
>> Tennessee
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 12 113 6 107 2 36 D.Rogers 2 28 0 28 0 17 Z.Rogers 1 4 0 4 0 4 Oku 3 3 2 1 0 3 Neal 4 4 5 -1 0 3 Bray 4 2 18 -16 0 2 Team 2 0 5 -5 0 0 Totals 28 154 36 118 2 36 PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Bray 34 18 0 323 3 80 Simms 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 18 0 323 3 80 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Moore 4 88 1 38 Jones 4 48 0 22 Stocker 4 40 0 24 Hunter 3 114 2 80 Rivera 2 35 0 26 Poole 1 -2 0 0 Totals 18 323 3 80
GAME RECAPS
Tennessee Vanderbilt
7 7 0 10 -- 24 0 3 0 7 -- 10
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jones 6 80 0 23 D.Rogers 3 59 0 27 Moore 2 31 1 20 Oku 1 34 0 34 Hunter 1 15 1 15 Poole 1 11 0 11 Cooper 1 4 0 4 Stocker 1 -2 0 0 Totals 16 232 2 34
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Funk 14 9 1 146 1 43 Smith 27 11 1 76 0 14 Totals 41 20 2 222 1 43 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Matthews 5 62 1 16 Herndon 4 31 0 14 Barden 3 58 0 43 Tate 3 11 0 12 Wimberly 2 34 0 28 Cole 1 21 0 21 Krause 1 8 0 8 Umoh 1 -3 0 0 Totals 20 222 1 43
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st UT Hunter 15 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). 2nd UT Moore 20 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). VAN Fowler 31 field goal. 4th UT Lincoln 28 field goal. VAN Matthews 16 pass from Funk (Fowler kick). UT Poole 28 run (Lincoln kick).
>> TEAM STATS
UT VAN First Downs 19 23 Rushes-Yards 34-128 36-111 Passing Yards 232 222 Passes (A-C-I) 27-16-2 41-20-2 Total Offensive Plays 61 77 Total Offense 360 333 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-75 6-35 Punts-Average 5-37.2 6-45.2 Time of Possession 30:16 29:44 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 8 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1 Sacks By-Yards 3-12 1-8
and were 20-of-41, continuing a season-long trend of completing less than 50 percent of their passes. Starter Larry Smith was pulled late in the game for Funk after completing just 11-of-27 passes for 76 yards. Herman Lathers was Tennessee’s tackle leader for the third time this season, finishing with 10, while Nick Reveiz added nine. Prentiss Waggner and Janzen Jackson each notched their fourth inteceptions of the year, with Jackson’s halting a Vanderbilt drive at the goal line. 129
HONORS & records VOLMANAC
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Bray 27 16 2 232 2 34
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Reeves 17 64 4 60 0 11 Smith 11 39 17 22 0 11 Funk 2 15 0 15 0 13 Tate 3 15 0 15 0 7 Krause 1 0 0 0 0 0 Samuels 2 1 2 -1 0 1 Totals 36 134 23 111 0 13
• Tennessee held the lead after the first quarter for the ninth time in 11 games this season. The only other results were a 7-7 tie at LSU and a 17-0 deficit at Georgia. • The Vols recorded multiple interceptions in a third consecutive game for the first time since 2007. • Daniel Lincoln connected on his ninth consecutive field goal to start the season, breaking his own record of eight set in 2007. • Tyler Bray’s streak of 96 consecutive passes without an interception was snapped in the second quarter. • Freshman Da’Rick Rogers registered career bests with three receptions for 59 yards, including a career-long catch of 27 yards. • Gerald Williams’ blocked field goal was Tennessee’s first since Dan Williams turned the trick in the second overtime of the Vols’ memorable 2007 win at Kentucky. • Tauren Poole missed by one his seventh 100-yard game.
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RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 23 107 8 99 1 28 Jones 2 19 0 19 0 12 Oku 6 17 1 16 0 5 Moore 1 1 0 1 0 1 Bray 2 1 8 -7 0 1 Totals 34 145 17 128 1 28
>> VANDERBILT
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> Tennessee
NASHVILLE -- Tauren Poole rushed for 99 yards and the game-clinching touchdown, and Tennessee kept its bowl hopes alive with a 24-10 win over Vanderbilt. The Commodores threatened with a late touchdown, but Tennessee sent Vanderbilt to its sixth straight loss when Poole took advantage of a failed onside kick to rip off a 28-yard touchdown run with 1:11 remaining. “I knew it’d be tough,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “We had opportunities to put the game away and didn’t capitalize. Tyler [Bray] struggled with decision-making and you have to give Vanderbilt a lot of credit for that.” Tennessee won its third consecutive game for the first time since 2007. Bray threw for 232 yards but struggled with two interceptions, his first real adversity since taking over as starter three weeks ago. That didn’t stop the Volunteers from beating the Commodores for the fifth straight time and 27th of 28 in the series. “With all of the mistakes, we still held them to 10 points and found a way to win,” Dooley said. “That’s all that matters.” As expected in a game featuring the SEC East’s two one-win teams, neither squad was particularly sharp. Bray got off to a fast start, completing nine of his first 10 passes to give the Vols a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter. He threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter in the first quarter and a 20-yard scoring pass to Denarius Moore midway in the second. But Bray killed Tennessee’s next two drives with interceptions, and then had trouble connecting with his receivers the rest of the way, finishing 16-of-27. “Second half, they made a great adjustment and had a lot of movement with their defensive line and linebackers,” said Gerald Jones, who caught six passes for 80 yards. “It made it hard for our offensive linemen, but our defense stepped up for us.” While the offense struggled to find consistency, the defense took advantage of several Vanderbilt miscues. UT defensive tackle Gerald Williams was in on several big plays. The senior had eight tackles, including a sack, and also blocked a Commodores field goal try. For his efforts, the SEC named Williams its Defensive Lineman of the Week. Vanderbilt quarterbacks threw two interceptions
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Nov. 20 | Nashville | Vanderbilt Stadium | 6:30 p.m. | 37,017
Vols struggle but clip Commodores behind defensive effort, late TD run
OUTLOOK
Game 11
REVIEW
Vols extend streak to 26 over Wildcats, earn bowl trip after flawless month Tyler Bray threw for 354 yards and two touchdowns as Tennessee extended its winning streak over Kentucky to 26 straight games to become bowl eligible with a 24-14 victory at Neyland Stadium. After losing four games in October, the Vols were perfect in their four November games. They also upheld the longest active streak in a series between two major college teams, one that’s survived 10 coaches on the two squads and is older than any player on either side’s roster. “It’s hard to describe how proud I am of this football team,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “Sitting there at 2-6 and people are talking about us being the worst football team in Tennessee history, and nobody in this organization flinched. I’m real proud of that.” Denarius Moore caught one of Bray’s touchdown passes and had 205 yards receiving to become the only Vols receiver in history to have more than 200 yards receiving in two games in either a season or career. Moore had 228 yards in an Oct. 30 loss to South Carolina. “It’s a blessing,” Moore said. “It’s an honor to have this feeling right now.” Kentucky tied the game at 14 with 10:10 left in the third quarter when Mike Hartline hit Tyler Robinson on a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-1. The Wildcats got the ball back on the next drive when Bray threw one of his two interceptions in the game to Mychal Bailey in the Kentucky end zone. They couldn’t capitalize, and Tennessee drove 73 yards and got a 2-yard touchdown run by Tauren Poole on its ensuing drive to take the lead. Daniel Lincoln kicked a 36-yard field goal with 9:19 in the fourth quarter to pad the margin. Hartline struggled to connect with his receivers late but finished 31-of-44 for 272 yards, the touchdown and an interception. Randall Cobb had 13 catches for 116 yards but did not score a touchdown for the first game all season. Derrick Locke ran 24 times for 97 yards, but only eight of those yards came after halftime. Kentucky appeared poised to take a 14-point lead late in the first quarter after putting together a 16-play, 78-yard drive. But Locke fumbled at the Vols 1 and Tennessee’s Nick Reveiz recovered in the end zone. “That ball just squirted out right in front of me,” Reveiz said. “All I know is that when I saw that ball, I was getting it. No one else was getting it.” 130
THE WRAPUP • Kentucky native Luke Stocker kept his streak alive as the only Vol with a reception in every game this season. Stocker finished with 5 catches for 55 yards. • Michael Palardy rushed 16 yards with Tennessee’s second successful fake punt this year. • Marsalis Teague and Janzen Jackson both set career bests for tackles to lead the Vols with 11 apiece. • Tyler Bray completed 20 of 38 passes for 354 yards -- all career highs -- and was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the third time in November. • Denarius Moore made all seven of his catches for 205 yards and a TD in the second and third quarters. • The Vols finished the regular season with 17 interceptions, tied for second best in the SEC and tied for ninth nationally. • Tennessee averaged 99,781 fans for seven home games at Neyland Stadium.
Game 12
Kentucky Tennessee
7 0 7 0 -- 14 0 14 7 3 -- 24
Nov. 27 | Knoxville | Neyland Stadium | 12:21 p.m. | 101,170
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st KY Locke 17 run (McIntosh kick). 2nd UT Jones 11 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). UT Moore 12 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). 3rd KY Robinson 2 pass from Hartline (McIntosh kick). UT Poole 2 run (Lincoln kick). 4th UT Lincoln 36 field goal.
