The Return of a Football Power: A Tennessee Volunteers Dynasty (NCAA 14)

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Week 2: Oklahoma vs. #16 Tennessee

Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers
Sep 5, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Oklahoma Sooners (1-0)	7	7	7	14	35
#16 Tennessee Volunteers (0-1)	7	10	7	9	33

Team Stats Comparison
	OKLA	TENN
Total Offense	439	438
Rushing Yards	142	120
Passing Yards	297	318
First Downs	23	20
Punt Return Yards	13	7
Kick Return Yards	192	60
Total Yards	644	505
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	6/11 (54%)	4/13 (30%)
4th Down Conversion	0/0 (0%)	1/1 (100%)
2-Point Conversion	0/0 (0%)	0/1 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5/4/0 (80%)	4/2/1 (75%)

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		OKLA	TENN
5:55	(TENN) TD: D. Cunningham, 4 yard run	0	7
1:24	(OKLA) TD: T. Metoyer, 17 yard pass from T. Knight	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		OKLA	TENN
6:37	(OKLA) TD: A. Ross, 5 yard run	14	7
4:41	(TENN) TD: J. Smith, 11 yard pass from J. Dobbs	14	14
0:23	(TENN) FG: B. Brewster, 23 yard FG	14	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		OKLA	TENN
6:09	(OKLA) TD: A. Ross, 8 yard run	21	17
0:06	(TENN) TD: J. Croom, 2 yard pass from J. Dobbs	21	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		OKLA	TENN
7:17	(TENN) FG: B. Brewster, 50 yard FG	21	27
5:36	(OKLA) TD: A. Ross, 4 yard run	28	27
2:27	(OKLA) TD: F. Shannon, returned interception 26 yards	35	27
1:21	(TENN) TD: M. North, 71 yard pass from J. Dobbs (2-Pt failed)	35	33

align="right">0 Oklahoma Sooners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Knight 19/37 297 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Knight 17 34 2.0 0 A. Ross 14 78 5.5 3 K. Ford 3 30 10.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Metoyer 9 199 22.1 1 K. Montgomery 4 55 13.7 0 S. Shepard 3 22 7.3 0 D. Neal 1 6 6.0 0 T. McNamara 1 12 12.0 0 A. Ripkowski 1 3 3.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK B. Vincent 2 2 T. Darlington 2 1 V. Jacques 1 2 N. Kasitati 1 1 J. Hughes 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Q. Hayes 6 0 0 0 E. Striker 6 0 0 0 L. Moore 4 0 0 0 M. Onuoha 4 1 0 0 D. Alexander 4 0 0 0 Q. Russell 3 0 0 0 M. Shelton 3 0 0 J. Phillips 3 0 0 0 A. Thomas 2 0 0 0 P. Lindley 2 0 0 0 C. Gastelum 2 0 0 0 H. Byrd 2 0 0 0 F. Shannon 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG E. Lee 0/1 5/5 5 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Wood 4 184 46.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Neal 5 152 30.4 0 T. Metoyer 2 40 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Neal 3 13 4.3 0

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Dobbs 20/36 318 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Cummings 12 83 6.9 0 D. Cunningham 11 14 1.2 1 J. Dobbs 10 23 2.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Croom 5 34 6.8 1 M. North 5 170 34.0 1 J. Zeigler 4 34 8.5 0 D. Cunningham 2 14 7.0 0 J. Smith 2 23 11.5 1 M. Cummings 1 30 30.0 0 C. Long 1 13 13.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK E. Leak 4 0 M. Jackson 4 0 B. Kendrick 1 0 E. Martindale 1 0 D. Wiesman 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD P. Booker 8 2 0 0 J. Williams 7 2 0 0 L. McNeil 7 0 1 0 C. Vereen 7 0 0 0 S. Johnson 5 1 0 0 J. Reeves-Maybin 5 1 0 0 B. Randolph 5 1 0 0 D. Stovall 3 0 0 0 C. Maggitt 3 0 0 0 C. Sutton 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG B. Brewster 2/3 3/3 9 50 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Clarke 5 249 49.8 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 3 60 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 1 7 7.0 0

Tennessee got on the score board first in this game as True Freshman HB Daniel Cunningham scored from 4 yards out on the handoff up the middle and scored easily. Oklahoma responded with a TD of their own as QB Trevor Knight hit Trey Metoyer on a 17 yard pass as Metoyer was wide open on the perfectly run Comeback route. Metoyer had a HUGE game as he caught 9 pass from 199 yards with 1 TD.

