TENNESSEE FOOTBALL GAME #12 6-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPS » 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS » 52 BOWL GAMES » 93 ALL-AMERICANS » 46 NFL 1ST-ROUND PICKS Tennessee THE MATCHUP | #TENNvsVU ( AP: NR | Coaches: NR | CFP: NR) vs. TENNESSEE VANDERBILT GAME 12 Vanderbilt VS. (AP: NR | Coaches: NR | CFP: NR) VOLUNTEERS COMMODORES Nov. 25, 2017 (Knoxville, Tenn.) Neyland Stadium (102,455) (4-7 | 0-7 SEC) (4-7 | 0-7 SEC) SEC Network | 4 P.M. GAME COVERAGE 2017 QUICK COMPARISON TV | SEC Network 19.5 (118/14) Points/Game (104/12) 23.0 27.9 (74/10) Points Allowed/Game (97/12) 32.0 PxP: Dave Neal 123.1 (110/13) Rush Yards/Game (127/14) 94.5 Analyst: Matt Stinchcomb 251.7 (125/14) Rush Yards Allowed/Game (113/12) 211.5 Sideline: Dawn Davenport 172.8 (106/12) Pass Yards/Game (56/3) 240.0 150.6 (2/1) Pass Yards Allowed/Game (30/7) 195.6 RADIO | Vol Network 295.9 (124/14) Total Offense/Game (114/13) 334.5 402.4 (73/9) Total Defense/Game (75/10) 407.2 PxP: Bob Kesling UTSPORTS.COM (National Ranking/Conference Ranking) VUCOMMODORES.COM Analyst: Tim Priest Brent Hubbs COACHING FACTS COACHING FACTS Analyst: Interim Head Coach: Brady Hoke (Ball State, 1982) Head Coach: Derek Mason (Northern Arizona, 1993) Sideline: Maddy Glab Record at Tennessee: 0-1 (.000) / 1st year Record at Vanderbilt: 17-31 (.354) / 4th year Overall Record: 78-71 (.524) / 13th year Overall Record: 17-31 (.354) / 4th year SATELLITE RADIO Sirius: Channel 157 ROCKY TOP STORYLINES XM: Channel 192 VOLS WELCOME VANDERBILT FOR FINALE KICKING OFF • Tennessee welcomes Vanderbilt at 4 p.m. Saturday for the 2017 season Trevor Daniel ranks second in the SEC and finale. The Vols will celebrate Senior Day and honor 22 seniors before fourth in the nation in punting average at 47.3. the game. UT’s Senior Class has won 29 games, including three bowls, That mark is on pace to set the UT single- and led the Vols to back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2015 and 2016. 47. 3 season record (46.9, Jimmy Colquitt, 1982). • Associate head coach/defensive line coach Brady Hoke was named the interim head coach of Tennessee on Nov. 12, replacing Butch Jones, Trevor Daniel LEADS THE NATION and has who finished with a record of 34-27 in five seasons. already set a career-high with 31 punts of • Tennessee holds an all-time record of 75-30-5 against Vanderbilt, 50 or more yards. Daniel LEADS THE SEC in including a 38-11-1 record in Knoxville. 31 punts inside the 20 with 26. • The Vols fell to the Commodores, 45-34, in 2016 in Nashville. • The Vols won 53-28 in Neyland Stadium in 2015. No. 34 is the jersey number of walk-on junior Malik Elion, who caught a pitch from John Kelly, UT’S 833 WINS RANK IN TOP 10 ALL-TIME and ran 10 yards for a first down in the second • Tennessee has an all-time record of 833-382-53 (.677). The Vols rank quarter vs. LSU. Elion, a member of the Vols ninth all-time in wins among FBS programs. UT is 463-127-17 (.777) track team, was a second team All-American on all-time at Neyland Stadium. 3 4 the 4x400 relay that finished 14th at the 2017 VICKERS, WOLF LEAD SENIORS NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. • Redshirt senior Kendal Vickers is a three-year starter at defensive tackle, leading the Vols’ defense with 37 starts - all consecutive. Redshirt freshman QB Jarrett Guarantano • Senior Ethan Wolf will cap his career as one of the greatest tight ends in tossed for 239 yards with one touchdown Rocky Top history, ranking No. 2 among UT tight ends in career receptions and no turnovers against LSU - hist second (89) and No. 3 in receiving yards (958). He leads the Vols with 46 starts. 