>> TEAM STATS
UT KY First Downs 23 26 Rushes-Yards 26-76 36-118 Passing Yards 354 272 Passes (A-C-I) 38-20-2 46-31-1 Total Offensive Plays 64 82 Total Offense 430 390 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 3-37 6-39 Punts-Average 3-35.3 5-37.2 Time of Possession 26:44 33:16 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 7 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 2 Sacks By-Yards 2-19 2-20
After Reveiz’ recovery, Bray completed four passes, including a 44-yard pass to Moore and an 11yard touchdown toss to Gerald Jones to tie the game at 7 with 13:53 in the second quarter. Kentucky only picked up one first down on the next drive before it was forced to punt. Tennessee had only two plays on the next drive, a 49-yard pass from Bray to Moore and a 12-yard touchdown toss between the pair to give the Vols a 14-7 lead with 10:50 in the second quarter.
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>> KENTUCKY
>> Tennessee
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Hartline 44 31 1 272 1 37 Cobb 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 46 31 1 272 1 37
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Bray 38 20 2 354 2 49
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Locke 24 100 3 97 1 17 Cobb 5 25 0 25 0 11 Sanders 3 6 1 5 0 3 Hartline 4 10 19 -9 0 8 Totals 36 141 23 118 1 17
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Cobb 13 116 0 19 Matthews 6 85 0 37 Sanders 4 27 0 9 Robinson 4 25 1 14 Locke 2 6 0 5 King 1 9 0 9 Kendrick 1 4 0 4 Totals 31 272 1 37
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 17 67 8 59 1 13 D.Rogers 3 30 0 30 0 12 Palardy 1 16 0 16 0 16 Moore 1 5 0 5 0 5 Bray 2 0 20 -20 0 0 Team 2 0 14 -14 0 0 Totals 26 118 42 76 1 16
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Moore 7 205 1 49 Jones 6 77 1 21 Stocker 5 55 0 21 Fugate 1 17 0 17 Poole 1 0 0 0 Totals 20 354 2 49
GAME RECAPS
N.Carolina Tennessee
7 10 0 3 7 3 -- 30 7 7 0 6 7 0 -- 27
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Bray 45 27 3 312 4 45
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Taylor 9 85 0 18 Jones 5 51 0 16 Draughn 3 6 0 5 Wilson 2 17 0 9 Adams 2 8 0 4 Highsmith 1 39 1 39 Harrelson 1 28 0 28 Totals 23 234 1 39
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Poole 11 41 1 40 0 8 Neal 9 31 3 28 0 16 Jones 1 0 3 -3 0 0 Rogers 2 0 7 -7 0 0 Bray 5 3 33 -30 0 0 Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 Totals 29 75 48 27 0 16
RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Jones 9 89 1 29 Stocker 5 58 1 20 Moore 4 69 0 21 Poole 4 16 0 7 Rogers 1 45 1 45 Rivera 1 15 0 15 Hunter 1 8 1 8 Neal 1 7 0 7 Rogers 1 5 0 5 Totals 27 312 4 45
>> SCORING SUMMARY
1st NC Draughn 58 run (Barth kick). UT Jones 29 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). 2nd NC Barth 28 field goal. UT Rogers 45 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). NC Highsmith 39 pass from Yates (Barth kick). 4th UT Hunter 8 pass from Bray (kick blocked). NC Barth 39 field goal. OT1 NC Yates 1 run (Barth kick). UT Stocker 20 pass from Bray (Lincoln kick). OT2 NC Barth 23 field goal.
>> TEAM STATS
UT NC First Downs 20 21 Rushes-Yards 27-29 29-151 Passing Yards 312 234 Passes (A-C-I) 45-27-3 40-23-1 Total Offensive Plays 74 69 Total Offense 339 385 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-75 12-80 Punts-Average 8-43.5 7-40.9 Time of Possession 31:49 28:11 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 16 5 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Sacks By-Yards 3-29 4-33
showed North Carolina had “more than 11” players on the field for a 5-yard penalty. But they said Yates had spiked the ball with 1 second remaining. Bray finished with 312 yards passing and four touchdowns, the last coming in the first overtime when he found Luke Stocker with a 25-yarder. Gerald Jones ended his UT career with a careerhigh nine catches for 89 yards and UT’s first score of the game. Fellow senior Denarius Moore added four receptions for 68 yards. 131
HONORS & records VOLMANAC
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Yates 39 23 1 234 1 39 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 23 1 234 1 39
RUSHING Att Gain Lost Net TD Lg Draughn 23 160 0 160 1 58 Harrelson 1 12 0 12 0 12 Boyd 1 7 0 7 0 7 Yates 4 1 29 -28 1 1 Totals 29 180 29 151 2 58
•The game’s attendance of 69,143 was a Music City Bowl record. •Tyler Bray’s 45 pass attempts were the second most in Tennessee bowl history (Casey Clausen 55, 2004). •Tauren Poole rushed for 40 yards to finish the season as UT’s 16th 1,000-yard rusher (1,034). •Linebacker Nick Reveiz led all tacklers with 14, and led all Tennessee players with 108 for the season. •Luke Stocker caught five passes for 58 yards and a touchdown. Stocker was the only Vol with at least one catch in all 13 games this year. •Sophomore Janzen Jackson intercepted his fifth pass of the season, tying him for team honors with Prentiss Waggner.
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>> Tennessee
THE WRAPUP
THE VOLS
>> NORTH CAROLINA
NASHVILLE -- Casey Barth kicked a 23-yard field goal in the second overtime to send North Carolina past Tennessee 30-27 in a Music City Bowl that will be remembered much more for the crazy finish of regulation than how it eventually ended. The finish to regulation, with what looked like a win turning into a double-overtime loss, was eerily similar to Tennessee’s loss at LSU nearly three months earlier. Both times, a do-over of the game’s final play turned the decision. Barth kicked a 39-yard field goal after officials reviewed what had been the final play of the game and decided to penalize the Tar Heels for having “more than 11 men” on the field. The officiating crew also announced T.J. Yates had spiked the ball with 1 second left. That allowed Barth to run out and kick the field goal that tied it at 20. Tennessee was stunned at the sudden switch that cost the Vols an apparent bowl victory to cap Derek Dooley’s first season. Tyler Bray threw a 25-yard TD in the first overtime, but he was picked off to end the Vols’ last chance in the second OT. The Vols lost to LSU on Oct. 2 when they got caught having too many defenders, giving the Tigers another chance to pull out a 16-14 win. “It was chaos again,” Dooley said. This will hurt much more. Tennessee had the home-field advantage with LP Field painted orange from top to bottom, and the Vols’ fans had been celebrating ever since Bray’s 8-yard TD pass to Justin Hunter put them up 20-17 with 5:16 left. But Donte Paige-Moss blocked Daniel Lincoln’s extra point, and that provided the edge North Carolina needed to force overtime. Tennessee had a chance to clinch the victory when the Vols got the ball back with 1:36 left, but punted it back to North Carolina with 31 seconds remaining to set up the bizarre finish. Everyone was on the field after the clock appeared to run out when North Carolina got caught -- and flagged -- with too many men on the field. A handful of Tar Heels were running toward the sideline when T.J. Yates snapped the ball with the holder behind him as if preparing for a field-goal attempt. The Vols started celebrating with the Tar Heels dejected. Officials suddenly announced that the end was under review. They announced the replay
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Dec. 30 | Nashville | LP Field | 5:30 p.m. | 69,143
Music City turns to heartbreak after Vols’ win reversed for second time
OUTLOOK
Music City Bowl
REVIEW
Overall: 6-7 Team Statistics
UT OPP Scoring 351 326 Points Per Game 27.0 25.1 First Downs 231 255 Rushing 77 104 Passing 131 134 Penalty 23 17 Rushing Yardage 1,420 1,983 Yards gained rushing 1,863 2,343 Yards lost rushing 443 360 Rushing Attempts 408 474 Average Per Rush 3.5 4.2 Average Per Game 109.2 152.5 TDs Rushing 14 23 Passing Yardage 3,309 2,985 Att-Comp-Int 419-238-15 439-252-18 Average Per Attempt 7.9 6.8 Average Per Completion 13.9 11.8 Average Per Game 254.5 229.6 TDs Passing 26 14 TOTAL OFFENSE 4,729 4,968 Total Plays 827 913 Average Per Play 5.7 5.4 Average Per Game 363.8 382.2 Kick Returns: No.-Yards 53-1,141 61-1,158 Average Per Return 21.5 19.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 18-73 26-220 Average Per Return 4.1 8.5 Int Returns: No.-Yards 18-294 15-197 Average Per Return 16.3 13.1 Fumbles-Lost 19-9 23-10 Penalties-Yards 76-573 88-663 Average Per Game 44.1 51.0 70-2,948 64-2,786 Punts-Yards Average Per Punt 42.1 43.5 Net punt average 36.4 40.2 Time of Possession/Game 28:52 31:08 3rd-Down Conversions 69/189 75/191 3rd-Down Pct 37% 39% 4th-Down Conversions 7/17 8/15 4th-Down Pct 41% 53% Sacks By-Yards 26-179 41-289 Misc. Yards (Blocked FG Ret.) 24 0 Touchdowns Scored 44 40 Field Goals-Attempts 15-18 15-27 PAT-Attempts 40-43 37-37 OnSide Kicks 0-0 0-1 Attendance 698,465 341,773 Games/Avg Per Game 7/99,781 5/68,355 Neutral Site Games - 1/69,143
>> Score by Quarters
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Tennessee 101 105 75 54 16 351 Opponents 58 74 95 83 16 326
>> Tennessee Giveaway/Takeaway Giveaway Takeaway Game Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot TOTAL 9 15 24 10 18 28
>> Inside the Red Zone
Game TOTAL
132
Tennessee 30-40 (20 TDs, 10 FGs)
Dif. +4
Opponent 38-48 (25 TDs, 13 FGs)
SEC: 3-5
Home: 4-3
Away: 2-3
Neutral: 0-1 >> Total Offense
2010 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 30
Opponent (rank) TV UT Martin VideoSeat PPV Oregon (7/8) ESPN2 Florida* (10/7) CBS UAB SEC Network at LSU* (12/10) CBS at Georgia* SEC Network Alabama* (7/7) ESPN S. Carolina* (17/17) SEC Network at Memphis CBS College Mississippi* (HC) CBS at Vanderbilt* CSS Kentucky* SEC Network North Carolina# ESPN
Site Time/Result Attend. Knoxville W 50-0 99,123 Knoxville L 13-48 102,035 Knoxville L 17-31 102,455 Knoxville W 32-29 (2 ot) 95,183 Baton Rouge L 14-16 92,932 Athens L 14-41 92,746 Knoxville L 10-41 102,455 Columbia L 24-38 79,336 Memphis W 50-14 39,742 Knoxville W 52-14 96,044 Nashville W 24-10 37,017 Knoxville W 24-14 101,170 Nashville L 27-30 (2 ot) 69,143
Highlights Vols rush for 332 yards Poole career-high 162 yds Reveiz 14 tackles Vols 9-2 all-time in OT LSU scores on last play Hunter 4 for 110 yards, TD Poole rushes for 117 Moore 228 receiving yards Bray shines in debut Gordon, Waggner INT TDs Williams 8 tkles, fg block Vols 26th straight over UK NC ties game on final play
Rankings listed (AP/USA Today). *-SEC Game. HC-Homecoming. #-Franklin American Mortgage Co. Music City Bowl.
