Tennessee's 32-Point Run Decisive in Rout of Kentucky

Trailing 7-6 late in the first quarter, top-ranked Tennessee scored the game's next 32 points to take a 59-21 decision over Kentucky in the 1998 home finale.

Shawn Bryson scored twice on runs of one and 58 yards and added a two-point conversion on a pass from Tee Martin.

Travis Henry, Travis Stephens and Phillip Crosby scored on short runs, and Martin added others on a 33-yard run and a 55-yard TD pass to Cedrick Wilson.

Jeff Hall became the SEC's all-time leading scorer with 354 career points, totaling three field goals and six PATs on the day.

Vol defenders were led by Eric Westmoreland, who had nine stops and three tackles for loss (-9). Tad Golden, making his first career start, had eight tackles. The Vols totaled five tackles for loss and six sacks.

Game Notes:

Jeff Coleman had two lost-yardage tackles
Freshman Will Overstreet had two sacks (-13).
Tennessee has scored at least 50 points against the Wildcats in each of the past three years, 56-10 in 1996, 59-31 in 1997 and 59-21 in 1998.
Shawn Bryson's TD run was a career-long run.
Cedrick Wilson had his first 100-yard day as a Vol, eclipsing his previous high from a week ago against Arkansas.
Peerless Price became the fourth Vol to collect 2,000 receiving yards in his career. His 2,020 yards on 134 catches rank him third on UT's career receptions list and fourth on the career yardage list.
Tennessee set a single-season attendance record by drawing 641,482 fans in six games, an average of 106,914.
The Vols are 47-5 over their last 52 games.
Tennessee leads the series with Kentucky 62-23-9.
Tennessee's 1998 seniors compiled a 24-1 home record.
Rankings: (AP/ESPN): Tennessee 1/2, Kentucky NR/25

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