KNOXVILLE, TN – No. 11 Tennessee returns to Knoxville for its final home game of the regular season as the Vols host UTEP on Senior Day and Salute to Service.
Tennessee had several Senior Day participants on Saturday, which you can find here:
Tennessee Senior Day Participants:
Dominic Bailey
Dayne Davis
Charlie Browder
Miles Kitselman
Dont’e Thornton Jr.
Eli Purcell
Bryson Eason
Matthew Salansky
John Campbell Jr.
Omarr Norman-Lott
Keenan Pili
Will Brooks
Javontez Spraggins
Jackson Lampley
Gaston Moore
Patrick Wilk…— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 23, 2024
Tennessee (8-2, 5-2 SEC) Season Results:
Game 1: Chattanooga (3) @ No. 15 Tennessee (69) – W
Game 2: No. 14 Tennessee (51) vs No. 24 NC State (10) – W
Game 3: Kent State (0) @ No. 7 Tennessee (71) – W
Game 4: No. 6 Tennessee (25) @ No. 15 Oklahoma (15) – W
Game 5: No. 8 Tennessee (14) @ Arkansas (19) – L
Game 6: Florida (17) @ No. 8 Tennessee (23) – W/OT
Game 7: No. 7 Alabama (17) @ No. 11 Tennessee (24) – W
Game 8: Kentucky (18) @ No. 7 Tennessee (28) – W
Game 9: Mississippi State (14) @ No. 7 Tennessee (33) – W
Game 10: No. 7 Tennessee (17) @ No. 12 Georgia (34) – L
Follow along with Rocky Top Insider’s live thread covering the scoring plays and big moments from the game on Saturday:
CURRENT SCORE: 3rd Quarter – Tennessee 42, UTEP 0
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Pregame
Tennessee will kick to start the game.
FIRST QUARTER
UTEP Drive 1: Punt – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 4 yards
- TOP: 0:52
Tennessee Drive 1: Punt – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 7 yards
- TOP: 1:29
UTEP Drive 2: INTERCEPTION – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 39 yards
- TOP: 0:58
- Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy picks up the interception on a deep pass right on the doorstep of the endzone.
Tennessee Drive 2: Punt – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 5 plays, 18 yards
- TOP: 1:36
UTEP Drive 3: Punt – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 9 plays, 26 yards
- TOP: 6:08
Tennessee Drive 3: Punt – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, -3 yards
- TOP: 1:11
- Tennessee’s offense is struggling to get anything moving in the first quarter
UTEP Drive 4: Missed Field Goal – UT 0, UTEP 0
- 5 plays, 12 yards
- TOP: 1:24
SECOND QUARTER
Tennessee Drive 4: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 7, UTEP 0
- 9 plays, 68 yards
- TOP: 3:00
- Dylan Sampson finds the hole and scores the 14-yard rushing touchdown for Tennessee’s first score of the day.
UTEP Drive 5: FUMBLE – UT 7, UTEP 0
- 8 plays, 11 yards
- TOP: 4:06
- Tennessee forces a fumble and takes over in UTEP territory
Tennessee Drive 5: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 14, UTEP 0
- 4 plays, 36 yards
- TOP: 1:43
- Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava connects with Squirrel White for the nine-yard screen touchdown.
squirrel sighting in the checkerboards
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📲 https://t.co/cXOhKcNsxA pic.twitter.com/VdfxQPLybI— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) November 23, 2024
UTEP Drive 6: Punt – UT 14, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 3 yards
- TOP: 1:22
Tennessee Drive 6: Punt – UT 14, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, -3 yards
- TOP: 1:50
UTEP Drive 7: Punt – UT 14, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 4 yards
- TOP: 1:41
Tennessee Drive 7: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 21, UTEP 0
- 2 plays, 19 yards
- TOP: 0:21
- Iamaleava connects with Ethan Davis for both passing plays of the drive, capping it off with a 1 yard touchdown pass in the endzone.
UTEP Drive 8: Turnover on Downs – UT 21, UTEP 0
- 6 plays, 29 yards
- TOP: 1:18
Tennessee Drive 8: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 28, UTEP 0
- 6 plays, 54 yards
- TOP: 0:53
- Iamaleava connects with WR Bru McCoy on the 18-yard touchdown pass
HALFTIME – Tennessee 28, UTEP 0
Third Quarter
Tennessee Drive 9: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 35, UTEP 0
- 4 plays, 67 yards
- TOP: 1:23
- Iamaleava connects with Bru McCoy for his second touchdown on the game. Seven yards on the play.
UTEP Drive 9: Punt – UT 35, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 0 yards
- TOP: 0:54
Tennessee Drive 10: Punt – UT 35, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 2 yards
- TOP: 2:20
UTEP Drive 10: Punt – UT 35, UTEP 0
- 3 plays, 5 yards
- TOP: 1:25
Tennessee Drive 11: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 42, UTEP 0
- 1 play, 3 yards
- TOP: 0:04
- Boo Carter’s punt return set up Tennessee on the three-yard line and Peyton Lewis punches in the touchdown just one play later.