INDIVIDUAL Statistics >> Rushing
Name Tauren Poole Rajion Neal David Oku Da’Rick Rogers Denarius Moore Chad Cunningham Michael Palardy Zach Rogers Gerald Jones Toney Williams Tyler Bray Matt Simms Team Totals Opponent
>> Passing Name Tyler Bray Matt Simms Totals Opponents
>> Receiving
Name Gerald Jones Denarius Moore Luke Stocker Tauren Poole Justin Hunter Zach Rogers Da’Rick Rogers Mychal Rivera Rajion Neal David Oku Kevin Cooper Channing Fugate Totals Opponents
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GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G 13 204 1,085 51 1,034 5.1 11 59 79.5 10 46 211 14 197 4.3 0 40 19.7 13 42 184 10 174 4.1 1 44 13.4 13 16 133 16 117 7.3 0 21 9.0 13 7 82 0 82 11.7 1 58 6.3 13 1 25 0 25 25.0 0 25 1.9 11 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 1.5 12 3 14 0 14 4.7 0 9 1.2 10 6 22 9 13 2.2 0 12 1.3 3 5 13 2 11 2.2 0 8 3.7 9 20 15 118 -103 -- 0 9 -11 45 63 171 -108 -- 1 12 --- 12 0 52 -52 -- 0 0 -13 408 1,863 443 1,420 3.5 14 59 109.2 13 474 2,343 360 1,983 4.2 23 83 152.5
GP Effic Att-Comp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 9 142.73 224-125-10 55.8 1,849 18 80 205.4 11 129.25 195-113-5 57.9 1,460 8 72 132.7 13 136.46 419-238-15 56.8 3,309 26 80 254.5 13 116.84 439-252-18 57.4 2,985 14 70 229.6
GP Rec Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 10 55 596 10.8 4 37 59.6 13 47 981 20.9 9 64 75.5 13 39 417 10.7 2 32 32.1 13 22 171 7.8 1 41 13.2 13 16 415 25.9 7 80 31.9 12 14 207 14.8 1 72 17.2 13 11 167 15.2 2 45 12.8 13 11 112 10.2 0 26 8.6 10 7 100 14.3 0 58 10.0 13 7 79 11.3 0 34 6.1 12 7 43 6.1 0 11 3.6 13 2 21 10.5 0 17 1.6 13 238 3,309 13.9 26 80 254.5 13 252 2,985 11.8 14 70 229.6
Name Tyler Bray Matt Simms Tauren Poole Rajion Neal David Oku Da’Rick Rogers Denarius Moore Chad Cunningham Michael Palardy Zach Rogers Gerald Jones Toney Williams Team Totals Opponents
GP Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 9 244 -103 1,849 1,746 194.0 11 240 -108 1,460 1,352 122.9 13 204 1,034 0 1,034 79.5 10 46 197 0 197 19.7 13 42 174 0 174 13.4 13 16 117 0 117 9.0 13 7 82 0 82 6.3 13 1 25 0 25 1.9 11 1 16 0 16 1.5 12 3 14 0 14 1.2 10 6 13 0 13 1.3 3 5 11 0 11 3.7 -- 12 -52 0 -52 -13 827 1,420 3,309 4,729 363.8 13 913 1,983 2,985 4,968 382.2
>> Punt Returns Name Eric Gordon Janzen Jackson Anthony Anderson Justin Hunter Gerald Jones Totals Opponents
Ret Yds Avg TD Long 6 39 6.5 0 21 5 14 2.8 0 17 3 12 4.0 0 11 2 16 8.0 0 12 2 -8 -- 0 -18 73 4.1 0 21 26 220 8.5 1 80
>> Kickoff Returns Name David Oku Eric Gordon Da’Rick Rogers Denarius Moore Rajion Neal Janzen Jackson Channing Fugate Mychal Rivera Totals Opponents
Ret Yds Avg TD Long 16 312 19.5 0 26 14 324 23.1 0 34 12 298 24.8 0 78 5 84 16.8 0 20 3 53 17.7 0 29 1 55 55.0 0 55 1 8 8.0 0 8 1 7 7.0 0 7 53 1,141 21.5 0 78 61 1,158 19.0 0 43
>> Fumble Returns Name Prentiss Waggner Totals Opponents
Ret Yds Avg TD Long 2 45 22.5 0 37 2 45 22.5 0 37 1 5 5.0 0 5
>> Punting
Name Att Yds Avg Lg TB FC I20 50+ Blkd Chad Cunningham 66 2,791 42.3 56 9 16 17 11 0 Michael Palardy 4 157 39.2 51 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 70 2,948 42.1 56 9 17 17 12 0 Opponents 64 2,786 43.5 58 7 15 23 14 0
>> Interceptions
Name Int Yds Avg TD Long Janzen Jackson 5 114 22.8 0 43 Prentiss Waggner 5 73 14.6 3 54 Eric Gordon 2 46 23.0 1 0 Nick Reveiz 2 0 0.0 0 0 Malik Jackson 1 44 44.0 0 44 Anthony Anderson 1 17 17.0 0 17 Austin Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0 LaMarcus Thompson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 18 294 16.3 4 54 Opponents 15 197 13.1 2 76
2010 TOTAL SEASON STATISTICS >> Field Goals
>> Special Teams Tackles
>> Field Goal Sequence (By Player)
>> Scoring
>> Kickoffs
GP Rush Rec PR KR IR Tot Avg/G 13 1,034 171 0 0 0 1,205 92.7 13 82 981 0 84 0 1,147 88.2 10 13 596 -8 0 0 601 60.1 13 117 167 0 298 0 582 44.8 13 174 79 0 312 0 565 43.5 13 0 415 16 0 0 431 33.2 13 0 417 0 0 0 417 32.1 13 0 0 39 324 46 409 31.5 10 197 100 0 53 0 350 35.0 12 14 207 0 0 0 221 18.4 13 0 0 14 55 114 183 14.1 13 0 112 0 7 0 119 9.2 13 0 0 0 0 73 73 5.6 13 0 0 0 0 44 44 3.4 12 0 43 0 0 0 43 3.6 13 0 0 12 0 17 29 2.2 13 0 21 0 8 0 29 2.2 13 25 0 0 0 0 25 1.9 11 16 0 0 0 0 16 1.5 3 11 0 0 0 0 11 3.7 9 -103 0 0 0 0 -103 -11 -108 0 0 0 0 -108 --- -52 0 0 0 0 -52 -13 1,420 3,309 73 1,141 294 6,237 479.8 13 1,983 2,985 220 1,158 197 6,543 503.3
No. TB RET OB FC Michael Palardy 45 0 40 3 2 Chad Cunningham 23 1 21 1 0 Totals 68 1 61 4 2 Opponents 61 7 53 1 0
Name GP T AT TT TFL Sack Int PBU PD QBH FF FR Blk Nick Reveiz, LB 13 51 57 108 6-27 . 2-0 2 4 5 . 2-0 . Herman Lathers, LB 12 44 31 75 4.5-17 2.5-16 . 1 1 3 . . . Janzen Jackson, DB 13 40 29 69 4-19 1-11 5-114 6 11 1 . . . LaMarc. Thompson, LB 13 36 24 60 3.5-11 . 1-0 4 5 2 . . . Prentiss Waggner, DB 13 38 19 57 2-8 . 5-73 4 9 . . 3-45 . Malik Jackson, DT 13 29 19 48 11-42 5-28 1-44 4 5 5 1 1-0 . Eric Gordon, DB 13 32 15 47 1.5-3 . 2-46 1 3 . . . . Marsalis Teague, DB 11 29 17 46 0.5-1 . . 8 8 . . . . Gerald Williams, DE 13 28 17 45 8.5-50 5.5-45 . 1 1 4 1 1-0 1 Chris Walker, DE 13 24 21 45 6-30 3-24 . 1 1 6 1 . . Austin Johnson, LB 13 22 22 44 3.5-12 . 1-0 . 1 . 1 1-0 . Brent Brewer, DB 13 20 10 30 1-1 . . 3 3 1 . 1-0 . Anthony Anderson, DB 13 17 9 26 . . 1-17 2 3 . . . . Jacques Smith, DE 13 15 9 24 5-18 2-7 . . . 4 1 . . Art Evans, DB 7 9 12 21 . . . 1 1 . 1 . . Victor Thomas, DT 13 8 12 20 2-16 1-13 . 1 1 3 . . . Daryl Vereen, LB 11 10 8 18 1-5 1-5 . . . 2 . . . Tyler Wolf, DB 13 9 8 17 1-1 . . 2 2 . . . . Montori Hughes, DT 12 7 10 17 3.5-9 1-4 . 2 2 5 1 . . Savion Frazier, LB 10 9 5 14 3.5-11 . . . . . . . . John Propst, LB 11 5 9 14 1-1 . . . . . . . . Raiques Crump, LB 11 11 2 13 . . . . . . 1 . . Corey Miller, DL 13 6 7 13 2-8 1-6 . . . . . . . Joseph Ayres, DT 12 6 7 13 2.5-12 1-8 . . . . . . . Willie Bohannon, DE 11 5 4 9 3.5-17 2-12 . . . . . . . Greg King, LB 4 1 7 8 0.5-1 . . . . . . . . N.Mitch.-Thornton, LB 10 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . . Dontavis Sapp, DB 11 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Jeffery, DT 4 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . Rae Sykes, DT 8 0 3 3 0.5-0 . . . . 3 . . . Rod Wilks, DB 4 2 0 2 . . . . . . . . . Jake Storey, LB 10 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Shane Reveiz, LB 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Steven Fowlkes, DE 4 0 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
SEC/NCAA Statistics >> Team Rankings Offensive Scoring Offense Total Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Passing Efficiency 1st Downs 3rd-Down Conversions Sacks Allowed
Stat SEC NCAA 27.0 11 58 363.8 9 75 109.2 12 105 254.5 4 30 136.46 8 41 17.8 10 92 36.5 10 88 3.15 12 115