Oklahoma struck first in the 2nd quarter as HB Aaron Ross scored from 5 yards out on the handoff going to his right and was tackled forward into the endzone. Tennessee responded with a TD of their own as new starting QB Joshua Dobbs threw a bullet to WR Josh Smith who was wide open over the middle of the endzone and Smith scored easily. Then, with just 23 seconds left in the 1st half, Tennessee Sophomore Kicker Blake Brewster made a 23 yard FG from the left hash mark to give the Vols a 17-14 lead going into halftime.

Oklahoma scored on their first possession of the 2nd half as HB Aaron Ross scored his 2nd TD of the game, this time on an 8 yard run. Tennessee would respond with just 6 seconds left in the 3rd quarter as Joshua Dobbs threw a 2 yard fade pass to 6'5" WR Jason Croom who made a great catch in the back left corner of the endzone to give Tennessee the 24-21 lead going into the 4th quarter.

On the 1st play of the 4th quarter, Oklahoma QB Trevor Knight was picked off by Tennessee CB Cam Sutton and the Vols would capitalize. After Oklahoma forced a 3 and out, Sophomore Kicker Blake Brewster nailed a 50 yard FG to put Tennessee up by 6. Oklahoma responded quickly with a TD as HB Aaron Ross scored his 3rd TD of the game on a 4 yard run to put the Sooners up by 1. Then, Joshua Dobbs made a bad mistake trying to throw to TE Jeff Zeigler in the middle of the field and was intercepted by Oklahoma MLB Frank Shannon who returned it 26 yards for a TD to give Oklahoma a 35-27 lead with 2:27 left in the game. Tennessee responded in quickly in a BIG way as Joshua Dobbs threw a bomb to star WR Marquez North who left everyone in the dust as he scored from 71 yards out. Tennessee however would go for 2 and the Dobbs pass attempt was batted down. Oklahoma would recover the onside kick and would run the clock out to seal the victory.

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Week 3 Preview

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 6, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (39)	2	0	1503
2	2	Ohio State (21)	1	0	1438
3	3	USC (1)	1	0	1412
4	4	Notre Dame	2	0	1352
5	8	Oregon	1	0	1220
6	6	Michigan	2	0	1190
7	9	Stanford	1	0	1017
8	10	Texas	1	1	908
9	11	Iowa	1	0	908
10	13	UCF	1	0	819
11	7	Michigan State	0	1	764
12	15	LSU	1	0	704
13	14	Clemson	0	1	656
14	17	Connecticut	0	0	609
15	12	Texas	1	1	585
16	19	Cincinnati	0	0	520
17	20	Ole Miss	1	0	477
18	21	Georgia Tech	1	0	435
19	--	Oklahoma	1	0	372
20	5	Florida	1	1	357
21	23	Arkansas	2	0	355
22	18	Louisville	0	1	337
23	24	Kansas	1	0	317
24	25	Nebraska	2	0	291
25	16	Tennessee	0	1	288

Matchup Preview *|* September 12, 2015
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#12 LSU Tigers (1-0, 0-0 Away)		#25 Tennessee Volunteers (0-1, 0-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 31.0 (#51) Points Per Game 33.0 (#45) 372.0 (#74) Total Offensive Yards 438.0 (#47) 249.0 (#19) Rushing Yards 120.0 (#106) 123.0 (#107) Passing Yards 318.0 (#14) Defensive Stats Comparison 274.0 (#18) Total Yards Allowed 439.0 (#92) 202.0 (#89) Rushing Yards Allowed 142.0 (#38) 72.0 (#3) Passing Yards Allowed 297.0 (#108) Game Notes Kirk Herbstreit predicts that LSU will win.

