UT vs. Chattanooga Halftime Notes

Oct. 11, 2014

UT vs. UTC Halftime Game Notes

HALFTIME NOTES

TENNESSEE TIDBITS

With a won coin toss against Chattanooga, UT snapped a streak of 11 consecutive pregame coin toss losses and 12 overall coin tosses including a lost overtime coin toss against Georgia on Oct. 5, 2013.

TENNESSEE CAPTAINS

#14 Justin Worley, #45 A.J. Johnson and #56 Curt Maggitt represented the Vols for the pregame coin toss.

VFL LEGEND OF THE GAME

VFL Mike Stratton (1959-61) was honored in a pregame ceremony before the Chattanooga-Tennessee Homecoming game as the Vols' Legend of the Game.
Stratton lettered for the Vols from 1959-61, playing left end.
The Vonore native made 11 catches for 152 yards with four touchdowns.
After being drafted in 1962 by the Buffalo Bills, Stratton went on to be named the AFL All-Star in six-consecutive seasons from 1963-68. He won AFL titles with the Bills in 1964 and 65.
Stratton played with the Bills until 1972, going on to play one season with the San Diego Chargers in 1973.

FRESH DEBUTS CONTINUE

#24 Derrell Scott made his debut for the Vols at running back in the first quarter, marking the 23rd true freshman to appear in a game for UT this year.
Tennessee has now played 23 true freshmen overall, the most for any FBS program in the nation in 2014.

OFFENSE

#81 Johnathon Johnson made his third career start, first of the 2014 season, at wide receiver against Chattanooga in place of #2 Pig Howard.
#14 Justin Worley rushed for 14 yards in the first quarter, his longest rush of the year and the longest of his career. His previous long rushing distance was 13 yards, accomplished twice in 2013 against South Alabama on Sept. 28 and South Carolina on Oct. 19.
Through the first half, Worley was 17-for-22 with 174 yards passing and two touchdowns while connecting with seven different receivers.
#18 Jason Croom caught a 30-yard pass from Worley in the first quarter, the longest reception for Croom this season. Through the first half, Croom had a career-high six catches for 76 yards. His previous highs were four catches against Georgia in 2014 and 74 yards at Kentucky in 2013.

HOW THEY SCORED

#14 Justin Worley connected with #8 Marquez North for a five-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. The catch marked North's fourth touchdown this season, as well as the fifth of his career.
Worley's touchdown pass to North also marked the 10th of the season for Worley, tying his season-high 10 touchdown passes in 2013. Last year, it took Worley eight games to reach 10 touchdown passes, while he has accomplished the milestone through six games this season.
#25 Aaron Medley made a 25-yard field goal attempt to begin the second quarter. On the year, Medley is 9-of-11 in field goal attempts and has at least one field goal made in each of his six games.
Worley rushed for eight yards to score in the second quarter. The touchdown marked Worley's second rushing TD of the season and the second of his career (also, Arkansas State in 2014).
Worley connected with #81 Johnathon Johnson for a 21-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, the first touchdown reception of Johnson's career.

SHUTTING IT DOWN

Through the first half, UT held Chattanooga to two first downs (fewest since allowing one yard to UT-Martin in 2010) and 40 total offensive yards, including 20 yards rushing and 20 yards passing. The Vols held the Mocs to 2-of-8 on third down conversions.
For the second week in a row, Tennessee has not allowed a touchdown in the first half (also against Florida on Oct. 4).

DEFENSIVELY SPEAKING

#56 Curt Maggitt recorded his sixth tackle for loss this season in the first quarter, establishing a new single-season high.
#42 Chris Weatherd also recorded his second career sack on Chattanooga's quarterback #14 Jacob Huesman in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, #9 Derek Barnett recovered a fumble by the Mocs' quarterback Huesman.
#45 A.J. Johnson forced a fumble on Mocs' quarterback Huesman in the second quarter, his second forced fumble of the season and the third of his career. Huesman recovered and was tackled by Vols' #4 LaTroy Lewis.

SPECIAL TEAMS

#23 Cameron Sutton recorded the longest punt return of his career with a 42-yard effort for the Vols in the first quarter. The return stands as the longest punt return for a Vol since Cordarrelle Patterson ran one back 81 yards for a touchdown against Vanderbilt on Nov. 17, 2012.
#22 Malik Foreman fielded his first career kick return in the second quarter, a 15-yard return.
#25 Aaron Medley was 2-of-2 on PATs against Chattanooga. On the season, Medley now has a 15-of-15 mark for PATs as a true freshman with Tennessee.
After recording no touchbacks through his first five games, Medley had five touchbacks in the first half against Chattanooga.
#43 Matt Darr punted two times in the first half for an average of 53.0 yards, including a 54-yard punt in the first quarter. Darr now has eight punts of 50-or-more yards this season, as well as six in the last three weeks. Darr has 14 punts inside the 20 yard line in 2014.

VOLS TRENDING

The Vols were trending nationally through the first half on Twitter with the topics: "Derrell Scott", "Marquez North", "Derek Barnett" and "Chris Weatherd".

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