Defensive Scoring Defense Total Defense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Passing Efficiency Defense Sacks by Special Teams/Misc. Net Punting Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions (Total) Penalty Yards Turnover Margin t-tie
Stat SEC NCAA 25.1 9 56 382.2 10 69 152.5 8 60 229.6 8 81 116.84 4 30 2.00 7t 61t Stat SEC NCAA 36.4 9 62 4.1 11 109 21.4 7 66 18 4 19t 44.1 5 30 +0.31 6 36
Miscellaneous Tackles
Chad Cunningham 13 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . Luke Stocker 13 2 2 4 . . . . . . . 1-0 . Denarius Moore 13 3 0 3 . . . . . . 1 . . Ja’Wuan James 13 2 0 2 . . . . . . . . . Zach Rogers 12 2 0 2 . . . . . . . . . Nick Guess 13 0 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Da’Rick Rogers 13 1 0 1 . . . . . . . . . Michael Palardy 11 0 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Totals 13 532 412 944 78-320 26-179 18-294 43 61 44 9 10-45 1 Opponents 13 468 358 826 98-420 41-289 15-197 52 67 33 13 9-5 2 *Quarterback hurries is not an official NCAA statistic.
>> Individual Rankings
Category Name Stat SEC NCAA Rushing/Game Poole 82.8 5 46 Rushing-Game Poole 79.5 8 52 Passing Efficiency Simms 129.25 8 56 Receptions-Game Jones 5.5 4 39 Moore 3.6 10 -Rec Yds-Game Moore 75.5 4 36 Jones 59.6 10 90 Intercept-Game Jackson 0.38 4t 22t Waggner 0.38 4t 22t Punting-Avg. Cunningham 42.3 7 40 Tackles-Game N.Reveiz 8.3 5t 66t t-tie
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Name Tauren Poole Denarius Moore Gerald Jones Da’Rick Rogers David Oku Justin Hunter Luke Stocker Eric Gordon Rajion Neal Zach Rogers Janzen Jackson Mychal Rivera Prentiss Waggner Malik Jackson Kevin Cooper Anthony Anderson Channing Fugate Chad Cunningham Michael Palardy Toney Williams Tyler Bray Matt Simms Team Totals Opponents
Defensive Statistical Leaders
2010 REVIEW
>> All Purpose
NICK REVEIZ
THE VOLS
PAT PAT PAT PAT Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts Tauren Poole 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 72 Denarius Moore 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Daniel Lincoln 0 10-11 27-29 0 0 0 0 0 57 Justin Hunter 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Michael Palardy 0 5-7 13-14 0 0 0 0 0 28 Gerald Jones 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Prentiss Waggner 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Da’Rick Rogers 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Luke Stocker 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Eric Gordon 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 David Oku 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Zach Rogers 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Matt Simms 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Team 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 44 15-18 40-43 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 351 Opponents 40 15-27 37-37 0-0 2 2-2 0 0 326
STAFF
Lincoln -- (21) (35) (48) (35) (49) (47) (40) (43) (28) 28 (36). Palardy-- 45 (33) 52 (39) (24) (32) (33). Numbers in parentheses indicate field goal was made. b--Blocked.
Player T AT TT Anthony Anderson 7 6 13 LaMarcus Thompson 7 2 9 Austin Johnson 5 4 9 Tyler Wolf 5 4 9 Raiques Crump 6 2 8 Eric Gordon 6 1 7 Chad Cunningham 3 2 5 Nick Reveiz 3 2 5 Janzen Jackson 2 3 5 Nigel Mitchell-Thornton 2 3 5 Herman Lathers 2 2 4 Luke Stocker 2 2 4 Dontavis Sapp 0 4 4 Brent Brewer 2 1 3 Chris Walker 0 3 3 Rod Wilks 2 0 2 Nick Guess 0 2 2 Savion Frazier 1 0 1 Greg King 1 0 1 Shane Reveiz 1 0 1 Zach Rogers 1 0 1 Prentiss Waggner 1 0 1 Michael Palardy 0 1 1 Daryl Vereen 0 1 1
OUTLOOK
Name FGM-FGA Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Blk Daniel Lincoln 10-11 90.9 0-0 2-3 3-3 5-5 0-0 49 0 Michael Palardy 5-7 71.4 0-0 1-1 4-4 0-1 0-1 39 0
REVIEW
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)
Bray
Jones Moore Neal
Oku Poole
D.Rogers Z. Rogers
Passing
Simms T.Williams
Tyler Bray Att Com Int Pct Yds TD Long UT MARTIN 6 3 1 50.0 24 0 9 at Georgia 12 8 0 75.0 81 0 22 ALABAMA 14 5 1 35.7 39 0 16 at S. Carolina 15 9 1 60.0 159 2 62 at Memphis 33 19 0 57.6 325 5 42 MISSISSIPPI 34 18 0 52.9 323 3 80 at Vanderbilt 27 16 2 59.3 232 2 34 KENTUCKY 38 20 2 52.6 354 2 49 N.Carolina (bowl) 45 27 3 60.0 312 4 45 Totals 224 125 10 55.8 1,849 18 80
UT MARTIN 1-(-1)-0 0-0-0 1-58-1 9-79-0 6-77-1 17-110-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-7-0 3-8-0 OREGON DNP DNP 0-0-0 2-2-0 7-8-0 23-162-1 1-21-0 0-0-0 3-(-11)-0 DNP FLORIDA DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 5-24-0 10-23-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 8-(-18)-0 DNP UAB DNP DNP 0-0-0 4-20-0 8-33-0 6-23-0 1-(-8)-0 0-0-0 8-(-26)-0 DNP at LSU DNP 0-0-0 2-16-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 24-109-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 10-(-32)-1 0-0-0 at Georgia 0-0-0 1-(-1)-0 1-0-0 2-3-0 0-0-0 15-51-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-(-21)-0 DNP ALABAMA 3-(-5)-0 2-(-2)-0 1-2-0 6-36-0 0-0-0 14-117-1 1-3-0 0-0-0 3-8-0 DNP at S. Carolina 3-(-24)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-16-0 0-0-0 16-33-0 5-49-0 1-9-0 4-(-15)-0 DNP at Memphis 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-14-0 6-12-0 16-101-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 2-3-0 MISSISSIPPI 4-(-16)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-(-1)-0 3-1-0 12-107-2 2-28-0 1-4-0 0-0-0 DNP at Vanderbilt 2-(-7)-0 2-19-0 1-1-0 DNP 6-16-0 23-99-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP KENTUCKY 2-(-20)-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 DNP 0-0-0 17-59-1 3-30-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP North Carolina (bowl) 5-(-30)-0 1-(-3)-0 0-0-0 9-28-0 0-0-0 11-40-0 2-(-7)-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP Totals 20-(-103)-0 6-13-0 7-82-1 46-197-0 42-174-1 204-1,034-11 16-117-0 3-14-0 45-(-108)-1 5-11-0
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)
Cooper Fugate Hunter
Jones Moore Neal
Oku Poole Rivera D.Rogers Z.Rogers Stocker