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Week 3: #12 LSU vs. #25 Tennessee

LSU Tigers at Tennessee Volunteers
Sep 12, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#12 LSU Tigers (2-0)	0	14	0	6	13	33
#25 Tennessee Volunteers (0-2)	10	0	0	10	7	27

Team Stats Comparison
	LSU	TENN
Total Offense	387	590
Rushing Yards	249	161
Passing Yards	138	429
First Downs	23	30
Punt Return Yards	31	37
Kick Return Yards	140	66
Total Yards	558	693
Turnovers	2	5
3rd Down Converstion	4/14 (28%)	8/18 (44%)
4th Down Conversion	0/1 (0%)	2/2 (100%)
2-Point Conversion	0/1 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	8/5/0 (62%)	9/3/2 (55%)

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		LSU	TENN
5:54	(TENN) FG: B. Brewster, 27 yard FG	0	3
2:22	(TENN) TD: P. Howard, 1 yard pass from J. Dobbs	0	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		LSU	TENN
7:35	(LSU) TD: T. Magee, 5 yard run	7	10
3:24	(LSU) TD: T. Dural, 11 yard pass from S. Rivers	14	10
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		LSU	TENN
8:00	(LSU) TD: L. Stokes, 6 yard pass from S. Rivers (missed PAT)	20	10
5:27	(TENN) TD: M. Cummings, 9 yard pass from J. Dobbs	20	17
1:02	(TENN) FG: B. Brewster, 32 yard FG	20	20
OVERTIME SCORING		LSU	TENN
--	(LSU) TD: T. Magee, 14 yard run	27	20
--	(TENN) TD: M. Cummings, 1 yard run	27	27
--	(LSU) TD: T. Magee, 3 yard run	33	27

LSU Tigers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT S. Rivers 16/31 138 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Magee 14 94 6.7 3 J. Hill 13 119 9.1 0 J. Slaughter 4 39 9.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Dural 7 50 7.1 1 L. Stokes 3 45 15.0 1 A. Peterson 2 13 6.5 0 J. Hill 1 8 8.0 0 S. Smith 1 9 9.0 0 D. Mills 1 12 12.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK V. Alexander 6 1 K. Malone 3 1 E. Pocic 1 2 D. Edinburgh 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD R. Feist 10 0 0 0 C.Thompson 7 0 2 0 Q. Thomas 7 0 0 0 K. Alexander 6 0 0 0 F. Herron 6 0 0 0 D. Jones 6 0 0 0 M. Johnson 5 0 0 0 D. Thomas 3 0 0 0 M. Eugene 3 0 0 0 J. Brazil 3 0 0 0 L. Louis 3 1 1 0 D. Hunter 2 0 0 0 T. White 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Franklin 0/2 3/4 3 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Keehn 6 317 52.8 3 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Magee 3 82 27.3 0 J. Hill 2 58 29.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Magee 3 31 10.3 0

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Dobbs 30/56 429 2 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Cummings 19 89 4.6 1 D. Cunningham 9 31 3.4 0 D. Parrish 4 17 4.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Croom 6 146 24.3 0 J. Zeigler 6 81 13.5 0 M. North 5 59 11.8 0 J. Smith 4 92 23.0 0 M. Cummings 2 15 7.5 1 A. Branisel 2 11 5.5 0 P. Howard 2 10 5.0 1 C. Long 2 11 5.5 0 D. Cunningham 1 4 4.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK B. Kendrick 4 0 A. Sanders 2 0 E. Leak 2 0 H. Culver 2 1 M. Jackson 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Maggitt 8 1 0 0 B. Randolph 7 0 0 0 P. Booker 6 1 1 0 C. Vereen 5 1 0 0 L. McNeil 4 0 0 0 D. Crosby 4 0 0 0 D. Stovall 4 1 0 0 C. Sutton 4 0 0 0 X. Ware 2 0 0 0 I. Dawson 2 0 0 0 J. Williams 2 0 0 0 J. Reeves-Maybin 2 0 0 0 N. Rice 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG B. Brewster 2/3 3/3 9 32 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Clarke 6 241 40.1 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 2 50 25.0 0 P. Howard 1 16 16.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 4 37 9.2 0

Tennessee jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead in this one. The first points on the board was a 27 yard FG by Sophomore Kicker Blake Brewster as he made the short field goal with ease as the ball was in the middle of the field. Then, Joshua Dobbs dumped off a short pass to Pig Howard as no one covered him. Howard was wide open in the front right corner of the endzone for the easy 1 yard TD catch.

