REVIEW Game 12
KENTUCKY TENNESSEE
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Nov. 24 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. | 12:22 p.m. | Attendance: 81,841
Breakdown UK UT FIRST DOWNS 23 23 Rushing 6 8 Passing 13 14 Penalty 4 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 167 164 Rushing Attempts 37 32 Average Per Rush 4.5 5.1 Rushing Touchdowns 1 1 Yards Gained Rushing 196 192 Yards Lost Rushing 29 28 NET YARDS PASSING 245 293 Completions-Attempts-Int 30-47-0 20-34-0 Average Per Attempt 5.2 8.6 Average Per Completion 8.2 14.6 Passing Touchdowns 1 4 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 412 457 Total offense plays 84 66 Average Gain Per Play 4.9 6.9 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-25 7-59 PUNTS-YARDS 5-240 5-213 Average Yards Per Punt 48.0 42.6 Net Yards Per Punt 46.0 43.0 Inside 20 1 4 50+ Yards 4 1 Touchbacks 0 0 Fair catch 1 2 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-169 7-424 Average Yards Per Kickoff 42.2 60.6 Net Yards Per Kickoff 27.5 42.6 Touchbacks 0 1 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1--2-0 1-10-0 Average Per Return -2.0 10.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-101-0 4-59-0 Average Per Return 20.2 14.8 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 34:26 25:34 1st Quarter 7:37 7:23 2nd Quarter 9:18 5:42 3rd Quarter 10:38 4:22 4th Quarter 6:53 8:07 Third-Down Conversions 10 of 21 4 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-2 Touchdowns 1-3 1-2 Field goals 1-3 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-14 4-25 PAT Kicks 2-2 4-5 Field Goals 1-2 1-1
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2013 Tennessee FOOTBALL
THE WRAPUP For the Record • #34 Herman Lathers, #86 Willie Bohannon, #71 Dallas Thomas and #83 Zach Rogers. • The rest of Tennessee’s seniors were secondary captains. • The Vol For Life Legend of the Game was Heath Shuler, who quarterbacked UT from 1991-93. Game Notes • Tyler Bray recorded his 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 34th touchdown passes of the season and ran his career total to 68. • 34 TD passes in a season ranks second only to Peyton Manning’s 36 in 1997. • Justin Hunter moved into second place on the singleseason receptions list, hauling in 73 balls in 2012. • After catching three passes for 65 yards vs. Kentucky, Hunter finished third on UT’s single-season receiving yards list with 1,083. • Cordarrelle Patterson moved past Reggie Cobb as Tennessee’s single season record-holder for allpurpose yards. • With 32 kick return yards, Patterson also moved into third on UT’s single-season kickoff return yards list. • A.J. Johnson scored his sixth touchdown of 2012 from the “Beast Package,” carrying the ball into the end zone from two yards out in the first quarter. • UT recorded a seasonbest four sacks vs. Kentucky, the most by the Vols since they had five vs. Memphis on Nov. 6, 2010. • UT finished the 2012 campaign with 5,711 yards, ranking second in school history behind only the 5,794 registered by the 1997 SEC Championship squad.