UT MARTIN 2-13-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-86-0 4-66-1 0-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 1-7-0 1-9-0 1-7-0 2-17-0 OREGON 2-14-0 0-0-0 1-31-0 DNP 4-37-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-17-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-45-0 1-2-0 FLORIDA 2-12-0 0-0-0 3-60-1 DNP 1-49-1 DNP 1-6-0 3-38-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-53-0 5-41-0 UAB 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-2)-0 DNP 5-68-2 0-0-0 3-23-0 0-0-0 2-6-0 2-16-0 2-78-1 4-56-0 at LSU 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-37-0 5-46-0 2-19-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-2)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 2-16-0 at Georgia 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-110-1 1-3-0 2-18-0 3-70-0 0-0-0 2-14-0 1-4-0 1-(-3)-0 1-8-0 2-36-0 ALABAMA 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-52-0 0-0-0 2-29-0 0-0-0 1-8-0 1-16-0 2-19-0 1-6-0 3-26-0 at S. Carolina DNP 1-4-0 0-0-0 6-49-1 6-228-1 1-(-6)-0 0-0-0 3-21 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-16-1 at Memphis 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-42-1 5-66-1 6-103-1 0-0-0 1-11-0 2-50-1 3-29-0 1-22-1 0-0-0 3-56-0 MISSISSIPPI 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-114-2 4-48-0 4-88-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-2)-0 2-35-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-40-0 at Vanderbilt 1-4-0 0-0-0 1-15-1 6-80-0 2-31-1 DNP 1-34-0 1-11-0 0-0-0 3-59-0 DNP 1-(-2)-0 KENTUCKY 0-0-0 1-17-0 0-0-0 6-77-1 7-205-1 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-55-0 North Carolina (bowl) 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-8-1 9-89-1 4-69-0 1-7-0 0-0-0 4-16-0 1-15-0 1-45-1 1-5-0 5-58-1 Totals 7-43-0 2-21-0 16-415-7 55-596-4 47-981-9 7-100-0 7-79-0 22-171-1 11-112-0 11-167-2 14-207-1 39-417-2
Kickoff Returns
(No-Yds-Avg) Gordon Jackson Moore Neal
Oku D.Rogers
UT MARTIN 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 1-12-12.0 0-0-0.0 OREGON 1-21-21.0 0-0-0.0 2-35-17.5 0-0-0.0 5-101-20.2 0-0-0.0 FLORIDA 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 2-30-15.0 DNP 4-84-21.0 0-0-0.0 UAB 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 3-56-18.7 0-0-0.0 at LSU 2-60-30.0 0-0-0.0 1-19-19.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 at Georgia 4-95-23.8 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 1-15-15.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 ALABAMA 4-87-21.8 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 2-38-19.0 1-19-19.0 0-0-0.0 at S. Carolina 3-61-20.3 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 1-20-20.0 2-30-15.0 at Memphis 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 3-66-22.0 MISSISSIPPI 0-0-0.0 1-55-55.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 at Vanderbilt 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 DNP 0-0-0.0 1-23-23.0 KENTUCKY 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 DNP 0-0-0.0 3-114-38.0 N.Carolina (bowl) 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 1-20-20.0 3-65-21.7 Totals 14-324-23.1 1-55-55.0 5-84-16.8 3-53-17.7 16-312-19.5 12-298-24.8
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Punt Returns
(No-Yds-Avg) Anderson Gordon
Hunter J.Jackson
Jones
UT MARTIN 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 2-(-8)-(--) OREGON 0-0-0.0 1-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 DNP FLORIDA 0-0-0.0 1-2-2.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 DNP UAB 0-0-0.0 1-14-14.0 2-16-8.0 0-0-0.0 DNP at LSU 0-0-0.0 1-21-21.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 at Georgia 0-0-0.0 1-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 ALABAMA 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 at S. Carolina 0-0-0.0 1-2-2.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 at Memphis 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 2-26-13.0 0-0-0.0 MISSISSIPPI 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 3-(-12)-(--) 0-0-0.0 at Vanderbilt 2-1-0.5 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 KENTUCKY 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 N.Carolina (bowl) 1-11-11.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 0-0-0.0 Totals 3-12-4.0 6-39-6.5 2-16-8.0 5-14-2.8 2-(-8)-(-4)
Matt Simms Att Com Int Pct Yds TD Long UT MARTIN 24 14 0 58.3 181 1 42 OREGON 29 15 1 51.7 151 0 31 FLORIDA 31 19 2 61.3 259 2 49 UAB 34 19 0 55.9 245 3 72 at LSU 23 12 0 52.2 121 0 37 at Georgia 13 9 1 69.2 179 1 58 ALABAMA 22 12 1 54.5 117 0 26 at S. Carolina 13 10 0 76.9 153 1 64 at Memphis 5 3 0 60.0 54 0 34 MISSISSIPPI 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Totals 195 113 5 57.9 1,460 8 72
Field Goals
(FG-FGA) Lincoln Palardy Seq. (Made)-Miss UT MARTIN 2-2 DNP (21) (35) OREGON 2-2 - (48) (35) FLORIDA 1-1 DNP (49) UAB 2-2 - (47) (40) at LSU DNP 0-1 45 at Georgia DNP ALABAMA DNP 1-2 (33) 52 at S. Carolina DNP 1-1 (39) at Memphis DNP 3-3 (24) (32) (33) MISSISSIPPI 1-1 - (43) at Vanderbilt 1-1 - (28) KENTUCKY 1-2 - 28 (36) N.Carolina (bowl) - Totals 10-11 5-7
Punting
(No-Yds-Avg) Cunningham Palardy UT MARTIN 4-163-40.8 DNP OREGON 8-331-41.4 FLORIDA 5-222-44.4 DNP UAB 9-379-42.1 at LSU 4-190-47.5 1-51-51.0 at Georgia 5-220-44.0 ALABAMA 6-289-48.2 at S. Carolina 2-97-48.5 at Memphis 2-69-34.5 MISSISSIPPI 8-297-37.1 at Vanderbilt 5-186-37.2 KENTUCKY - 3-106-35.3 N.Carolina (bowl) 8-348-43.5 Totals 66-2,791-42.3 4-157-39.2
2010 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Defensive Line
(ST-AT-TT) Ayres Bohannon
Fowlkes
Hughes M.Jackson
Jeffery Miller
Smith
Sykes V.Thomas
Walker G.Williams
Crump
Frazier Johnson
King Lathers Mitc-Thrntn Propst N.Reveiz S.Reveiz
Storey Thompson
Vereen
Secondary
(ST-AT-TT) Anderson Brewer Evans Gordon J.Jackson
Sapp Teague Waggner
Wilks
Wolf
UT MARTIN 2-2-4 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 3-0-3 DNP 1-0-1 4-2-6 DNP 3-2-5 OREGON 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 1-0-1 4-1-5 DNP 3-3-6 3-4-7 DNP 0-1-1 FLORIDA 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 4-1-5 3-6-9 1-0-1 2-3-5 4-2-6 DNP 0-0-0 UAB 5-0-5 0-0-0 DNP 1-3-4 1-1-2 0-0-0 4-0-4 3-1-4 DNP 2-0-2 at LSU 0-1-1 0-0-0 3-5-8 1-3-4 2-5-7 0-1-1 3-5-8 3-5-8 DNP 0-0-0 at Georgia 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-2-3 2-1-3 4-2-6 0-0-0 1-2-3 1-1-2 DNP 1-2-3 ALABAMA 0-1-1 2-4-6 3-2-5 4-1-5 3-5-8 0-0-0 2-1-3 2-1-3 DNP 0-0-0 at South Carolina 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-0-0 6-0-6 3-3-6 0-0-0 DNP 5-0-5 DNP 0-1-1 at Memphis 2-1-3 2-0-2 DNP 6-0-6 2-0-2 0-1-1 DNP 1-0-1 DNP 2-2-4 MISSISSIPPI 4-1-5 5-3-8 DNP 0-2-2 2-1-3 0-1-1 2-0-2 4-2-6 0-0-0 1-0-1 at Vanderbilt 1-0-1 3-0-3 DNP 3-0-3 3-0-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 KENTUCKY 0-2-2 3-1-4 DNP 2-1-3 8-3-11 0-1-1 9-2-11 4-1-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 N.Carolina (bowl) 3-0-3 3-0-3 DNP 1-3-4 2-2-4 0-0-0 1-1-2 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 Totals 17-9-26 20-10-30 9-12-21 32-15-47 40-29-69 1-4-5 29-17-46 38-19-57 2-0-2 9-8-17
>> Sacks: 26
G.Williams 5.5 -- (ORE 1, FLA 1, LSU 0.5, VAN 1, NC 2) M.Jackson 5 -- (SC 1, MEM 2, MISS 1, VAN 1) Walker 3 -- (MEM 2, KY 1) Lathers 2.5 -- (LSU 0.5, ALA 1, USC 1) Smith 2 -- (MEM 1, MISS 1) Bohannon 2 -- (GA 1, VAN 1) Ayres 1 -- (KY 1) Hughes 1 -- (UTM 1) J.Jackson 1 -- (GA 1) Miller 1 -- (MISS 1) V.Thomas 1 -- (LSU 1) Vereen 1 -- (NC 1)
