UT-OU Halftime Notes

Sept. 12, 2015

UT-OU Halftime Notes 

Tennessee Tidbits

Vol fans set a Neyland Stadium record for the loudest game, hitting 114 decibels in the second quarter.
UT improved its streak to 262 consecutive games with a score dating back to Sept. 17, 1994. It’s the fourth-longest active streak in FBS, 10th-longest in history.
This is the first game at Neyland between ranked teams since Sept. 15, 2012, when #18 Florida beat #23 Tennessee, 37-20.
Today’s game marks Tennessee’s first non-conference game at home with two ranked teams since the 2006 opener, as #23 Tennessee beat #9 Cal, 35-18 on Sept. 2, 2006.
UT is seeking its first win over a ranked opponent since it defeated No. 11/9 South Carolina at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 19, 2013.

Serving as captains for Tennessee today were Joshua Dobbs, Brian Randolph and Curt Maggitt. Tennessee won the toss and deferred to the second half.
The Vols are now 1-1 on coin tosses this season, and have kicked off in their first two games this season.

Anthony Miller (1986-87) was today’s VFL Legend of the Game.
Miller was one of a core group of stellar wideouts that helped UT earn its #WRU moniker.
Miller amassed 765 yards and five touchdowns on 57 catches in just 17 career games for the Vols.
The five-time Pro-Bowl selection went on to enjoy a 10-year NFL career, splitting time between the Chargers, Broncos and Cowboys.

Redshirt senior defensive tackle Owen Williams got the first start of his career.

Sophomore kicker Aaron Medley connected on a 19-yard field goal with 9:51 remaining in the opening period to put UT on top, 3-0.
Junior quarterback Joshua Dobbs hit sophomore receiver Josh Malone on a nine-yard scoring strike with 1:56 to go in the first period. Medley added the PAT to boost UT’s lead to 10-0 over the Sooners.
Dobbs scored a TD of his own from four yards out with 12:14 to go before the half. Medley added the PAT to push the home team’s lead to 17-0.

Dating back to the final game of the 2013 season, Tennessee is 6-1 with Joshua Dobbs starting under center.
Tennessee was 3-of-3 in the red zone in the first half and improved to 11-of-12 this season.
Josh Malone caught a nine-yard scoring pass from Joshua Dobbs in the opening quarter, his first TD reception of the season and second of his career.
Dobbs registered his second rushing touchdown this season and 11th for his career when he scored from four yards out in the second stanza.
Sophomore running back Jalen Hurd averaged 5.1 yards per carry in the first half and finished with 66 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.

Tennessee started four of its eight first-half possessions at no worse than its own 35.
Two of UT’s drives started at its own 49, with one ending with a field goal and the other a touchdown.
Another began at the UT 45, and UT scored a TD on that drive as well.

Sophomore strong safety Todd Kelly Jr. came up with the Vol defense’s first big play of the day, an interception of a Baker Mayfield pass and a four-yard return to the UT 49 with 13:01 remaining in the first quarter. It was Kelly’s first pick of the year, the fourth of his career and UT’s first of the season.
Tennessee now has forced turnovers in 17 of its last 20 games and now has 51 takeaways under Butch Jones.
UT’s stop-troops held OU to 0-for-4 on third down conversions in the first half until the Sooners finally converted one with 11:06 left in the second quarter.
For the first half, Oklahoma finished 1-for-8 on third down conversion attempts and 0-for-1 on fourth down tries.
Tennessee didn’t allow Oklahoma on the scoreboard until 4:56 remained in the first half, as kicker Austin Seibert knocked home a 35-yard field goal.
Outside linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin led Tennessee with eight tackles in the first half.
UT defenders had three pass break-ups in the first half, including two by sophomore cornerback Emmanuel Moseley.

Aaron Medley’s 19-yard field goal put Tennessee on top, 3-0, with 9:51 to go in the first quarter.
Medley is now 2-of-4 this season and 22-of-30 for his career on field goal attempts.
Medley kicked off four times, forcing touchbacks three times. He has eight touchbacks this season and 23 for his career.
Redshirt sophomore Trevor Daniel averaged 55.0 on four punts, booming kicks of 52, 58 and 61 yards in the first half, his second, third and fourth of +50 this season.
Daniel pinned OU at its own six yard-line in the first quarter, marking his second this year inside the 10 and second inside the 20.
Medley is 2-of-2 on PATs vs. Oklahoma, boosting his totals to 10-of-10 this season and 52-of-53 for his career.

Three plays have been reviewed this season, with two benefitting the Vols and one not affecting Tennessee’s situation.
In the first quarter vs. Oklahoma, sophomore Vols tight end Ethan Wolf caught a pass and was ruled down at the OU one. The play was reviewed and confirmed by the replay official.
Also in the opening stanza, Sooner quarterback Baker Mayfield’s nine-yard completion to Durron Neal at the OU19 was reviewed. The call on the field was overturned, resulting in an incomplete pass.