However, LSU dominated in the 2nd quarter. After an interception return to the 10 yard line, 2 plays later the Tigers were in the endzone for their first score of the game as HB Terrence Magee ran the ball straight through the heart of the Tennessee defense for the 5 yard TD run. Then, the final score of the first half LSU QB Stephen Rivers threw an 11 yard bullet to WR Travin Dural to put the Tigers up 14-10 going into halftime.

No one would score in the 3rd quarter... But, the Tigers would score on the first play of the 4th quarter as Stephen Rivers dumped off a pass to TE Logan Stokes who broke a tackle at the 2 yard line then jogged in for the 6 yard TD... But, True Freshman Kicker Robert Franklin seemed rattled in his first road game and he missed the PAT. Along with a missed PAT, Franklin also missed both Field Goal attempts in the game. So, LSU was up 20-10. But, Tennessee would respond fast as HB Mike Cummings would score on the 9 yard TD catch off of the HB Screen to make it a 3 point game. And with 1:02 left in the 4th quarter, Sophomore Kicker Blake Brewster made a 32 yard Field Goal from the right hash mark to tie the game at 20-20... And for the first time in Butch Jones' tenure at Tennessee, the Volunteers were headed to Overtime.

LSU got the ball first and scored on the 2nd play as Terrence Magee scored on a 14 yard run thanks to a HUGE hole made by OL Vadal Alexander. Tennessee responded on their next possession, but it was a close one... Tennessee had a 4th and goal on the 1 yard line and called an HB pitch. Mike Cummings sprinted to his right and dove for the corner of the endzone and barely got in to tie the game.

LSU scored on their next possession on a 3 yard run by HB Terrence Magee. This was Magee's 3rd rushing TD of the game. But, LSU would end the game 2 plays later as Tennessee QB Joshua Dobbs' pass was intercepted by CB Tre'Davious White and that would seal the deal for the Tigers. And for the 2nd straight week, Tennessee would lose a heartbreaker at home.

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Week 4 Preview

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 13, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (39)	3	0	1503
2	2	Ohio State (21)	2	0	1443
3	4	Notre Dame (1)	3	0	1327
4	6	Michigan	3	0	1242
5	7	Stanford	2	0	1192
6	9	Iowa	2	0	1093
7	8	Texas	1	1	1078
8	12	LSU	2	0	968
9	13	Clemson	1	1	830
10	5	Oregon	1	1	785
11	16	Cincinnati	1	0	732
12	3	USC	1	1	690
13	17	Ole Miss	1	0	683
14	18	Georgia Tech	2	0	649
15	19	Oklahoma	2	0	585
16	20	Florida	2	1	519
17	11	Michigan State	0	2	492
18	10	UCF	1	1	491
19	15	Texas A&M	1	2	488
20	21	Arkansas	3	0	488
21	24	Nebraska	3	0	464
22	22	Louisville	1	1	405
23	23	Kansas	2	0	391
24	--	California	2	0	391
25	--	Oklahoma State	3	0	246

Matchup Preview *|* September 19, 2015
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Tennessee Volunteers (0-2, 0-0 Away)		#16 Florida Gators (2-1, 1-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 30.0 (#52) Points Per Game 32.3 (#37) 514.0 (#5) Total Offensive Yards 349.0 (#86) 140.5 (#95) Rushing Yards 183.7 (#55) 373.5 (#2) Passing Yards 165.3 (#93) Defensive Stats Comparison 413.0 (#92) Total Yards Allowed 331.0 (#35) 195.5 (#95) Rushing Yards Allowed 136.3 (#34) 217.5 (#80) Passing Yards Allowed 194.7 (#56) Game Notes Kirk Herbstreit predicts Florida will win.