>> Interceptions: 18
J.Jackson 5 -- (LSU 1, MEM 1, MISS 1, VAN 1, NC 1) Waggner 5 -- (UTM 1, UAB 1, MISS 1, VAN 1, KY 1) N.Reveiz 2 -- (LSU 1, USC 1) Gordon 2 -- (MEM 1, MISS 1) Anderson 1 -- (MISS 1) Johnson 1 -- (UTM 1) Thompson 1 -- (LSU 1) M.Jackson 1 -- (MEM 1)
>> Fumbles Forced: 9 Crump 1 -- (GA 1) Evans 1 -- (ORE 1) Hughes 1 -- (MEM 1) M.Jackson 1 -- (LSU 1) Johnson 1 -- (FLA 1) Moore 1 -- (NC 1) Smith 1 -- (MEM 1) Walker 1 -- (MISS 1) Williams 1 -- (KY 1)
>> Fumbles Recovered: 10
>> Passes Broken Up: 43
Waggner 3 -- (ORE 1, MEM 2) N.Reveiz 2 -- (FLA 1, KY 1) Brewer 1 -- (KY 1) M.Jackson 1 -- (LSU 1) Johnson 1 -- (FLA 1) Stocker 1 -- (NC 1) G. Williams 1 -- (MISS 1)
Teague 8 -- (UTM 1, ORE 1, UAB 3, LSU 1, ALA 1, MISS 1) J.Jackson 6 -- (ORE 1, UAB 1, LSU 1, VAN 1, KY 1, NC 1) M.Jackson 4 -- (FLA 1, ALA 1, KY 1, NC 1) Thompson 4 -- (FLA 1, ALA 1, SC 1, NC 1) Waggner 4 -- (UTM 1, ORE 1, LSU 1, KY 1) Brewer 3 -- (SC 1, KY 1, NC 1) A.Anderson 2 -- (MEM 1, MISS 1) Hughes 2 -- (UTM 1, FLA 1) N.Reveiz 2 -- (NC 2) Wolf 2 -- (UTM 2) Evans 1 -- (GA 1) Gordon 1 -- (UAB 1) Lathers 1 -- (KY 1) V.Thomas 1 -- (UTM 1) Walker 1 -- (ORE 1) G.Williams 1 -- (SC 1)
>> QB Hurries: 44
Walker 6 -- (UTM 1, UAB 1, LSU 2, ALA 1, MISS 1) Hughes 5 -- (ORE 2, FLA 1, UAB 1, LSU 1) M.Jackson 5 -- (UTM 1, ORE 1, ALA 1, MEM 1, VAN 1) N.Reveiz 5 -- (UTM 1, UAB 1, ALA 1, VAN 1, NC 1) J.Smith 4 -- (UAB 2, SC 1, VAN 1) G.Williams 4 -- (UAB 1, ALA 1, SC 1, VAN 1) Lathers 3 -- (ALA 1, SC 1, MISS 1) Sykes 3 -- (FLA 1, UAB 1, MEM 1) V.Thomas 3 -- (SC 2, NC 1) Thompson 2 -- (ORE 1, NC 1) Vereen 2 -- (ORE 2) Brewer 1 -- (ALA 1) J.Jackson 1 -- (LSU 1)
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UT MARTIN DNP 0-0-0 3-2-5 1-2-3 0-0-0 DNP 2-2-4 0-1-1 1-1-2 DNP 5-0-5 0-2-2 OREGON DNP 1-2-3 1-3-4 0-4-4 4-2-6 DNP 0-1-1 3-7-10 DNP DNP 1-2-3 2-1-3 FLORIDA 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-5-7 DNP 0-0-0 5-9-14 DNP DNP 3-0-3 0-0-0 UAB 2-0-2 6-1-7 3-6-9 DNP DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 8-6-14 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-4-8 1-1-2 at LSU 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 DNP 4-6-10 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-9-11 DNP 0-0-0 3-6-9 DNP at Georgia 2-1-3 DNP 2-4-6 0-1-1 4-3-7 0-0-0 1-5-6 0-4-4 DNP 0-0-0 1-2-3 DNP ALABAMA 0-0-0 0-2-2 2-4-6 DNP 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-7-11 DNP 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 at South Carolina 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 DNP 6-1-7 0-1-1 DNP 3-1-4 DNP 0-0-0 4-3-7 0-0-0 at Memphis 5-1-6 1-0-1 1-1-2 DNP 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 3-1-4 0-0-0 0-1-1 3-1-4 1-0-1 MISSISSIPPI 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-5 DNP 3-3-6 0-0-0 1-1-2 2-2-4 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2 2-1-3 at Vanderbilt 0-0-0 DNP 2-0-2 DNP 8-2-10 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-3-9 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-5 3-1-4 KENTUCKY 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 7-1-8 0-1-1 0-0-0 4-4-8 DNP 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-0-0 N.Carolina (bowl) 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-0-2 DNP 3-4-7 1-0-1 0-0-0 11-3-14 DNP 0-0-0 4-1-5 1-2-3 Totals 11-2-13 9-5-14 22-22-44 1-7-8 44-31-75 2-3-5 5-9-14 51-57-108 1-1-2 1-1-2 36-24-60 10-8-18
M.Jackson 11 -- (UAB 1, ALA 0.5, SC 2, MEM 3, MISS 1, VAN 2.5, KY 1) G.Williams 8.5 -- (UTM 1, ORE 1, FLA 1.5, LSU 0.5, MISS 1, VAN 1.5, NC 2) N.Reveiz 6 -- (ORE 1, FLA 0.5, UAB 2, LSU 0.5, ALA 1, VAN 1) Walker 6 -- (UAB 1, LSU 0.5, GA 0.5, MEM 2, VAN 1, KY 1) Smith 5 -- (UTM 1, ORE 1, GA 1, MEM 1, MISS 1) Lathers 4.5 -- (FLA 0.5, LSU 1, ALA 1, SC 2) J.Jackson 4 -- (FLA 1, GA 1, VAN 1, KY 1) Bohannon 3.5 -- (UTM 0.5, GA 1, MISS 1, VAN 1) Frazier 3.5 -- (UAB 3, ALA 0.5) Hughes 3.5 -- (UTM 2.5, MEM 1) Johnson 3.5 -- (UTM 1.5, GA 1, MISS 1) Thompson 3.5 -- (UTM 1, FLA 2, UAB 0.5) Ayres 2.5 -- (ALA 0.5, MEM 1, KY 1) Miller 2 -- (UAB 1, MISS 1) V.Thomas 2 -- (LSU 1, GA 0.5, KY 0.5) Waggner 2 -- (ORE 1, ALA 0.5, KY 0.5) Gordon 1.5 -- (FLA 1, LSU 0.5) Brewer 1 -- (KY 1) Propst 1 -- (GA 1) Vereen 1 -- (NC 1) Wolf 1 -- (UTM 1) King 0.5 -- (UTM 0.5) Sykes 0.5 -- (UAB 0.5) Teague 0.5 -- (FLA 0.5)
2010 REVIEW
(ST-AT-TT)
>> Tackles for Loss: 78
THE VOLS
Linebackers
DEFENSIVE LEADERBOARD
STAFF
UT MARTIN 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 3-1-4 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-4 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-1-1 1-1-2 OREGON DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 1-1-2 DNP 0-2-2 1-0-1 DNP 0-1-1 4-4-8 3-4-7 FLORIDA 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-2-2 2-1-3 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-3-4 4-4-8 1-1-2 UAB 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP 0-2-2 2-1-3 DNP 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 4-1-5 3-2-5 at LSU 0-1-1 DNP DNP 0-2-2 1-2-3 DNP 1-1-2 0-5-5 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-2-2 1-2-3 at Georgia 1-0-1 2-1-3 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP 0-1-1 2-1-3 0-1-0 1-3-4 0-4-4 0-1-1 ALABAMA 0-2-2 1-0-1 DNP 1-0-1 1-5-6 0-0-0 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 at South Carolina 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 5-1-6 DNP 0-1-1 2-0-2 DNP 2-0-2 2-0-2 4-0-4 at Memphis 2-2-4 0-1-1 DNP 1-1-2 7-1-8 DNP 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 1-0-1 MISSISSIPPI 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-3 DNP 2-1-3 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-1-2 2-1-3 1-0-1 at Vanderbilt 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-4 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 3-0-3 6-2-8 KENTUCKY 2-1-3 0-0-0 DNP DNP 3-3-6 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-2-3 DNP 0-3-3 2-2-4 3-1-4 N.Carolina (bowl) 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-1-2 3-1-4 Totals 6-7-13 5-4-9 0-1-1 7-10-17 29-19-48 1-2-3 6-7-13 15-9-24 0-3-3 8-12-20 24-21-45 28-17-45
OUTLOOK
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
REVIEW Team Totals Game-by-Game
starter totals
1st Rushing Passing Total Offense Punts Fumbles Penalties KO Ret. Punt Ret. Int. Ret. 3rd-Dn Time of Score Downs (No-Yds-TD) (C-A-I-Yds-TD) (Ply-Yds-TD) No-Avg No-Lost No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds Convs. Poss. TENNESSEE 50 UT Martin 0 TENNESSEE 13 Oregon 48 TENNESSEE 17 Florida 31 TENNESSEE 32 UAB 29 TENNESSEE 14 at LSU 16 TENNESSEE 14 at Georgia 41 TENNESSEE 14 Alabama 41 TENNESSEE 24 at S. Carolina 38 TENNESSEE 50 at Memphis 14 TENNESSEE 52 Mississippi 14 TENNESSEE 24 at Vanderbilt 10 TENNESSEE 24 Kentucky 14 TENNESSEE 27 N.Carolina (bowl) 30
