UT at UF Halftime Notes

HALFTIME NOTES

Tennessee Tidbits

At the half, Tennessee leads Florida, 17-7.
The last time Tennessee led Florida at halftime was 9/20/03, also the date of the Vols' last win in Gainesville.
In its 119th season of football, UT's all-time record now stands at 813-368-53.
UT stands at 19-25 in 44 all-time meetings against Florida, including a 5-12 mark in games played in Gainesville, Fla.
Florida has won the last 10 meetings, its longest winning streak against UT, to push the series to 25-19 in favor of the Gators. UT last defeated UF 30-28 at home in 2004. The Vols' last win over Florida in Gainesville was a 24-10 victory in 2003.
UT has improved its streak to 263 consecutive games with a score dating back to Sept. 17, 1994. It's the fourth-longest active streak in FBS, 10th-longest in history.

Tennessee Captains

Serving as captains for Tennessee today were Joshua Dobbs, Brian Randolph and Curt Maggitt.
Tennessee won coin the toss and deferred to the second half for the third straight game.
The Vols are now 3-1 on coin tosses this season, and have kicked off in their first four games this season.

For Starters

Senior DB LaDarrell McNeil started against Florida, after missing the first two games of the season due to injury. With his start against the Gators, McNeil has now started 32 of 34 career games for the Orange and White.
Redshirt junior LaTroy Lewis picked up his third career start at defensive end and his second in a row (also, vs. Western Carolina).

Offense

Three different players completed passes to receivers for the Vols in the first half, including Joshua Dobbs, Jauan Jennings and Alvin Kamara.
The last game where UT had three different passers record completions dates back to 10/16/04 vs. Ole Miss (Erik Ainge, Brent Schaffer, Dustin Colquitt).
Freshman Jauan Jennings recorded his first TD pass as a Vol, connecting with Joshua Dobbs for a 58-yard completion. The TD also marked Dobbs' first career TD reception.
With his 58-yard TD reception in the first quarter, Dobbs became the first Tennessee QB to catch a pass since Peyton Manning did so against Arkansas (10-yard reception) on 11/15/97.
Following the handoff from Dobbs, Alvin Kamara completed a 24-yard pass to TE Ethan Wolf. in the second quarter. The pass marked the first of Kamara's career at UT and the first of the game for Wolf.
Dobbs was Tennessee's leading rusher in the first half, rushing for 107 yards on eight carries. His 100+ yard rushing game is the first by a Vol against Florida since Travis Stephens in 2001.
Jalen Hurd rushed for a one-yard touchdown in the second quarter. He now has scored at least one touchdown in his last five games and has had multiple TD games in three of his last five contests.
Dobbs completed passes to five different receivers in the first half.
Dobbs finished the first half 5-of-9 for 24 passing yards.
UT entered the game 7-2 in Joshua Dobbs' last nine starts.
Jalen Hurd entered the game with three 100-yard games. Through the first half against Florida, he has 33 yards on 13 attempts.

Defensively Speaking

Through the first half, juniors Cameron Sutton and Jalen Reeves-Maybin led the Vols' defense. Sutton recorded three solo tackles, while Reeves-Maybin was a part of five tackles including two solo tackles, one sack and one TFL.
Jalen Reeves-Maybin sacked Florida QB Will Grier for a loss of five yards in the first quarter, bringing his season total to three and career total to five.
LaDarrell McNeil intercepted a pass from UF QB Will Grier in the second quarter, marking his second interception in as many games. The interception marked his second of the year and the fifth of his career.
UT has forced at least one turnover in 19 of its last 22 games and multiple turnovers in 16 of their last 27.

Special Teams

Sophomore Aaron Medley handled kickoff duties for the Vols . He had two touchbacks in the first half and now has 11 this season and 26 for his career on kickoffs.
Junior Cameron Sutton returned three punts for 21 yards in the first half.
Entering the game, Tennessee led the SEC (3rd in NCAA) in kickoff return average with 39.9 yards per return.
Aaron Medley hit 2-of-2 PATs vs. Florida. He is now 20-of-20 this season and 62-of-63 for his career.
Redshirt sophomore punter Trevor Daniel averaged 51.8 on four first-half punt.
Daniel boomed a game-long, 56-yard punt in the second quarter, marking his 10th of 50+ yards this season.
Daniel had two punts downed inside the 20, marking 10 times this season.
Medley kicked a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter. He now is 5-of-8 this season and 25-of-34 for his career.

Upon Further Review

Tennessee challenged a nine-yard pass completion by UF's Jake McGee. The call was overturned to a seven-yard gain, where McGee stepped out of bounds on the sideline.

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HALFTIME NOTES

Tennessee Tidbits

Tennessee Captains

For Starters

Offense

Defensively Speaking

Special Teams

Upon Further Review

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