Game 5
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Sept. 29 | Sanford Stadium | Athens, Ga. | 3:39 p.m. | Attendance: 92,746
Breakdown UT UGA FIRST DOWNS 26 20 Rushing 12 9 Passing 13 11 Penalty 1 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 197 274 Rushing Attempts 40 38 Average Per Rush 4.9 7.2 Rushing Touchdowns 3 5 Yards Gained Rushing 202 303 Yards Lost Rushing 5 29 NET YARDS PASSING 281 286 Completions-Attempts-Int 24-45-3 20-26-1 Average Per Attempt 6.2 11.0 Average Per Completion 11.7 14.3 Passing Touchdowns 2 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 478 560 Total offense plays 85 64 Average Gain Per Play 5.6 8.8 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-35 6-40 PUNTS-YARDS 4-125 5-187 Average Yards Per Punt 31.2 37.4 Net Yards Per Punt 31.2 36.4 Inside 20 1 0 50+ Yards 1 0 Touchbacks 0 0 Fair catch 0 3 KICKOFFS-YARDS 8-468 8-499 Average Yards Per Kickoff 58.5 62.4 Net Yards Per Kickoff 46.2 44.0 Touchbacks 3 2 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-5-0 1-0-0 Average Per Return 5.0 0.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-97-0 3-38-0 Average Per Return 19.4 12.7 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-35-1 3-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 33:01 26:59 1st Quarter 6:04 8:56 2nd Quarter 8:54 6:06 3rd Quarter 9:15 5:45 4th Quarter 8:48 6:12 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 6 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 3-3 Touchdowns 4-6 3-3 Field goals 1-6 0-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 1-3 PAT Kicks 5-6 4-6 Field Goals 1-2 1-1
THE WRAPUP
For the Record • Tennessee Captains: Byron Moore, Justin Hunter, A.J. Johnson, Antonio Richardson • The loss snaps a 25-game win streak when scoring 28 or more points. • Tennessee entered the game with a perfect 177-0 record when scoring 40 or more points, dating back to the start of the program in 1891. Game Notes • The 95 combined points marked the eighth highest scoring game (non-overtime) in SEC history and the sixth highest-scoring game between two SEC opponents.. • The last time Tennessee allowed 50 points was in a four overtime win at Kentucky, 52-50, on Sept. 24, 2007. The last time it allowed that many points in regulation was in a 59-20 loss at Florida on Sept. 15, 2007. • Tennessee’s 30 first-half points were its most in any half of an SEC game since leading Ole Miss, 31-14, at the half on Nov. 13, 2010, en route to a 52-14 victory in Knoxville. • The 60 combined points in the first half were the most in an SEC game since 2004. • Byron Moore intercepted a pass from Aaron Murray and took it to the house in the first quarter. It was Moore’s fourth interception of the season and the first INT for a touchdown by a Vol since Eric Gordon’s game-winning interception in overtime against Vanderbilt on Nov. 19, 2011 in Knoxville.
Vols’ Comeback Comes Up Short, 51-44
ATHENS, Ga. - Tennessee’s afternoon in Sanford Stadium began with a 17-point deficit. It ended with turnovers on its last three possessions. But in between, the Vols showed plenty of resolve in pushing No. 5 Georgia to the brink before falling, 51-44. Georgia scored all of its 51 points in the first three quarters before UT’s defense, which gave up several big plays on the ground before and allowed the Bulldogs to gain 234 yards of total offense in the first quarter alone, dug in gave the offense a two chances to tie the game. Taking over at its 28-yard line with 7:31 to go and trailing by seven points, the Vols drove to the Georgia 50 before Sanders Commings intercepted a Tyler Bray at the Bulldogs’ 36. Georgia, which had just one first down in the fourth quarter, went three-and-out on its next possession, giving UT the ball at its 26 with 4:06 left. Tennessee moved the ball into Georgia territory and converted a key third down with an 11-yard completion to Cordarrelle Patterson to the Georgia 27. Four plays later, though, Bray fumbled trying to escape pressure and Georgia’s John Jenkins fell on the ball, effectively ending UT’s upset bid. The Vols had one last-ditch chance to try and tie the game, but Bray’s first pass from the UT 35 with 15 seconds left was tipped and intercepted by Commings. That Tennessee would even have a chance to tie the game in the fourth quarter seemed highly unlikely after the way Saturday’s game started. The Bulldogs scored on four of their first five possessions -- the lone exception an interception UT safety Byron Moore returned for a touchdown -- and had a 27-10 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the second half. Two lengthy touchdown runs, a 75-yarder by Keith Marshall and a 51-yarder by Todd Gurley, gave Georgia plenty of early momentum. While Georgia’s freshmen backs carried the day, Tennessee’s running game made a major improvement from where it was the last two games in this series. After rushing for a combined minus-12 yards the last two years against Georgia (a figure that includes negative yardage from quarterback sacks), the Vols ran for 197 this season. Neal had 104 of those rushing yards, and Tennessee’s offensive line got more dominant as the game went on. UT’s fourth-quarter touchdown drive had eight running plays, including the last six, ending with Neal’s 9-yard run.