23 3 14 26 11 18 15 23 12 20 12 20 19 24 21 20 22 17 20 14 19 23 23 26 20 21
43-332-4 29-56-0 36-182-1 44-245-2 23-29-0 49-150-3 27-42-0 32-115-1 37-96-2 36-219-2 26-9-1 36-136-3 30-159-1 34-210-4 37-92-0 43-212-3 32-130-1 31-64-0 28-118-2 39-196-2 34-128-1 36-111-0 26-76-1 36-118-1 29-27-0 29-151-2
17-30-1-205-1 11-26-2-86-0 15-29-1-151-0 17-32-0-202-2 19-31-2-259-2 14-23-0-167-1 19-34-0-245-3 33-60-1-429-2 12-23-0-121-0 19-33-3-215-0 17-25-1-260-1 17-25-0-266-2 17-36-2-156-0 24-35-0-326-1 19-28-1-312-3 13-22-1-223-1 22-38-0-379-5 20-32-3-244-2 18-35-0-323-3 10-24-4-99-0 16-27-2-232-2 20-41-2-222-1 20-38-2-354-2 31-46-1-272-1 45-27-3-312-4 40-23-1-234-1
73-537 55-142 65-333 76-447 54-288 72-317 61-287 92-544 60-217 69-434 51-269 61-402 66-315 69-536 65-404 65-435 70-509 63-308 63-441 63-295 61-360 77-333 64-430 82-390 74-339 69-385
4-40.8 10-41.7 8-41.4 4-41.8 5-44.4 3-43.7 9-42.1 4-45.5 5-48.2 3-48.0 5-44.0 4-43.5 6-48.2 2-47.0 2-48.5 3-40.0 2-34.5 5-45.8 8-37.1 8-48.1 5-37.2 6-45.2 3-35.3 5-37.2 8-43.5 7-40.9
2-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 4-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 3-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-3 2-0 1-1 3-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 3-0 1-1
5-25 11-83 7-60 6-38 9-54 5-25 4-20 7-55 3-10 9-54 5-38 5-50 5-48 5-52 7-57 6-49 5-29 4-31 6-45 6-72 9-75 6-35 3-37 6-39 8-75 12-80
2-19 9-100 8-157 4-107 6-114 2-70 4-64 5-80 3-79 3-64 5-110 2-47 7-144 2-48 6-111 4-85 3-66 8-115 1-47 8-148 1-23 5-103 3-114 5-105 4-85 4-86
2-(-8) 1-0 1-0 2-84 1-2 2-6 3-30 3-38 1-21 3-30 1-0 3-18 0-0 1-(-4) 1-2 1-2 2-26 0-0 3-(-12) 6-22 2-1 1-12 0-0 1-4 1-11 2-8
2-54 1-6 0-0 1-76 0-0 2-4 1-9 0-0 3-14 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-20 1-0 1-24 3-79 0-0 4-95 0-0 2-43 2-13 1-0 2-0 1-0 3-54
5 of 15 2 of 17 2 of 15 5 of 12 2 of 13 8 of 14 2 of 15 9 of 23 7 of 15 7 of 16 6 of 13 4 of 10 5 of 15 7 of 13 7 of 14 7 of 13 9 of 15 4 of 12 7 of 16 2 of 12 7 of 15 8 of 18 4 of 12 7 of 16 6 of 16 5 of 15
33:21 26:39 31:13 28:47 23:14 36:46 23:53 36:07 30:07 29:53 25:27 34:33 28:00 32:00 31:32 28:28 29:11 30:49 30:33 29:27 30:16 29:44 26:44 33:16 31:49 28:11
Game-by-Game Starters >> OFFENSE
TE LT LG C RG RT WR WR QB TB FB PK
UT MARTIN OREGON FLORIDA UAB at LSU at Georgia ALABAMA at South Carolina at Memphis MISSISSIPPI at Vanderbilt KENTUCKY North Carolina (bowl)
Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker Stocker
D.Thomas Schofield Pope D.Thomas Schofield Pope D.Thomas Schofield Gooch D.Thomas Stone Gooch D.Thomas Stone Gooch D.Thomas Stone Gooch D.Thomas J.Shaw Gooch D.Thomas J.Shaw Gooch D.Thomas J.Shaw Stone D.Thomas Schofield Stone D.Thomas Schofield Stone D.Thomas J.Shaw Stone D.Thomas J.Shaw Stone
J.Shaw J.Shaw J.Shaw J.Shaw J.Shaw J.Shaw Fulton Fulton Fulton J.Shaw J.Shaw Fulton Fulton
J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James J.James
Jones Z.Rogers Z.Rogers Z.Rogers Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones
Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore
Simms Simms Simms Simms Simms Simms Simms Simms Bray Bray Bray Bray Bray
Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole Poole
Cooper Lincoln Cooper Lincoln Cooper Lincoln Cooper Lincoln Z.Rogers (WR) Palardy Cooper Palardy Hunter (WR) Palardy Fugate Palardy Fugate Palardy Hunter (WR) Lincoln Fugate Lincoln Fugate Lincoln Fugate Lincoln
>> Defense
LE DT NT RE SLB MLB WLB LCB RCB SS FS P
UT MARTIN OREGON FLORIDA UAB at LSU at Georgia ALABAMA at South Carolina at Memphis MISSISSIPPI at Vanderbilt KENTUCKY North Carolina (bowl)
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M.Jackson V.Thomas Hughes Walker M.Jackson Miller Hughes Walker M.Jackson V.Thomas Hughes Walker G.Williams V.Thomas Hughes Walker M.Jackson V.Thomas Hughes Walker G.Williams M.Jackson Ayres Walker G.Williams M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker G.Williams M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker Miller M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker G.Williams M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker G.Williams M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker G.Williams M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker G.Williams M.Jackson V.Thomas Walker
Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Vereen N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz Thompson N.Reveiz
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Lathers Lathers Lathers Frazier Lathers Lathers Lathers Lathers Lathers Lathers Lathers Lathers Lathers
Evans Evans Evans Gordon Evans Evans Evans Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Teague Teague
Gordon Teague Teague Teague Teague Teague Teague Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner
Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner Waggner Brewer Brewer Brewer Brewer Brewer Brewer
J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson J.Jackson
Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Palardy Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Palardy Cunningham
>> Offense
Tyler Bray, QB Kevin Cooper, FB Channing Fugate, FB Zach Fulton, OG Darin Gooch, C Justin Hunter, WR Ja’Wuan James, OT Gerald Jones, WR Denarius Moore, WR Tauren Poole, TB Cody Pope, C Zach Rogers, WR JerQuari Schofield, OG Jarrod Shaw, OT Matt Simms, QB Luke Stocker, TE James Stone, OG Dallas Thomas, OT Totals
>> Defense
‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 Tot Strk . . . 5 5 . 10 9 5 24 . . . 5 5 . . . 5 5 . . . 6 6 . . . 2 2 . . . 13 13 . 7 8 10 25 . . 7 13 20 . . . 13 13 . . . 2 2 . . . 4 4 . . . 5 5 . . 3 13 16 . . . 8 8 . 12 13 13 38 . . . 8 8 . . . 13 13 - 29 40 143 212
5 3 2 13 9 15 13 13 38 5 13 -
‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 Tot Strk
Anthony Anderson, DB Joseph Ayres, DT Willie Bohannon, DE Brent Brewer, DB Art Evans, DB Savion Frazier, LB Eric Gordon, DB Montori Hughes, DT Janzen Jackson, DB Malik Jackson, DL Greg King, LB Herman Lathers, LB Ben Martin, DE Corey Miller, DL Nick Reveiz, LB Marsalis Teague, DB Victor Thomas, DT LaMarcus Thompson, LB Prentiss Waggner, DB Chris Walker, DE Gerald Williams, DL Daryl Vereen, LB Totals
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . - . . . . 1
1 - 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 . 6 6 12 6 18 4 1 5 . 6 6 . 5 5 9 13 22 . 12 12 2 - 2 5 12 17 11 - 11 . 2 2 4 13 18 *5 8 13 . 11 11 11 12 23 2 13 15 12 13 25 2 8 10 . 1 1 81 143 225
*Teague’s five starts in 2009 were at wide receiver.