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Week 4: Tennessee vs. #16 Florida

Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators
Sep 19, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tennessee Volunteers (1-2)	14	10	10	0	34
#16 Florida Gators (2-2)	0	3	0	7	10

Team Stats Comparison
	TENN	FLA
Total Offense	411	256
Rushing Yards	197	132
Passing Yards	214	124
First Downs	22	14
Punt Return Yards	12	23
Kick Return Yards	61	152
Total Yards	484	431
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Converstion	8/15 (53%)	6/14 (42%)
4th Down Conversion	1/1 (100%)	0/1 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/3/1 (100%)	1/1/0 (100%)

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TENN	FLA
6:31	(TENN) TD: M. Cummings, 7 yard run	7	0
2:00	(TENN) TD: M. Cummings, 5 yard run	14	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TENN	FLA
7:02	(TENN) FG: B. Brewster, 42 yard FG	17	0
4:54	(TENN) TD: M. Cummings, 12 yard run	24	0
1:47	(FLA) FG: A. Hardin, 48 yard FG	24	3
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TENN	FLA
4:51	(TENN) FG: B. Brewster, 35 yard FG	27	3
1:16	(TENN) TD: M. North, 36 yard pass from J. Dobbs	34	3
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TENN	FLA
2:44	(FLA) TD: A. Bailey, 15 yard pass from S. Morhinweg	34	10

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT N. Peterman 4/6 46 0 0 J. Dobbs 11/25 168 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Cummings 16 72 4.5 3 D. Cunningham 16 57 3.5 0 J. Dobbs 11 54 4.9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. North 4 64 16.0 1 J. Zeigler 3 35 11.6 0 D. McPherson 2 32 16.0 0 J. Croom 2 46 23.0 0 M. Cummings 1 3 3.0 0 P. Howard 1 11 11.0 0 J. Smith 1 13 13.0 0 C. Long 1 10 10.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK D. Wiesman 3 0 H. Culver 2 0 A. Sanders 2 0 B. Kendrick 2 0 E. Leak 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD S. Morris 8 0 0 0 J. Reeves-Maybin 5 1 0 0 C. Vereen 4 0 0 0 C. Maggitt 4 0 0 0 C. Sutton 3 0 0 0 G. Pierce 3 0 0 0 D. Crosby 3 0 0 0 J. Willliams 2 0 0 0 P. Booker 2 0 0 0 I. Dawson 2 0 0 0 L. Osborn 2 0 0 0 B. Randolph 1 0 1 0 L. McNeil 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG B. Brewster 2/2 4/4 10 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Clarke 4 152 38.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Smith 1 22 22.0 0 D. Cunningham 1 16 16.0 0 P. Howard 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 2 12 6.0 0

Florida Gators PASSING C/A YDS TD INT S. Morhinweg 1/1 15 1 0 D. East 11/20 109 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD K. Taylor 13 64 4.9 0 D. East 9 27 3.0 0 M. Jones 9 41 4.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Bailey 3 49 16.3 1 M. Jones 3 28 9.3 0 R. Andrades 2 19 9.5 0 L. Pittman 2 18 9.0 0 K. Taylor 1 2 2.0 0 D. Robinson 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Q. Williams 4 1 T. Moore 1 0 T. Burns 1 0 T. Thurman 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Bullard 10 0 0 0 A. Morrison 5 0 0 0 J. Ivie 5 1 0 0 M. Maye 5 0 0 0 J. Powell 4 0 0 0 V. Showers 4 0 0 0 D. McMillan 4 0 0 0 N. Washington 3 0 0 0 A. McCalister 2 0 0 0 A. Anzalone 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Hardin 1/2 1/1 4 48 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Thibodeaux 5 183 36.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD L. Pittman 3 106 35.3 0 A. Bailey 2 46 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Bailey 3 23 7.6 0

Tennessee bounced back in a BIG way after 2 tough losses at home. The Vols scored the first 24 points of the game. Both scores of the 1st quarter were thanks to great drives led by Redshirt Sophomore QB Joshua Dobbs and both were capped off by HB Mike Cummings TD runs. The first was a 7 yard run on the read option hand off. The second was a 5 yard run right up the middle, Cummings shed a would be tackler, and dove into the endzone before he could get tackled.