GENERAL STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW HISTORY
TENNESSEE #5 GEORGIA
>> Scoring Summary Team Qtr Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays TOP Score GA 1st 08:54 Gurley 2 yd run Morgan kick 13-84 6:06 0-7 UT 1st 07:44 Moore 35 yd INT return Brodus kick 7-7 GA 1st 07:31 Marshall 75 yd run Morgan kick 1-75 0:13 7-14 UT 1st 02:39 Brodus 34 yd field goal 10-58 4:46 10-14 GA 1st 00:11 Gurley 1 yd run Morgan kick 8-75 2:28 10-21 GA 2nd 11:48 Gurley 51 yd run Kick failed 2-56 0:50 10-27 UT 2nd 04:53 Johnson 1 yd run Brodus kick 10-50 3:06 17-27 UT 2nd 02:55 Rogers 4 yd pass from Bray Kick failed 3-8 1:19 23-27 UT 2nd 00:42 Neal 10 yd pass from Bray Brodus kick 4-18 1:00 30-27 GA 2nd 00:00 Morgan 50 yd field goal 4-33 0:37 30-30 GA 3rd 10:12 Bennett 8 yd pass from Murray Morgan kick 6-69 2:07 30-37 GA 3rd 06:32 Bennett 32 yd pass from Murray Kick blocked 4-46 1:46 30-43 UT 3rd 04:13 Patterson, C. 46 yd run Brodus kick 5-78 2:12 37-43 GA 3rd 03:06 Marshall 72 yd run Brown pass 3-81 1:02 37-51 UT 4th 08:56 Neal 9 yd run Palardy kick 13-60 4:20 44-51
Stat Leaders >> tennessee
Rushing Att Yds TD Long Avg. Neal 23 104 1 20 4.5 Patterson 3 55 1 46 18.3 Lane 8 22 0 6 2.8 Young 3 14 0 12 4.7 Johnson 1 1 1 1 1.0 Bray 1 1 0 0 1.0 Howard 1 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 40 197 3 46 4.9 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Bray 24-45-3 281 2 62 1 Receiving No. Yds TD Long Rogers 6 51 1 22 Neal 5 53 1 17 Rivera 3 82 0 62 Hunter 3 46 0 18 Patterson 2 31 0 20 Lane 2 5 0 4 Bartholomew 1 8 0 8 Dallas 1 7 0 7 Howard 1 -2 0 0 Totals 24 281 2 62
>> GEORGIA Rushing Marshall Gurley TEAM Murray Mitchell Totals
Att Yds TD Long Avg. 10 164 2 75 16.4 24 130 3 51 5.4 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 2 -9 0 1 -4.5 1 -10 0 0 -10.0 38 274 5 75 7.2
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Murray 20-26-1 286 2 38 1 Receiving Bennett Mitchell Lynch King Wooten Rome Marshall Brown Gurley Totals
No. Yds TD Long 5 70 2 32 4 31 0 13 3 75 0 38 2 38 0 31 2 25 0 18 1 21 0 21 1 15 0 15 1 8 0 8 1 3 0 3 20 286 2 38
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