University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
October 04, 2003 | Football
Oct. 4, 2003
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Noting Tennessee
* Tennessee falls to 4-1 (2-1 SEC) ... Auburn improves to 3-2 (2-0 SEC)
* Tennessee entered the game ranked No. 7 in AP and Coaches' Polls
* Tonight's loss ended UT's six-game SEC winning streak dating back to last season and the Vols' four-game streak over AU
* Vols host Georgia (4-1, 2-1 SEC) next Saturday at Neyland Stadium (7:45 p.m. -ESPN2)
Series Notes
* Auburn leads the all-time series 23-21-3 ... UT is 5-1-1 in last 7 games of series
* Tigers lead series 6-2-1 in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium ... AU also leads 10-4 in games played in Birmingham
* UT-AU played annually from 1956-91 in one of the SEC's most heated rivalries ... Yearly meetings ended with divisional play
* Prior to tonight, AU's last win in series came in 1988 in a 38-6 victory at Auburn
* Tonight's attendance: 86,063
Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer has a 107-26 (.805) mark in his 12th season at his alma mater
* Fulmer's .805 winning percentage ranks second nationally among active Division I-A coaches
* Fulmer has a mark of 3-1 against Auburn and is now 27-7 vs. the SEC West (70-18 overall SEC mark)
* Tennessee has a 36-12 mark under Fulmer in road games
* 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
Clausen Notebook
* Tonight's defeat is the first as a starter on the road (11-1) after winning 11 straight dating back to the 2000 campaign
* Completed 30-of-46 passes for 355 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception tonight
* His 47 attempts is a career-high (previous: 44 vs. Florida, 2002) and 30 completions equals career-best (30 vs. Florida, 2002)
* Fifth career game of throwing for more than 300 yards ... 355 is third-highest total in career (393 vs. Michigan, 2002 Citrus Bowl and 362 vs. Kentucky, 2000
* Clausen is now 28-8 (18-5 vs. SEC) as a starter at quarterback for the Vols
* Clausen's Career passing stats now read: 636-of-1013 (.627) 7,872 yards, 58 TDs, 27 INT
Receiving Notes
* Tony Brown's 78 receiving yards tonight on 5 catches is a career-best (previous: 77 vs. Wyoming, 2002)
* James Banks led the Vols with 6 catches, gaining 76 yards
* Mark Jones' 24-yard reception in the first quarter was the longest of his career (previous: 17 vs. Marshall)
* Jones' 16-yard fourth quarter touchdown reception was the first of his career ... He scored a TD last season on an 82-yard kickoff return vs. Alabama
* Chris Hannon recorded career-highs in receptions (5) and yards (95) ...Previous best was 2 catches for 26 vs. Wyoming, 2002
* Hannon scored his first career TD on a 28-yard pass from Clausen with 7:53 remaining
Colquitt Continues Punting Groove
* Dustin Colquitt averaged a 46.0 yards on 5 punts tonight
* Punts tonight: (47, 46, 56, 29, 52) ... 47-yarder pinned Tigers back to AU 15
* Did not punt in second half
* Now has 36 punts of 50 yards or more in career ... Entered today's game as the SEC's leading punter (49.2), ranking 2nd nationally
Defensive Notebook
* Jabari Greer's second quarter fumble recovery was the first of his career ... The fumble was caused by Gibril Wilson--the second of his career and first of the season ... Greer's recovery stopped an Auburn drive at the UT 19
* Gibril Wilson recorded 11 stops (8 solo, 3 assists)
Quickly...
* UT's 4 rushing yards lowest in Fulmer Era beginning in 1992 (previous: 9 vs. Florida, 1996)
* Auburn is the first UT opponent this season to score a TD on its first possession (80 yds in 10 plays)
* First time since 1997 Vols have allowed 100-yard rushers in back-to-back games (Rod Stinson, Arkansas 109, followed by Derek Homer, Kentucky 137) ... Vols won both games on the road, 30-22 at Little Rock and 59-31 at Lexington ... Carnell Williams rushed for 185 tonight, while South Carolina's Demetris Summers ran for 158 last week
* Carnell Williams' 185 rushing yards tonight is the most vs. Vols since Nebraska's Ahman Green had 206 in 1998 Orange Bowl
* Tonight's 14-7 halftime deficit was the first time the Vols have trailed at the break this season
* AU won the time of possession battle tonight--35:06 to 23:56 ... Second straight game opponent has had the ball longer than Vols
