Postgame Notes: Tennessee Falls to Missouri

November 11, 2017 | Football

Tennessee Tidbits

Tennessee's all-time record is 833-381-53. UT ranks ninth all-time in wins among NCAA Division I programs.
McBride finished with a team-high 63 rushing yards, marking the first time a quarterback has led the Vols in rushing since Joshua Dobbs ran for a team-high 118 yards
Kickoff was at 6:30 p.m. CT
Attendance: 56,037

True freshman Will McBride started the game at quarterback. McBride is the first Tennessee true freshman to start since Joshua Dobbs started against Kentucky on Nov. 30, 2013. He is the ninth true freshman to start a game at quarterback in Tennessee's 121-year history.
McBride's start against Missouri marked the first time since 2014 that UT had started three quarterbacks in one season.
McBride's start also marked the first time that UT had started two freshman in the same season since 2013 when the Vols started then-redshirt freshman Nathan Peterman and then-true freshman Joshua Dobbs.

With 7:19 left in the first quarter, sophomore safety Nigel Warrior intercepted a pass from Missouri quarterback Drew Lock and returned it 70 yards to the end zone.
It was UT's first pick-six since Daniel Bituli took an interception back 97 yards for a score against Alabama on Oct. 21.
The interception was the first of Warrior's career.
The interception was Lock's and Missouri's first pick-six allowed since playing Tennessee on Nov. 19, 2016, when Jonathan Kongbo picked him off in Neyland Stadium and returned it 59 yards for a score.

The Tennessee team captains for Saturday's game against Southern Miss were junior defensive back Micah Abernathy, senior offensive lineman Jashon Robertson, redshirt senior defensive lineman Kendal Vickers and senior tight end Ethan Wolf.
Tennessee won the coin toss and chose to defer to receive in the second half. Tennessee defended the south end zone.
UT is 6-5 on coin tosses this season (5-5 on pregame coin tosses and 1-0 in overtime).
In 2016, Tennessee won six out of 15 coin tosses, including six out of 13 pregame. The Vols did not win either of their two coin tosses in overtime. UT was 3-3 in 2016 when winning the pregame coin toss.

Saturday's game marked the sixth all-time meeting between Tennessee and Missouri.
The series is now even at 3-3
The loss ended UT's two-game winning streak in the series. The Vols took a 19-8 win in Columbia in 2015 and a 63-37 win at Neyland Stadium in 2016.

FIRST HALF STATS: The Vols had 135 total yards of offense in the half. Will McBride was 10-for-17 for 90 yards and one touchdown and also rushed eight times for 25 yards. Ty Chandler had six carries for 15 yards while John Kelly had four catches for 14 yards. Brandon Johnson had three catches for 45 yards.
Will McBride completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Wolf while getting hit with 1:15 remaining in the second quarter. It was UT's first passing touchdown since the UMass game. The play capped a 15-play, 66-yard drive for the Vols and after an extra point, the game was tied at 17-17. The touchdown pass was the first of McBride's career and Wolf's first since a 28-yard touchdown reception against Florida on Sept. 16.
On Tennessee's first drive of the third quarter, quarterback Will McBride ran 43 yards down the right sideline on a 2nd-and-20. The 43-yard run was the longest rush for the Vols this season and the longest rush by any UT player since Joshua Dobbs' 70-yard run against Missouri on Nov. 19, 2016.

FIRST HALF STATS: 306 yards allowed. Micah Abernathy had six tackles. Quart'e Sapp had five tackles. Nigel Warrior had a 70-yard interception returned for a touchdown.
Tennessee's defense forced a 3-and-out on Missouri's first offensive possession, limiting the Tigers to just six yards (all on one rush by Ish Witter) on three plays.
Nigel Warrior halted Missouri's third drive when he intercepted a pass from Drew Lock and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown.

FIRST HALF STATS:
On his first punt of the game, Trevor Daniel sent a punt 40 yards to the MU 18.
With 1:17 left in the first quarter, senior placekicker Aaron Medley kicked a career-long 48-yard field goal to cap a nine-play, 45-yard drive and bring the Vols to within 14-10.
With 10:39 left in the first half, Daniel booted a 55-yard punt to the Missouri 16, marking his 28th 50-yard punt of the season, which leads the country.
With 7:19 left in the second quarter, Ty Chandler returned a kickoff 34 yards to the UT 34. It was Chandler's second-longest kickoff return of the season. His longest went for 91 yards and a touchdown against Indiana State.
On his first punt of the second half, Daniel landed a 28-yard punt at the MU 15.
Daniel's 45-yard punt with 9:15 left in the third was fair caught by Richaud Floyd at the MU 20.
With 7:02 left in the third, Daniel's 44-yard punt was fair caught by Floyd at the MU 10.
Following Drew Lock's 20-yard touchdown pass to Johnathan Johnson with 13:21 remaining, Nigel Warrior blocked the extra point and Quart'e Sapp recovered the ball.

With 14:12 left in the game, Calin Fils-aime rushed 25 yards and was ruled down before Anthony Sherrils forced a fumble and brought Fils-aime down. After a video review, the call on the field was overturned and it was ruled a fumble. REVERSED.