REVIEW Game 10
#7/10 AUBURN 6 28 14 7 - TENNESSEE 6 14 3 0 -
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Nov. 9 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. | 12:00 p.m. | Attendance: 102,455
THE WRAPUP
Breakdown FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing 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: No-Lost Penalties: No-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: No-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: No-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: No-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: No-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals
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AU UT 25 18 23 12 2 5 0 1 444 226 53 43 8.4 5.3 5 1 454 250 10 24 35 128 3-7-1 16-25-1 5.0 5.1 11.7 8.0 1 0 479 354 60 68 8.0 5.2 1-1 1-0 1-5 4-30 2-94 5-233 47.0 46.6 47.0 21.2 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 2 9-578 6-350 64.2 58.3 42.1 23.3 5 1 2-127-1 0-0-0 63.5 0.0 5-185-1 4-74-0 37.0 18.5 1--3-0 1-18-1 0-0-0 1-0-0 0 0 28:15 31:45 4:15 10:45 3:36 11:24 8:56 6:04 11:28 3:32 4 of 9 4 of 13 1 of 1 0 of 1 4-5 2-2 4-5 1-2 0-5 1-2 2-19 1-7 7-8 2-2 0-0 3-3
For the Record • #64 James Stone, #45 A.J. Johnson, #41 Dontavis Sapp, #1 Michael Palardy represented the Vols for the pregame coin toss. Game Notes • Today’s Vol For Life Legend of the Game was Tony Robinson, the QB who guided the Vols to a 35-20 win over No. 1-ranked Auburn and Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson on Sept. 28, 1985. • On this date, Tennessee is 9-6-1. • Auburn holds a 28-21-3 edge in the all-time series and has won six-straight. • Tennessee played in front of its second sell-out crowd at Neyland Stadium in 2013 (102,455). • Auburn tallied 444 rushing yards on the day, marking the first time an opponent has rushed for over 400 yards since Nebraska tallied 409 in the 1998 Orange Bowl. • Auburn’s 444 rushing yards are the most by a Tennessee opponent since Alabama set the record at 457 in 1986. • Nick Marshall’s 214 rushing yards are the fourth-most by an opposing player in the history of Tennessee football. The record of 217 is shared by Mike Pritchard (Colorado, 1990) and Bobby Humphrey (Alabama, 1986). • Daniel McCullers surged up the middle to block an Auburn PAT on the Tigers first touchdown (Marshall to Uzomah). Tennessee last blocked a PAT on Sept. 29, 2012, at Georgia when McCullers swatted away a Bulldog attempt.
TENNESSEE FOOTBALL // 2014 FOOTBALL
#7 Auburn Tops Vols, 55-23 KNOXVILLE - UT’s difficult schedule continued on Saturday as the Vols faced their fifth Top-10 opponent of the season and third in as many games in front of a sellout crowd of 102,455. The Vols offense under the direction of freshman signal caller Joshua Dobbs had 354 yards on offense. Dobbs combined for 178 yards of total offense with 128 passing yards and 50 rushing yards. Senior tailback Rajion Neal had his sixth career 100-yard rushing game finishing the game with 124 yards. The Vols’ Ray Guy Award semifinalist Michael Palardy was a weapon all day tying his career-high with three made field goals (39, 42, 40) while punting 5 times for a 46.6 average. Freshman receiver Marquez North had five catches for 58 yards while Pig Howard had four catches for 13 yards. Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall ran for two TDs (7, 38 yards) and threw for another score. He accounted for 249 total yards with 214 on the ground and 35 through the air. Tailback Tre Mason ran for three touchdowns (13, 4, and 1 yards) as he galloped for 117 yards in the game, the first time the Vols have let up two 100-yard rushers in a game this season. With the game tied at 13, Chris Davis returned a punt 85 yards to put the Tigers ahead, 20-13 with 9:51 left in the first half. It was the longest punt return in Auburn history since 1970. Less than four minutes later Marshall finished off a 6-play drive (all of which were rushes) for 85 yards with his own 7-yard rush, putting the Tigers ahead, 27-13. Senior Jacques Smith got the Vols back within one score with his first-career interception, which he returned 18 yards for a touchdown. But 37 seconds later Marshall ran for his second TD of the day from 38 yards out to put the Tigers up 34-20. Tennessee opened the game with a scoring drive for just the second time all season and first since the opener vs. Austin Peay (Aug. 31) as Dobbs guided the Vols into Auburn territory. Palardy finished the drive with a 39-yard field goal, 4:03 into the game giving UT a 3-0 lead. Auburn took a 6-3 lead on 25-yard pass from Marshall to C.J. Uzomah. Daniel McCullers blocked the second PAT of his career to keep the Tigers at six points. Auburn’s Cody Parkey missed a PAT for just the second time in 111 career PAT attempts. Palardy finished an 11-play drive with a 42-yard field to tie the game at 6-6 with 3:26 left in the first quarter. The Vols took a 13-6 lead on the first play of the second quarter as Rajion Neal tip-toed and then high-stepped into the end zone for a 17-yard score. But Auburn answered two plays later as Tre Mason ran in from 13 yards on the heels of a 62-yard rush by Marshall. The Tigers needed only 32 seconds to tie the game, 13-13. The second half began with Corey Grant returning the opening kickoff 90 yards to put Auburn ahead 41-20. After Palardy added his third field goal of the game from 40 yards, Auburn answered with Mason’s second score of a day on a 4-yard rush. That put the Tigers ahead, 48-23. >> SCORING SUMMARY Team Qtr Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays TOP Score UT 1 10:57 Palardy 39 yd field goal 9-53 4:03 0-3 AU 1 6:36 Uzomah 25 yd from Marshall Parkey blocked 2-22 0:37 6-3 UT 1 3:26 Palardy 42 yd field goal 11-50 3:10 6-6 UT 2 14:50 Neal 17 yd run Palardy kick 4-57 1:51 13-6 AU 2 14:18 Mason 13 yd run Parkey kick 2-75 0:32 13-13 AU 2 9:51 Davis 85 yd punt return Parkey kick 20-13 AU 2 5:08 Marshall 7 yd run Parkey kick 6-85 1:43 27-13 UT 2 1:28 Smith 18 yd INT return Palardy kick 27-20 AU 2 0:58 Marshall 38 yd run Parkey kick 2-45 0:30 34-20 AU 3 14:45 Grant 90 yd kickoff return Parkey kick 41-20 UT 3 10:39 Palardy 40 yd field goal 11-52 4:06 41-23 AU 3 7:52 Mason 4 yd run Parkey kick 8-55 2:34 48-23 AU 4 13:07 Mason 1 yd run Parkey kick 12-73 6:17 55-23
Stat Leaders >> AUBURN
Rushing Att Yds TD Long Avg. Marshall 14 214 2 62 15.3 Mason 20 117 3 15 5.8 Artis-Payne 12 53 0 17 4.4 Grant 4 48 0 20 12.0 Louis 1 7 0 7 7.0 Frazier 2 5 0 3 2.5 Totals 53 444 5 62 8.4 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Marshall 3-7-1 35 1 25 1 Receiving No. Yds TD Long Coates 2 10 0 13 Uzomah 1 25 1 25 Totals 3 35 1 25
>> TENNESSEE Rushing Neal Lane Dobbs Totals
Att Yds TD Long Avg. 20 124 1 20 6.2 12 53 0 23 4.4 10 50 0 32 5.0 43 226 1 32 5.3
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Dobbs 16-25-1 128 0 30 2 Receiving No. Yds TD Long North 5 58 0 30 Howard 4 13 0 8 Neal 2 23 0 16 Croom 2 15 0 8 Johnson 2 14 0 12 Lane 1 5 0 5 Totals 16 128 0 30