6 15 9 9 13 2 7 3 13 18 4 -
>> Special Teams
Chad Cunningham, P Daniel Lincoln, PK Michael Palardy, P/PK Totals
‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 Tot Strk
1 5 13 11 30 1 14 10 9 8 41 4 . . . 6 6 15 15 22 25 77 -
2010 STATISTICS
Tennessee Highs and Lows
Individual Passing Yards, half: 308, Tyler Bray vs. Memphis 2010 Previous Record: 305, Jonathan Crompton vs. Memphis 2009 Touchdown passes, bowl game: 4 (tie), Tyler Bray vs. North Carolina 2010 (Music City Bowl) Tied With: 4, Peyton Manning vs. Northwestern 1997 (Florida Citrus Bowl) Individual Receiving Yards per catch (min. 5): 38.0 (6 for 228), Denarius Moore vs. South Carolina 2010 Previous Record: 36.4 [5 for 182], Robert Meachem vs. California 2006 Team Interceptions TDs by interception returns: 2 (tie) vs. Mississippi 2010 Tied with: vs. Florida 1970, vs. Penn State 1971, vs. South Carolina 1971, vs. Hawaii 1972.
>> Tennessee’s Long Plays
>> Opponent’s Long Plays
*-Touchdown.
*-Touchdown.
Rushing Passing Field Goal Punt Punt Return Kickoff Return Interception Return Fumble Return
59 80 49 56 21 78 54 37
Tauren Poole vs. LSU Tauren Poole vs. Ore Tauren Poole twice Tyler Bray vs. NC Tyler Bray vs. NC Tyler Bray vs. NC Tyler Bray vs. Ky Tyler Bray vs. Mem Tyler Bray vs. NC Tyler Bray vs. Ky Gerald Jones vs. NC D.Moore vs. SC D.Moore vs. UAB; Justin Hunter vs. Miss M.Palardy vs. Mem Six times M.Palardy vs. Mem D.Lincoln vs. Miss Cunningham vs UAB Cunningham vs SC J.Jackson vs. Miss J.Jackson vs. Mem David Oku vs. Ore Da’Rick Rogers vs. Ky Nick Reveiz 3 times Nick Reveiz vs. NC S.Frazier vs. UAB M.Jackson vs. Mem Chris Walker vs. Mem M.Jackson vs. Mem 17 times P.Waggner vs. UTM
T.Poole vs. Ala* Bray-Hunter vs. Miss* D.Lincoln vs. Fla. Cunningham vs. Ala Eric Gordon vs. LSU Da’Rick Rogers vs. Ky P.Waggner vs. UTM* P.Waggner vs. Mem
Rushing Attempts 29 Net Rushing Yards 184 Rushing TDs 2 Pass Attempts 55 Pass Completions 31 Had Intercepted 3 Pass Yards 373 Pass TDs 2 Total Offense Plays 56 Total Offense Yards 375 Receptions 13 Receiving Yards 221 Receiving TDs 2 Points Scored 12 Touchdowns 2 Field Goals 2 PATs 6 Punts 10 Punt Average (min. 3) 48.4 Punt Returns 4 Punt Return Yards 84 Kickoff Returns 6 Kickoff Return Yards 107 Total Tackles 12 Solo Tackles 10 TFL 4 Sacks 2 Interceptions 1 Interception Return Yds 76
Rushing Passing Field Goal Punt Punt Return Kickoff Return Interception Return Fumble Return
83 70 44 58 80 43 76 5
Marcus Lattimore, SC Marcus Lattimore, SC Five times Bryan Ellis, UAB Mike Hartline, Ky Jeremiah Masoli, Miss Bryan Ellis, UAB Three times Bryan Ellis, UAB Bryan Ellis, UAB Randall Cobb, Ky Julio Jones, Alabama Marcus Rucker, Mem Eight times Seven times Four times Rob Beard, Oregon Joe Hook, UT Martin Tyler Campbell, Miss M.Summer, Miss Kenjon Barner, Ore D.A. Griffin, Memphis Kenjon Barner, Ore Akeem Dent, Ga. Quan Sturdivant, N.C. Mitch Huelsing, Mem Antonio Allen, SC Three times 15 times Cliff Harris, Oregon
J.Jefferson, LSU* Garcia-Jeffery, SC* Caleb Sturgis, Florida Tyler Campbell, Miss Kenjon Barner, Ore* Jeff Demps, Florida Kenjon Barner, Ore* Devin Taylor, SC*
>> Season (Individual from 1937)
Individual Receiving TD receptions, freshman: 7, Justin Hunter 2010 Previous Record: 5, Joey Kent 1993; Kelley Washington 2001 Individual Interceptions TDs by interception returns: 3, Prentiss Waggner 2010 Previous Record: 2, Bud Sherrod 1949; Jim Cartwright 1959; Jackie Walker 1970, 1971; Preston Warren 1988
>> Career (Individual from 1937)
Games (position player): 52, Luke Stocker 2007-10; Denarius Moore 2007-10. Previous Record: 51, Wes Brown 2006-09; Rico McCoy 2006-09; Jonathan Hefney 2004-07
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>> Game (Individual from 1944; Team from 1946)
>> The Best by an Opponent...
Rushing Attempts 24 Net Rushing Yards 162 Rushing TDs 2 Pass Attempts 45 Pass Completions 27 Had Intercepted 3 Pass Yards 354 Pass TDs 5 Total Offense Plays 50 Total Offense Yards 334 Receptions 9 Receiving Yards 228 Receiving TDs 2 Points Scored 14 Touchdowns 2 Field Goals (Made) 3 PATs (Made) 7 Punts 9 Punt Average (min. 3) 48.5 Punt Returns 3 Punt Return Yards 23 Kickoff Returns 5 Kickoff Return Yards 114 Total Tackles 14 Solo Tackles 11 TFL 3 Sacks 2 Interceptions 1 Interception Return Yds. 54
2010 REVIEW
Records Set or Tied During the 2010 Season
>> The Best by a Vol...
THE VOLS
Category Stat Opponent Points Scored 48 Oregon Low 0 UT Martin First Downs 26 Oregon, Kentucky Low 3 UT Martin Rushing Attempts 49 Florida Low 29 UT Martin, North Carolina Rushing Yards 245 Oregon Low 56 UT Martin Rushing TDs 4 Alabama Low 0 UT Martin, Memphis Passes Attempted 60 UAB Low 23 Florida Passes Completed 33 UAB Low 10 Mississippi Had Intercepted 4 Mississippi Low 0 Oregon, Georgia, Alabama Passing Yards 429 UAB Low 86 UT Martin Passing TDs 2 Ore, UAB, Ga, Memphis Low 0 UT Martin, LSU, Mississippi Total Offensive Plays 92 UAB Low 55 UT Martin Total Offensive Yards 544 UAB Low 142 UT Martin Fumbles 4 Florida Low 0 Alabama Fumbles Lost 2 Fla, Memphis, Kentucky Low 0 UT Martin, UAB, Ga, Ala Penalties 12 North Carolina Low 5 Florida, Georgia, Alabama Penalty Yards 83 UT Martin Low 25 Florida QB Sacks by 6 Florida, South Carolina Low 0 Memphis
INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES
STAFF
Category Stat Opponent Points Scored 52 Mississippi Low 10 Alabama First Downs 23 UT Martin, Kentucky Low 11 Florida Rushing Attempts 43 UT Martin Low 23 Florida Rushing Yards 332 UT Martin Low 9 Georgia Rushing TDs 4 UT Martin Low 0 Florida, UAB, SC, NC Passes Attempted 45 North Carolina Low 23 LSU Passes Completed 27 North Carolina Low 12 LSU Had Intercepted 3 North Carolina Low 0 UAB, LSU, Memphis, Miss Passing Yards 379 Memphis Low 121 LSU Passing TDs 5 Memphis Low 0 Oregon, LSU, Alabama Total Offensive Plays 74 North Carolina Low 51 Georgia Total Offensive Yards 537 UT Martin Low 217 LSU Fumbles 3 Georgia, SC, NC Low 0 Oregon, UAB Fumbles Lost 3 South Carolina Low 0 Seven times Penalties 9 Florida, Vanderbilt Low 3 LSU, Kentucky Penalty Yards 75 Vanderbilt, North Carolina Low 10 LSU QB Sacks by 5 Memphis Low 0 UAB
Opponent Highs and Lows
OUTLOOK
Team Superlatives