UT-UNT Halftime Notes

Nov. 14, 2015

Tennessee Tidbits

Attendance at today's game is 96,197.
Tennessee is playing host to its 92nd homecoming game and stands at 69-19-3 in those contests.
The Vols have won 28 of their last 31 homecoming games dating back to 1984.
Tennessee is 13-7 all-time vs. teams from Texas, with its previous game vs. a school from the Lone Star State coming against Houston (W, 42-7) on Sept. 26, 1998.

Today's Vol Legend of the Game is Haskel Stanback, a running back who lettered at Tennessee from 1971-73.
The Kannapolis, N.C., native finished his career with 1,730 yards rushing, including 890 yards with 13 touchdowns in his junior season.

Tennessee captains were senior Brian Randolph, senior LaDarrell McNeil, senior Johnathon Johnson and junior Joshua Dobbs.
Tennessee won the coin toss and elected to receive.

The Vols donned orange pants for the first time this season, sporting a full orange uniform for the first time since last year's Alabama game (Oct. 25, 2014).
The full orange combination was popular under Head Coach Johnny Majors in the 1980s. The Vols are 2-3 in their last five times wearing orange-on-orange:
- Sept. 25, 1999 vs. Memphis (W, 17-16)
- Dec. 1, 2007 vs. LSU in SEC Championship Game (L, 21-14)
- Oct. 3, 2009 vs. Auburn (L, 26-22)
- Oct. 19, 2013 vs. South Carolina (W, 23-21)
- Oct. 25, 2014 vs. Alabama (L, 34-20)
- Nov. 14, 2015 vs. North Texas (TBD)

Alvin Kamara put Tennessee on top early, scoring only 1:09 into the game on a 27-yard run. It was his fifth rushing TD of the season and ninth overall (including receiving and punt returns).
Kamara was Tennessee's leading rusher in the opening 30 minutes, carrying five times for 70 yards.
Jalen Hurd found the end zone from one yard out to open the second quarter for Tennessee, putting the Vols on top, 14-0, with 14:57 remaining in the first half. It marked Hurd's 10th rushing touchdown of the season and 15th of his career.
Quarterback Joshua Dobbs connected with seven different receivers in the first half, with Jauan Jennings posting the most yards (26) with one catch.

Middle linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. had five tackles in the first half to lead the Vols defense.
UT limited the Mean Green to only 101 yards of total offense in the first half, including 49 yards rushing.
North Texas converted only 2-of-7 third down tries and was 0-of-2 on fourth down.
Tennessee registered two sacks in the first half, with Chris Weatherd and Derek Barnett getting credit for those takedowns.

Aaron Medley kicked a 34-yard field goal to put UT on top, 17-0, with 2:41 remaining in the first half. He improved to 13-of-21 on field goals this season and 33-of-47 for his career.
Since missing all three field goal attempts at Alabama on Oct. 24, Medley is 4-of-4 in his last three games.
In the first half, Medley kicked 2-of-2 PATs, improving to 42-of-42 this season and 84-of-85 for his career.
Trevor Daniel added to his impressive punting record, landing two more punts inside the 10 for his 10th and 11th of the season. His total inside the 20 stands at 17.