MONTANA TENNESSEE
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Sept. 3 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. | 6 p.m. | Attendance: 94,661
1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th
12:47 8:36 13:21 4:06 3:49 12:45 12:12 9:10 6:04
Rogers 47 pass from Bray Hunter 81 pass from Bray Lane 9 pass from Bray Poole 8 run Sambrano 80 pass from Johnson Hughes safety Evans 37 interception return Lane 1 run Canada 7 run
Palardy kick Palardy kick Palardy kick Palardy kick McKnight kick -Palardy kick Palardy kick McKnight kick
1-47 3-84 12-96 13-76 1-80 --6-44 9-82
0:10 1:39 5:35 7:03 0:17 --2:55 3:00
7-0 14-0 21-0 28-0 28-7 28-9 35-9 42-9 42-16
Passing Johnson Receiving Moutra Kemp Gratton Totals
C-A-I 19-36-1
TD 1 1 2
Long 28 18 28
Avg. 4.1 3.5 -2.8
Yds 293
TD 3
Int 0
Long 81
No. 6 5 3 18 Yds 67 25 128
Yds 146 100 17 311 TD 0 1 2
TD Long 1 81 1 47 0 7 3 81
Long 27 7 28
Yds 226
TD 1
No. 4 3 3 18
Yds 30 33 27 311
RECORDS
12: True freshmen saw action for the Vols; seven on offense, five on defense. C-A 93: Minutes game start time was delayed due to inclement weather, marking the Passing Bray 17-24 longest delay in Neyland Stadium history. 96: Yards in a second quarter touchdown drive, marking the longest since Receiving 9/30/2006. Hunter Delayed Start Rogers, D. ?j mWi J[dd[ii[[Êi j^_hZ m[Wj^[h Z[bWo i_dY[ (&&,$ J^[ Lebi m[h[ Z[bWo[Z ++ c_dkj[i Fugate Totals against Marshall on Sept. 23, 2006, and 70 minutes vs. Oregon on Sept. 11, 2010. J^[ Lebi Z_Z dej hkd j^hek]^ j^[ VJÊ \eh `kij j^[ i[YedZ j_c[ _d j^[ bWij )&' ^ec[ MONTANA games since the tradition was started against Army on Sept. 18, 1965. The only other Rushing Att time was against Marshall on Sept. 23, 2006. Nguyen 9 Canada 8 SCORING SUMMARY Totals 46 Team Qtr Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays TOP UT-UM
Yds 98 35 128
VOLMANAC
Numbers of Interest
Att 24 10 46
HONORS
Rushing Poole Lane Totals
HISTORY
TENNESSEE
Season Openers: 85-24-6 Last 25 Season Openers: 20-4-1 Home Openers: 91-18-5
REVIEW
INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS
THE WRAPUP For the Record
UT UT UT UT UM UM UT UT UM
UM UT 18 19 111 128 30 46 3.7 2.8 1 2 235 311 20-38-1 18-25-0 6.2 12.4 11.8 17.3 1 3 346 439 68 71 5.1 6.2 2-2 6-0 4-44 6-40 8-342 4-149 42.8 37.2 39.9 36.8 3-182 8-509 60.7 63.6 27.3 46.9 0 1 1-2-0 5-23-0 2.0 4.6 7-114-0 3-100-0 16.3 33.3 0-0-0 1-37-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 24:41 35:19 5:49 9:11 3:56 11:04 7:46 7:14 7:10 7:50 7 of 16 10 of 17 0 of 1 1 of 3 1-2 3-4 1-2 3-4 0-2 0-4 3-21 0-0 2-2 6-6 0-0 0-0
PLAYERS
KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee’s 2011 football season began with the longest weather delay in school history. But lightning and high winds only delayed a first-half offensive deluge as the Vols rolled to a 42-16 victory over Montana in Neyland Stadium. The Vols jumped out to a 14-point lead early in the first quarter thanks to a couple big plays from sophomore receivers Da’Rick Rogers and Justin Hunter. Rogers caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Bray after the Vols recovered a fumbled punt following their first possession of the game. Montana’s next drive sputtered at the Tennessee 41, and three plays later Bray connected with Hunter for an 81-yard touchdown that gave UT a 14-0 lead with 8:36 left in the first quarter. “The game went just like practice did,” said Hunter, who set a career high with 146 receiving yards. “We practiced like this all spring and all summer.” After those two quick-strike scores, the Vols (1-0) were more methodical on their next two scoring drives. True freshman tailback Marlin Lane ended a 12-play, 96-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown reception to give the Vols a 21-0 lead, and senior Tauren Poole scored from 8 yards out to end a 13-play, 76-yard drive. But the Vols’ productive first half wasn’t without a few sputters -- and that didn’t include the 1-hour, 33-minute weather delay that began about 10 minutes before the scheduled kickoff. That weather delay, which caused the Vols to abandon their traditional entrance through the ‘T’ for just the second time since 1965, wasn’t much of a factor. If the weather was bad luck, the Vols had a little more good fortune when it came to loose balls. Tennessee fumbled the ball six times but didn’t lose any. It also had two interceptions overturned thanks to Montana penalties. There were a few miscues as well, including an 80-yard Montana touchdown in the second quarter on a busted coverage, and an 82-yard drive surrendered in the fourth quarter with mostly reserves on the field. It also struggled to get a ground game going for much of the first half, picking up 67 yards on 27 carries in the first 30 minutes. It got better in the second half, especially for Poole, who finished with 98 yards on 24 carries.
FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals
STAFF
Tennessee Wins 17th Consecutive Home Opener, Knocks Out Grizzlies
TEAM STATISTICS
GENERAL
Game 1
Avg. 7.4 3.1 -2.8
Long Sack 80 0 TD Long 0 12 0 13 0 12 3 81
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