The second quarter began with a 42 yard FG by Tennessee Sophomore Kicker Blake Brewster from the right has mark. After that the Vols took advantage of a LaDarrell McNeil interception as HB Mike Cummings scored his 3rd TD of the first half on a 12 yard HB Counter run. This would put the Vols up 24-0. Florida would finally get on the score board with 1:47 left in the 1st half as Kicker Austin Hardin made a 48 yard field goal which looked like it could've been good from 58 yards out. So, going into halftime Tennessee led the #16 Gators 24-3.

Tennessee would then score the first the first 10 points of the second half... All in the 3rd quarter. Kicker Blake Brewster put the first points on the scoreboard as he nailed his 2nd Field Goal of the game, but this time it was from 35 yards out. The final score from the Vols came on a 36 yard pass from Joshua Dobbs to Marquez North for the TD. North got behind Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves... And if Marquez North gets behind you, you're not catching him. North scored easily on the perfectly placed pass from Dobbs to put the Vols up 34-3 going into the 4th quarter.

Florida's Redshirt Freshman QB D.J. East (6'5" 250 lbs, with 90 speed) was injured on a sack from Tennessee OLB Jalen Reeves-Maybin and backup Florida QB Skyler Morhinweg's only pass went to speedy WR Alvin Bailey for a 15 yard pass and catch. So, Tennessee upset the Gators in convincing fashion by beating the Gators 34-10 in the swamp.

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Week 5 Preview

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 20, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (40)	4	0	1504
2	2	Ohio State (21)	3	0	1443
3	3	Notre Dame	4	0	1383
4	5	Stanford	3	0	1383
5	4	Michigan	4	0	1337
6	6	Iowa	3	0	1252
7	7	Texas	1	1	1099
8	8	LSU	3	0	1099
9	9	Clemson	2	1	1010
10	11	Cincinnati	2	0	956
11	14	Georgia Tech	3	0	791
12	15	Oklahoma	3	0	743
13	19	Texas A&M	2	2	671
14	10	Oregon	1	2	644
15	20	Arkansas	4	0	518
16	13	Ole Miss	1	1	494
17	12	USC	1	2	478
18	24	California	3	0	455
19	--	South Carolina	3	0	354
20	25	Oklahoma State	3	0	317
21	21	Nebraska	3	1	287
22	16	Florida	2	2	274
23	18	UCF	1	2	261
24	--	Tennessee	1	2	257
25	--	Connecticut	1	1	208

Matchup Preview *|* September 26, 2015
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North Texas Mean Green (1-1, 0-1 Away)		#24 Tennessee Volunteers (1-2, 0-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 31.0 (#39) Points Per Game 31.3 (#38) 397.5 (#56) Total Offensive Yards 479.7 (#10) 161.5 (#80) Rushing Yards 159.3 (#86) 236.0 (#32) Passing Yards 320.3 (#4) Defensive Stats Comparison 442.5 (#110) Total Yards Allowed 360.7 (#51) 125.5 (#14) Rushing Yards Allowed 174.3 (#71) 317.0 (#126) Passing Yards Allowed 186.3 (#45) Game Notes Kirk Herbstreit predicts Tennessee will win.

