Tennessee 24, Vanderbilt 10
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Where: Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature:
58°
Head Official:
Penn Wagers
Attendance:
37017
By SportsDirect Inc.
Tennessee continued its late-season surge Saturday night, riding two Tyler Bray touchdown passes to a 24-10 victory at Vanderbilt.
The Volunteers (5-6, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) have won three games in a row since a four-game midseason losing streak. Bray, a freshman who was named the starting quarterback three games ago, finished 16-for-27 for 232 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Bray capped a five-play, 80-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter with 4:12 left in the first quarter, giving the Volunteers a 7-0 lead. Bray’s 20-yard touchdown pass to Denarius Moore with 6:07 to go before halftime made it 14-0 Tennessee. In three games as a starter, Bray is 53-for-94 for 880 yards with 10 touchdowns.
The Volunteers also got a 28-yard field goal from Daniel Lincoln early in the fourth quarter. Tauren Poole finished with 99 yards rushing, including a 28-yard touchdown run with 1:22 left.
The win was Tennessee's fifth straight win over Vanderbilt and their 27th in the last 28 meetings
Vanderbilt (2-9, 1-7) lost its sixth consecutive game. The Commodores got on the board on a 31-yard field goal from Ryan Fowler on the final play of the first half, and pulled within 17-10 on Jared Funk’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews with 2:33 left.
Tennessee plays host to Kentucky on Saturday to end the regular season, needing a victory to become bowl eligible. Vanderbilt ends the regular season Saturday at home against Wake Forest.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Tennessee
|
360 |
128 |
232 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3.0 |
0 |
| Vanderbilt
|
333 |
111 |
222 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1.0 |
1 |