239 200+ passing output of the season. • Senior OL Jashon Robertson is a 4-year starter with 45 starts under his belt. • Former walk-ons Colton Jumper and Trevor Daniel have been leaders in Tennessee has seen 19 true freshmen play 2017. Jumper, a linebacker, tops the Vols in sacks (4.5) and tackles for loss this season, third-most in the country, in- (9.5) and has 17 starts in his career. Daniel is on pace to set the UT record cluding six who have started a game. for single-season punting average (47.3 ... record is 46.9). 19 SMITH CONTINUES HISTORIC ROOKIE SEASON Tennessee is 32-2 since 1982 in the last game • Trey Smith became the FIRST VOL TO START AT LEFT TACKLE AS A of the regular season with the only losses TRUE FRESHMAN IN AT LEAST 30 YEARS against Southern Miss and coming in 2011 and 2016. The Vols are 9-2 in followed with start at left tackle at Missouri and versus LSU. 3 2 -2 their home finales since 2005. • Smith had his best game of the season against an LSU defensive line featuring several future NFL players. Playing on a line that featured only Tennessee ranks No. 1 in the SEC and No. 2 four scholarship players in the second half, the Vols’ freshman had a in the nation in pass defense. The Vols are season-best grade of 84 percent and tallied five knockdowns. allowing only 150.6 passing yards per game • Smith is not only a bona fide FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN front-runner, behind the play of All-SEC candidates but also a candidate for All-SEC and overall All-America honors as he 15 0 . 6 safety Nigel Warrior and nickel back leads the Vols with 53 knockdowns and is the second-highest -graded Rashaan Gaulden. Vol on the o-line behind only senior Jashon Robertson. Smith was the nation’s No. 1 recruit in the 2017 class according to ESPN. Tennessee has allowed only 1,657 passing • PFF College rated Smith THE HIGHEST GRADED FRESHMAN IN THE yards all season. Only twice in the last 24 SEC OVERALL and the No. 2-rated freshman OL in the country years (since 1993) have the Vols held op- heading into Week 12. 1657 ponents under 2,000 total yards - in 2008 (1,925) and 1996 (1,434). KELLY LEADS UT IN RUSHING AND RECEPTIONS • Junior running back John Kelly (758 rush yards, 36 catches) joins Penn State’s Saquon Barkley (1,057 rush yards, 46 catches) as the only two Tennessee defensive backs Rashaan players in the Power 5 to lead their teams in rushing and receptions. Gaulden and Nigel Warrior both have three forced fumbles, which ranks tied for third in 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 3 the SEC and tied for 13th in the nation. GEORGIA TECH INDIANA STATE @ #24/25 FLORIDA UMASS #7/8 GEORGIA SOUTH CAROLINA @ #1/1 ALABAMA @ KENTUCKY SOUTHERN MISS @ MISSOURI #21/21 LSU VANDERBILT SEPT. 4 SEPT. 9 SEPT. 16 SEPT. 23 SEPT. 30 OCT. 14 OCT. 21 OCT. 28 NOV. 4 NOV. 11 NOV. 18 NOV. 25 ESPN SEC NETWORK CBS SEC NETWORK CBS ESPN CBS SEC NETWORK SEC NETWORK SEC NETWORK ESPN SEC NETWORK W, 42-41 (2OT) W, 42-7 L, 26-20 W, 17-13 L, 41-0 L, 15-9 L, 45-7 L, 29-26 W, 24-10 L, 50-17 L, 30-10 4 P.M. 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