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Week 5: North Texas vs. #24 Tennessee

North Texas Mean Green at Tennessee Volunteers
Sep 26, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
North Texas Mean Green (1-2)	7	7	7	0	21
#24 Tennessee Volunteers (2-2)	7	14	3	7	31

Team Stats Comparison
	UNT	TENN
Total Offense	346	457
Rushing Yards	142	186
Passing Yards	204	271
First Downs	17	21
Punt Return Yards	19	65
Kick Return Yards	70	68
Total Yards	435	590
Turnovers	0	1
3rd Down Converstion	7/15 (46%)	7/12 (58%)
4th Down Conversion	1/2 (50%)	1/1 (100%)
2-Point Conversion	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/1/0 (100%)	6/4/1 (83%)

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UNT	TENN
4:37	(TENN) TD: J. Smith, 2 yard pass from J. Dobbs	0	7
1:55	(UNT) TD: A. Jimmerson, 4 yard run	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UNT	TENN
7:46	(TENN) TD: D. Cunningham, 1 yard run	7	14
2:26	(TENN) TD: J. Croom, 12 yard pass from J. Dobbs	7	21
0:58	(UNT) TD: E. Evans, 36 yard pass from B. Berglund	14	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UNT	TENN
6:19	(UNT) TD: A. Jimmerson, 25 yard pass from D. Williams	21	21
3:27	(TENN) TD: B. Brewster, 21 yard FG	21	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UNT	TENN
4:44	(TENN) TD: J. Dobbs, 7 yard run	21	31

North Texas Mean Green PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Berglund 8/13 123 1 0 D. Williams 9/13 81 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Jimmerson 13 50 3.8 1 D. Williams 12 46 3.8 0 E. Evans 8 21 2.6 0 B. Berglund 8 20 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD C. Jones 5 54 10.8 0 D. Kidsy 5 27 5.4 0 A. Jimmerson 3 41 13.6 1 C. Harris 3 46 15.3 0 E. Evans 1 36 36.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Ellard 3 0 T. Johnson 2 0 B. Feldt 1 0 C. Nelson 1 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. McRae 8 1 0 0 J. Ryan 6 0 0 0 B. Horton 6 0 0 0 M. Dilonga 5 0 0 0 A. Orr 4 0 0 0 E. Rose 4 0 0 0 D. Rosemond 3 0 0 0 L. Smith 2 0 0 0 K. Bowers 2 0 0 0 G. Washington 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Williams 0/0 3/3 3 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Macek 6 236 39.3 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Harris 4 70 17.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Harris 2 19 9.5 0

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Dobbs 17/28 271 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Cummings 13 98 7.5 0 J. Dobbs 11 47 4.2 1 D. Cunningham 2 6 3.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. North 6 95 15.8 0 M. Cummings 3 84 28.0 0 J. Zeigler 3 29 9.6 0 J. Croom 3 56 18.6 1 J. Smith 2 7 3.5 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK H. Culver 3 0 D. Wiesman 1 0 M. Jackson 1 0 E. Leak 1 0 B. Kendrick 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Crosby 10 2 0 0 C. Maggitt 9 0 0 0 B. Randolph 6 0 0 0 X. Ware 5 0 0 0 S. Morris 5 0 0 0 D. Sotvall 4 0 0 0 J. Reeves-Maybin 3 0 0 0 C. Vereen 3 0 0 0 M. Foreman 2 0 0 0 C. Sutton 2 0 0 0 L. Osborn 2 0 0 0 L. McNeil 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG B. Brewster 1/1 4/4 7 21 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Clarke 3 111 37.0 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 2 28 14.0 0 P. Howard 2 40 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cunningham 3 38 12.6 0 P. Howard 2 27 13.5 0

Tennessee scored the first points of the game on a 2 yard slant pass from QB Joshua Dobbs to WR Josh Smith (who is from Knoxville, TN) to give the Vols the early lead. But, North Texas would respond on their next possession with a TD of their own as HB Antoine Jimmerson took the handoff, broke a would be tackle, and scored from 4 yards out to tie the game at 7 a piece.

Tennessee would then score 14 unanswered points. The first TD was from True Freshman HB Daniel Cunningham as he took the handoff and burst into the endzone for the 1 yard score... Man this kid is fast! Tennessee's final TD of the 2nd quarter was on a 12 yard comeback route as Joshua Dobbs found big 6'5" WR Jason Croom wide open in the left front corner of the endzone. This score put the Vols up 21-7. But, back come the Mean Green. They scored with a little less than a minute left in the half as 2nd string HB Eric Evans took the HB Screen 36 yards for the TD. Tennessee came with the Engage Eight blitz and a key block on Tennessee CB Cameron Sutton is what let Eric Evans break away for the TD. So, going into halftime the score was 21-14 Tennessee.

