#18 FLORIDA 7 3 17 10 - #23 Tennessee 7 7 6 0 -
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Sept. 15 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville | 6:06 p.m. | Attendance: 102,455
Breakdown UF UT FIRST DOWNS 20 19 Rushing 12 3 Passing 7 12 Penalty 1 4 NET YARDS RUSHING 336 83 Rushing Attempts 43 28 Average Per Rush 7.8 3.0 Rushing Touchdowns 2 1 Yards Gained Rushing 353 101 Yards Lost Rushing 17 18 NET YARDS PASSING 219 257 Completions-Attempts-Int 14-20-0 22-44-2 Average Per Attempt 10.9 5.8 Average Per Completion 15.6 11.7 Passing Touchdowns 2 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 555 340 Total offense plays 63 72 Average Gain Per Play 8.8 4.7 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 8-78 9-59 PUNTS-YARDS 5-243 8-352 Average Yards Per Punt 48.6 44.0 Net Yards Per Punt 47.0 39.2 Inside 20 0 4 50+ Yards 3 3 Touchbacks 0 1 Fair catch 4 1 KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-455 4-256 Average Yards Per Kickoff 65.0 64.0 Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.9 43.0 Touchbacks 6 0 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-13-0 1-8-0 Average Per Return 13.0 8.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-84-0 1-19-0 Average Per Return 21.0 19.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-25-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 33:13 26:47 1st Quarter 7:52 7:08 2nd Quarter 6:58 8:02 3rd Quarter 6:42 8:18 4th Quarter 11:41 3:19 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 13 6 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-3 Touchdowns 1-3 3-3 Field goals 2-3 0-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 0-0 PAT Kicks 4-4 2-3 Field Goals 3-3 0-0
THE WRAPUP
For the Record • Tennessee Captains: Tyler Bray, Brian Randolph, A.J. Johnson, Mychal Rivera. • The Vol For Life Legend of the Game was former UT player and head coach Johnny Majors. His jersey (45) was retired prior to the game, and he became the eighth Vol to have his jersey retired. Game Notes • ESPN GameDay returned to Knoxville for the first time since the UT-Auburn game on Oct. 2, 2004. UT made its 18th appearance on ESPN GameDay. • On the night UT retired Johnny Majors’ jersey (No. 45), linebacker A.J. Johnson (who also wears No. 45) lined up at quarterback in the Wildcat package and scored his first career touchdown. His one-yard plunge put the Vols up 2013 with 7:33 to go in the third quarter. • Earlier in the drive, Johnson bulled his way up the middle for four yards and a first down on his first career rush. Johnson also finished with 11 tackles and two QB hurries and a tackle for a loss. • Many things of Big Orange vintage were trending on Twitter on Saturday night. Those included Tyler Bray, A.J. Johnson and Touchdown Tennessee worldwide and Derek Dooley, PAT, Rocky Top, Tennessee, Vols and Wildcat in the U.S. • Wide receiver Alton “Pig” Howard made his first Vol appearance in the second quarter. He is the 10th true freshman to play in 2012.