Vols Send Seniors Out with 37-17 Win Over Kentucky KNOXVILLE - Tennessee said goodbye to its seniors with a 37-17 victory over Kentucky. Its offense, the brightest spot in an otherwise difficult season, again led the way behind quarterback Tyler Bray and a slew of skill players. Tight end Mychal Rivera, and receivers Cordarrelle Patterson, Justin Hunter and Zach Rogers all caught touchdown passes in the final game of Tennessee’s 5-7 season. Rivera and Patterson helped break the game open with thirdquarter touchdowns, turning a 3-point lead into a comfortable margin down the stretch. Rivera’s 29-yard grab ended a 61-yard drive that gave UT a 2717 lead after the Wildcats began the second half with 7 1/2-minute drive that ended in a field goal. Patterson’s 21-yard catch gave the Vols a 34-17 lead, and Kentucky never got any closer the rest of the way. The Vols now wait to see who will be back for 2013. Besides players like Bray, Hunter and Patterson, who will choose between another season at UT and entering the NFL Draft, Tennessee will also have a new head coach next season. Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart announced last Sunday that Derek Dooley would not return next season. Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney led the Vols on Saturday as interim head coach. Shortly after Chaney greeted each of UT’s seniors on their final trip through the ‘T,’ the Vols opened with an 80-yard touchdown drive that ended with a 21-yard pass from Bray to Rogers barely more than 2 minutes into the game. Kentucky answered right back, converting twice on third down, including a 29-yard pass to Jonathan George on third-and-1 that set up a 1-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Warren three plays later. Kentucky tried to catch the Vols off guard on the ensuing kickoff, but Jacob Carter fielded a short kick and returned it 15 yards to the Kentucky 38. Four plays later, linebacker A.J. Johnson scored his team-leading sixth rushing touchdown to give UT a 14-7 lead 6:01 to go in the first quarter. The Vols added to that lead on a 42-yard catch and run by Hunter, who finished with three catches for 65 yards on Saturday. Those three receptions left him four short of Marcus Nash’s single-season record of 76, set in 1997. >> Scoring Summary Team Qtr Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays UT 1st 12:52 Rogers 21 yd pass from Bray Palardy kick 8-80 Warren 1 yd pass from Whitlow McIntosh kick 11-75 UK 1st 07:42 UT 1st 06:01 Johnson 2 yd run Palardy kick 4-38 UT 2nd 12:24 Hunter 42 yd pass from Bray Kick blocked 6-64 McIntosh kick 6-73 UK 2nd 10:18 George 45 yd run UK 3rd 07:31 McIntosh 29 yd field goal 15-63 UT 3rd 05:24 Rivera 29 yd pass from Bray Palardy kick 6-61 UT 3rd 01:31 Patterson 21 yd pass from Bray Palardy kick 5-79 UT 4th 05:38 Palardy 33 yd field goal 5-51
TOP Score 2:08 0-7 5:10 7-7 1:35 7-14 1:35 7-20 1:59 14-20 7:23 17-20 2:02 17-27 2:12 17-34 1:54 17-37
Stat Leaders >> tennessee
>> KENTUCKY
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Bray 20-34-0 293 4 42
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Whitlow 29-45-0 225 1 29 4 McCaskill 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Towles 1-1-0 20 0 20 0 Totals 30-47-0 245 1 29 4
Rushing Att Yds TD Long Avg. Lane 10 75 0 45 7.5 Neal 9 53 0 15 5.9 Patterson 2 38 0 22 19.0 Bartholomew 2 10 0 7 5.0 Watson 3 7 0 5 2.3 Johnson 1 2 1 2 2.0 Howard 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 Totals 32 164 1 45 5.1
Receiving No. Yds TD Long Hunter 8 115 1 25 Rogers 3 72 0 48 Neal 3 22 1 10 Lane 2 49 0 35 Rivera 2 43 0 24 Bartholomew 2 21 0 13 Patterson 2 20 0 13 Howard 2 18 0 13 Carter 1 24 1 24 Dallas 1 11 0 11 Downs 1 6 1 6 Totals 27 401 4 48
Rushing Att Yds TD Long Avg. George 8 59 1 45 7.4 Sanders 16 54 0 10 3.4 Whitlow 9 31 0 21 3.4 Towles 3 16 0 7 5.3 Robinson 1 7 0 7 7.0 Totals 37 167 1 45 4.5
Receiving King Sanders George Robinson McCaskill Legree Robinson Warren Totals
No. Yds TD Long 10 78 0 17 6 26 0 12 3 54 0 29 3 46 0 20 3 22 0 15 3 14 0 9 1 4 0 4 1 1 1 1 30 245 1 29