Category: Tennessee Vols Football

In Week 13 of the NFL season, multiple VFLs had big outings in their Thanksgiving Day contests. Alvin Kamara totaled 84 yards of offense in the Saints’ Thursday night game against the Falcons. On the defensive side of the ball, Shy Tuttle had one tackle to go along with an interception that he returned for 19 yards to help seal…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee running back Eric Gray was named SEC Freshman of the Week by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Gray had a record-setting performance in the Vols’ 28-10 win over Vanderbilt last Saturday, rushing for a UT true freshman-record 246 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries. Jamal Lewis previously held the rookie record with…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Freshman running back Eric Gray moved like lightning, and the hard-hitting Vol defense delivered the thunder as Tennessee stormed past Vanderbilt, 28-10, on a rain-soaked Senior Night at Neyland Stadium. With the victory, UT finished the regular season at 7-5 overall and 5-3 in the SEC. The Vols are bowl eligible for the first time since…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee will look to wrap up the month of November undefeated as in-state rival Vanderbilt visits Neyland Stadium this Saturday for the regular-season finale. The Vols enter the contest on a four-game winning streak and secured bowl eligibility for the first time since 2016 with a road win at Missouri last weekend. Broadcast…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Saturday will be a culmination of the 2019 regular season for Tennessee and for 13 Vols it will mark the time they play at Neyland Stadium. While the game against Vanderbilt, which is set for a 4 p.m. ET start on the SEC Network, has all the build-up of an in-state rivalry, before…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After securing bowl eligibility for the first time since 2016 with last weekend’s road win at Missouri, the Vols will look to extend their winning streak to five games when they welcome in-state rival Vanderbilt for the regular-season finale at Neyland Stadium. A Tennessee win on Saturday would secure an undefeated record in…

Opening statement:“Going back and looking at the game, there were a lot of really good things during the game. I think offensively as the game went, we did a good job of when we did choose to run the football, being able to get some three to six-yard runs there. We had two explosive runs, one got called back…

Knoxville, Tenn. – Tennessee redshirt junior quarterback Jarrett Guarantano was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week, while classmate and left guard Trey Smith was recognized as the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after an impressive offensive output against Missouri, the league announced Monday. In his first start since Sept. 21, Guarantano had a career…

Knoxville, Tenn. – The Tennessee football team is looking to keep its spark going as they prepare for their final road SEC matchup coming off an open date. “We had a lot of little sparks during the season,” said senior linebacker Daniel Bituli. “After going against a really great running back in the Mississippi State game, we realized…