North Texas scored on their first possession of the 2nd half as backup QB DaJon Williams entered the game since starting QB Brock Berglund was knocked out of the game with a Concussion. Williams dumped the ball off to HB Antoine Jimmerson as a last resort and Jimmerson broke 2 tackles and then was tackled forward into the endzone for the 25 yard score. But, that would be the final North Texas TD of the game. Tennessee took the lead back on their next possession as Sophomore Kicker Blake Brewster made the chip shot, 21 yard FG to give the Vols the 3 point lead. Then, Tennessee QB Joshua Dobbs put the game away in the 4th quarter by keeping the read option handoff and sprinting 7 yards into the endzone. So, Tennessee wins a close one in Knoxville by the final score of 31-21.



Tennessee Gets 3 HUGE Commitments Over the Weekend!

Commits After North Texas Game Recruiting -
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Trent Givens	#2 DT	HS	Reston, VA	6'3	288
Lance Lopez	#1 OLB	HS	Knoxville, TN	6'5	236
Chris Parham	#4 C	HS	Oak Hill, TN	6'3	293

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NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 27, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (33)	5	0	1497
2	2	Ohio State (26)	3	0	1361
3	3	Notre Dame (1)	5	0	1320
4	4	Stanford (1)	4	0	1245
5	5	Michigan	5	0	1205
6	6	Iowa	4	0	1150
7	7	Texas	2	1	1060
8	9	Clemson	3	1	965
9	10	Cincinnati	3	0	925
10	11	Georgia Tech	3	0	875
11	13	Texas A&M	3	2	812
12	14	Oregon	1	2	674
13	8	LSU	3	1	648
14	17	USC	2	2	573
15	18	California	4	0	561
16	19	South Carolina	4	0	521
17	20	Oklahoma State	3	0	481
18	21	Nebraska	4	1	428
19	15	Arkansas	4	1	423
20	16	Ole Miss	1	2	396
21	--	Mississippi State	5	0	370
22	12	Oklahoma	3	1	345
23	23	UCF	1	2	324
24	24	Tennessee	2	2	302
25	25	Connecticut	2	1	290

SEC East Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 27, 2015
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
#16 South Carolina	4-0	1.000	1-0	156	109	W4
Kentucky	4-1	0.800	2-0	188	101	W2
Vanderbilt	3-1	0.750	1-0	100	70	W1
#24 Tennessee	2-2	0.500	1-1	125	99	W2
Florida	2-3	0.400	1-2	120	122	L2
Georgia	2-3	0.400	0-3	136	137	W1
Missouri	2-3	0.400	0-2	110	121	L1

SEC West Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 27, 2015
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
#1 Alabama	5-0	1.000	2-0	199	99	W5
#21 Mississippi State	5-0	1.000	2-0	193	118	W5
Texas A&M	3-2	0.600	2-1	178	123	W2
#13 LSU	3-1	0.750	1-1	128	77	L1
#19 Arkansas	4-1	0.800	1-1	114	113	L1
Auburn	2-1	0.660	0-1	100	73	W1
Ole Miss	1-2	0.330	0-2	69	98	L2

Matchup Preview *|* October 3, 2015
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Georgia Bulldogs (2-3, 2-1 Away)		#24 Tennessee Volunteers (2-2, 1-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 27.2 (#63) Points Per Game 31.3 (#36) 332.2 (#103) Total Offensive Yards 474.0 (#12) 170.8 (#69) Rushing Yards 166.0 (#77) 161.4 (#104) Passing Yards 308.0 (#4) Defensive Stats Comparison 396.4 (#83) Total Yards Allowed 357.0 (#49) 185.2 (#84) Rushing Yards Allowed 166.3 (#56) 211.2 (#80) Passing Yards Allowed 190.8 (#55) Game Notes Kirk Herbstreit predicts Tennessee will win.