No. 23 Vols Fall to 18th-Ranked Florida, 37-20 KNOXVILLE - During its 2-0 start to the season, No. 23 Tennessee made a habit of scoring points in a flash. Against No. 18 Florida, its fortunes changed just as quickly. The Gators dealt the Vols a couple of body blows in the third quarter and pulled away to win their eighth consecutive game in the series, 37-20, in front of a sold-out Neyland Stadium. Florida exploded for 24 unanswered points to close the game, and wound up with 555 yards of total offense and 336 yards rushing. At halftime, the Gators had just 176 yards of offense and only 86 on the ground. Florida gained 227 yards of total offense in the third quarter, 170 of which came on the ground. But after the Vols went 81 yards on their first possession of the second half, it was all Florida the rest of the way. Trey Burton, who scored Florida’s only touchdown of the first half, started the deluge with an 80-yard touchdown run on a direct snap. Then after a Tyler Bray interception, the Gators ripped off a 45-yard run by Mike Gillislee and one play later quarterback Jeff Driskel found Jordan Reed in the end zone for a 23-yard touchdown and a 27-20 lead. The haymaker was a 75-yard, catch-and-run touchdown pass to Frankie Hammond on third down that gave Florida a 34-20 lead with 9:55 remaining. Tennessee failed to gain a yard of total offense in the fourth quarter and didn’t have a first down in the final 15 minutes. Tennessee got off to a solid start and seemed in control at halftime leading 10-7, its first lead in the series after two quarters since 2006. Florida scored on its second possession of the game when Burton took a direct snap 14 yards to give the Gators a 7-0 lead with 7:52 left in the first quarter. They took possession on that drive after linebacker Lerentee McCray intercepted a Bray pass and returned it 25 yards into Tennessee territory. The UT offense came alive in the first quarter when Bray hit Hunter for a 42-yard gain to the Florida 18-yard line. He then caught Cordarrelle Patterson on a quick slant from the 2-yard line one play and a Gators penalty later to even the score with 3:02 left in the first quarter. After the defense forced a three-and-out, Tennessee embarked on a 16-play, 77-yard drive that ended with a perfectly lofted touchdown pass from Bray to tight end Mychal Rivera. The key play on that drive came on fourth-and-9 from the Gators’ 30, when Bray hit Patterson for a 12-yard gain. Officials initially said the Patterson fumbled on the play, giving the Gators possession, but overturned the ruling on review. >> Scoring Summary Team Qtr Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays UF 1st 07:52 Burton,T. 14 yd run Sturgis kick 3-35 UT 1st 03:02 Patterson 2 yd pass from Bray Brodus kick 3-60 UT 2nd 08:40 Rivera 6 yd pass from Bray Brodus kick 16-76 UF 2nd 00:00 Sturgis,C 20 yd field goal 9-80 UF 3rd 12:22 Sturgis,C 25 yd field goal 7-68 UT 3rd 07:33 Johnson 1 yd run Kick failed 12-81 UF 3rd 03:15 Burton 75 yd run Sturgis kick 1-75 UF 3rd 00:30 Reed 23 yd pass from Driskel Sturgis kick 3-70 UF 4th 09:55 Hammond 75 yd pass from Driskel Sturgis kick 3-78 UF 4th 06:44 Sturgis,C 49 yd field goal 5-42
GENERAL STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW HISTORY
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TOP Score 1:11 7-0 1:09 7-7 6:20 7-14 3:19 10-14 2:32 13-14 4:43 13-20 0:12 20-20 1:19 27-20 1:32 34-20 2:11 37-20
Stat Leaders >> tennessee
Rushing Att Yds TD Long Avg. Neal 23 87 0 20 3.8 Johnson 2 5 1 4 2.5 Lane 1 1 0 1 1.0 Bray 2 -10 0 0 -5.0 Totals 28 83 1 20 3.0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Bray 22-44-2 257 2 42 1 Receiving Patterson Hunter Rivera Rogers Neal Totals
No. Yds TD Long 8 75 1 18 5 76 0 42 4 47 1 20 3 39 0 27 2 20 0 12 22 257 2 42
>> FLORIDA
Rushing Att Yds TD Long Avg. Gillislee 18 115 0 45 6.4 Burton 3 86 2 75 28.7 Driskel 8 81 0 28 10.1 Patton 3 34 0 14 11.3 Jones,M. 5 9 0 5 1.8 Elam,M 1 5 0 5 5.0 Brown,M. 1 3 0 3 3.0 Debose,A. 2 1 0 8 0.5 Totals 43 331 2 75 7.7 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Driskel 14-20-0 219 2 75 0 Receiving No. Yds Reed 5 60 Dunbar 3 30 Burton 2 38 Hammond 1 75 Patton 1 17 Joyer 1 5 Hines 1 -6 Totals 14 219
TD Long 1 23 0 20 0 32 1 75 0 17 0 5 0 0 2 75
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