University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes - Tennessee vs. Rutgers
September 28, 2002 | Football
Sept. 28, 2002
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Non-Conference Success Continues; Vols Win 27th Consecutive Non-SEC Home Game
* The Vols have won their last 27 non-conference home games dating back to a 1990 loss to No. 1 Notre Dame (34-29)
* Tennessee has won its last 18 regular-season non-conference games dating back to a 1996 loss at Memphis (21-17)
Tennessee leads the all-time series 2-1 against Rutgers
* UT is 2-1 vs. Rutgers at Neyland Stadium
* The previous two meetings at Knoxville saw Rutgers win 13-7 in 1979 and UT win a 40-0 decision in 1985
* The Vols defeated Rutgers 7-0 at Giants Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) in 1983
* UT has an all-time mark of 22-7 against schools that currently comprised the Big East Conference ... RU is now 4-11-2 vs. the SEC
* Vols have won their last 7 games against Big East Conference opponents, including a 33-9 win over Syracuse last season
* Rutgers' FS Shawn Seabrooks played on the Vols' 1998 National Championship team as a freshman before transferring to Rutgers
* Today's game is the first of two against Big East opponents for the Vols this season ... UT hosts Miami Nov. 9
* Vols entered today's game ranked No. 11 in the AP and Coaches polls
Tale of Two Halves
* Vols scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to win 35-14 ... UT trailed 14-7 at halftime
* UT outgained Rutgers 315-51 total offense in the second half
Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer has a 98-21 (.824) mark in his 11th season at his alma mater
* Vols are 56-6 at Neyland Stadium under Fulmer, including a 30-3 mark since 1997
* UT is 35-6 in non-conference games under Fulmer
* Fulmer is the only active coach in Division 1-A to rank in the NCAA's all-time top 15 in winning percentage (11th)
* Fulmer has led Tennessee to more 11-win (3) and 10-win seasons (6) than any other coach in UT history
* Led UT to nation's best record (45-5) from 1995-98, including a 13-0 mark in 1998 and the National Championship
QB Casey Clausen completed 15-of-28 for 284 yards with 3 touchdown and 0 interceptions
* Clausen is now 20-4 as a starter at quarterback for the Vols
* Clausen's 58, 52 and 48-yard passes to Kelley Washington are the Vols' longest plays of the season
* Has a 15-3 mark as the Vols' QB when throwing for at least 200 yards
* Threw for 258 of his total 284 passing yards in the second half, completing 13-of-23
* Career passing stats now read: 439-of-682 (.643) 5512 yards, 43 TDs, 17 INT
WR Kelley Washington leads Vols in receiving with 7 catches for 197 yards 1 touchdown
* Washington's 197 yards is the second-most of his career ... He set UT's single-game record with 256 last season vs. LSU
* Washington's 58, 52 and 48-yard receptions are the Vols' longest plays of the season ... The 58-yarder went for a TD
* Fifth career game of going over the 100-yard mark for receiving, including a 102-yard effort last week vs. Florida
* Washington's 52 and 48-yard receptions in the third quarter set up UT touchdowns, putting the Vols up 21-14
* Missed first two games this season with knee injury
Whiteside's Interception Sets Up Vols' First Score
* Keyon Whiteside intercepted his second pass of the season and returned it 26 yards to the Rutgers 10 to set up the Vols' first TD ... The pick was Whiteside's second of the season and second of his career ...He picked one off against Wyoming in the season opener
* Whiteside had another interception, which he returned for a TD, erased by penalty in the third quarter (roughing the passer)
First Starts
* RB Jabari Davis and DE Mondre Dickerson made the first starts of their UT careers tonight ... OG Sean Young made his first start of the season and third overall of his career against the Scarlet Knights ... Young started two games last season
Quickly...
* Nathan Jones' 100-yard kickoff return to open the game was the first kick returned for a TD vs. UT since Memphis' Kevin Cobb scored on a 95-yard return in 1996 ... Jones' TD was the first score against the Vols this season in the first quarter
* The Vols have now scored in 100 consecutive games and have not been shutout since 1994 (31-0 loss to Florida)
* Dustin Colquitt's 58-yard punt in the second quarter was the longest of his career ... His previous best was a 56-yarder last week against Florida when he averaged 46.5 on four kicks ... Colquitt averaged 43.0 tonight on 4 punts
* Troy Fleming's 18 and 16-yard runs tonight were the longest of his career ... The 16-yarder was a scoring run
