UT Vols romp over East Tennessee State
Quarterback Joey Aguilar threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — to lead No. 22 Tennessee over the East Tennessee State Buccaneers on Saturday.
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Quarterback Joey Aguilar threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — to lead No. 22 Tennessee over the East Tennessee State Buccaneers on Saturday.
The Vols beat Vanderbilt for a sixth straight season. Tennessee needed a big victory to impress the College Football Playoff committee enough to earn a home playoff game in December.
A win over No. 6 Tennessee gave a huge boost to Georgia’s College Football Playoff hopes. Now, they are positioned for a likely playoff berth. But the Vols’ prospects for a berth in the SEC championship game are uncertain.
Dylan Sampson rushed for a career-high 149 yards and a touchdown to take Tennessee past the Bulldogs. He led the Vols’ offense after quarterback Nico Iamaleava exited with an upper-body injury.
Tight end Miles Kitselman caught six passes for 97 yards and a touchdown for the Volunteers as they kept their College Football playoff hopes alive. The Wildcats lost their fourth straight game.
With 1:17 remaining, Arkansas’ Malachi Singleton scored to lift the Razorbacks from a deficit to defeat the Vols. It was their first home win over a top-five opponent since beating the Volunteers in 1999.
In the win over the Kent State Golden Flashes, Tennessee rolled up 37 points in the first quarter, the most in one quarter in school history.
Iamaleava threw touchdown passes to Miles Kitselman and Holden Staes and ran for a 31-yard score as the Vols scored on eight of their 11 possessions with the redshirt freshman under center.
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