ATHENS, GA – No. 7 Tennessee heads south to Athens to take on No. 12 Georgia in a high-stakes SEC rivalry game. Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider on X for live updates of the game.
Tennessee (8-1, 5-1 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
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 – Georgia 24, Tennessee 17
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Pregame
Inactive for Tennessee: S Jourdan Thomas, LB Edwin Spillman, LB Keenan Pili, RB DeSean Bishop, OL Vysen Lang
Tennessee will kick to start the game.
FIRST QUARTER
Georgia Drive 1: Punt – UT 0, UGA 0
- 3 plays, 2 yards
- TOP: 0:59
- Georgia takes two deep shots on its opening drive but can’t connect with either. Quick three-and-out for the Vols’ defense.
Tennessee Drive 1: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 7, UGA 0
- 12 plays, 78 yards
- TOP: 3:47
- Tennessee and Nico Iamaleava have an outstanding first drive down the field, capped off by a Miles Kitselman touchdown run from the full-back position. The Georgia crowd is left stunned in the opening moments.
Georgia Drive 2: Punt – UT 7, UGA 0
- 6 plays, 14 yards
- TOP: 1:55
- Georgia gets a few offensive plays going but not enough to move the ball on Tennessee’s defense. Bulldogs punt.
Tennessee Drive 2: Punt – UT 7, UGA 0
- 9 plays, 23 yards
- TOP: 3:44
- Tennessee can’t get much going down the field on the drive. A sack on Iamaleava put the Vols behind the eight ball.
Georgia Drive 3: Punt – UT 7, UGA 0
- 3 plays, 6 yards
- TOP: 1:53
- Georgia’s offense is really struggling to move the ball against the Vols’ defense.
Tennessee Drive 3: FIELD GOAL GOOD – UT 10, UGA 0
- 4 plays, 3 yards
- TOP: 1:54
- Have to give credit where it’s due – Tennessee PR Boo Carter set up the Vols’ field goal single-handedly with a great punt return. Tennessee goes three-and-out but is already in field goal range. Max Gilbert drills a career-high 52-yarder.
SECOND QUARTER
Georgia Drive 4: Touchdown Georgia – UT 10, UGA 7
- 7 plays, 75 yards
- TOP: 2:13
- Georgia’s Carson Beck connects with Oscar Delp for a 19-yard strike of a passing touchdown. Bulldogs are officially on the board.
Tennessee Drive 4: Punt – UT 10, UGA 7
- 6 plays, 14 yards
- TOP: 2:28
- Tennessee can’t get much going and a false start penalty on RT John Campbell Jr. didn’t help much either.
Georgia Drive 5: Touchdown Georgia – UGA 14, UT 10
- 10 plays, 84 yards
- TOP: 4:26
- An impressive stretch by Georgia as the Bulldogs survived a fumble (UGA recovery) for a massive drive down the field. Beck connects with Delp for the four-yard touchdown. Tennessee now trails after a 14-0 Georgia run.
Tennessee Drive 5: TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – UT 17, UGA 14
- 10 plays, 75 yards
- TOP: 4:42
- Vols respond to back-to-back UGA touchdowns with a nice scoring drive themselves. Dylan Sampson goes 27 yards for the score.
Georgia Drive 6: FIELD GOAL GOOD – UT 17, UGA 17
- 12 plays, 57 yards
- TOP: 1:49
- Georgia answers Tennessee’s touchdown with a field goal to tie up the game with just five seconds until halftime. Bulldogs racked up 216 on their final three drives after just gaining 22 yards on their first three.
Tennessee Drive 6: End of Half
-HALFTIME in ATHENS – Tennessee 17, Georgia 17-
THIRD QUARTER
Tennessee Drive 7: Punt – UT 17, UGA 17
- 7 plays, 34 yards
- TOP: 2:06
- Tennessee is able to cross midfield but the drive stalls out after back-to-back incompletions. Jackson Ross punts it away to the Bulldogs.
Georgia Drive 7: Touchdown Georgia – UGA 24, UT 17
- 12 plays, 87 yards
- TOP: 7:22
- Carson Beck evades James Pearce’s rush and scampers in for the 10-yard rushing touchdown. Georgia helped out by multiple Tennessee defensive penalties including a facemask and illegal substitution.
Tennessee Drive 8: Punt – UGA 24, UT 17
- 7 plays, 30 yards
- TOP: 3:20
Georgia Drive 8: Punt – UGA 24, UT 17
- 4 plays, 33 yards
- TOP: 2:07
Tennessee Drive 9:
