Tennessee at Missouri Postgame Notes

TENNESSEE FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES: Tennessee 24, Missouri 20
Nov. 23 | Game 11 | Columbia, Mo. (Memorial Stadium) | Attendance: 49,348

Tennessee Tidbits

Attendance at Memorial Stadium was announced at 49,348.
UT is now 844-395-53. The Vols rank 10th all-time in wins among NCAA Division I programs.
With the victory, the Vols are bowl eligible for the first time since the 2016 season. Tennessee will play in its 53rd bowl game all-time, which ranks sixth among all college football programs. The Vols hold a 28-24 record in bowl games all-time.
Saturday's matchup was the eighth meeting between UT and Missouri. With the win, the Vols moved to 3-5-0 all-time against the Tigers.

Vols Captains/Coin Toss

Tennessee's team captains for Saturday's game against Missouri were Nigel Warrior, Daniel Bituli, Jauan Jennings and Marquez Callaway. Missouri won the toss and deferred to the second half.

Uniform Tracker

Along with their road jerseys, UT wore orange pants for the third time this season. The Vols have won each game this season in which they have worn orange pants.

Jennings Record Tracker

Redshirt senior wide receiver Jauan Jennings recorded his sixth career 100-yard game and fourth this season, tallying five receptions for 115 yards and a touchdown. He increased his career statistics to 142 receptions for 2,070 yards and 18 touchdowns, moving into the top six in Tennessee history in all three of those categories.
Jennings tied his season-long with a 51-yard reception in the first quarter and also had a 16-yard touchdown catch-and-run with 1:32 left in the first half.
On the season, Jennings has 54 receptions for 874 receiving yards and eight touchdown catches.

Tennessee career receptions
4. Peerless Price, 147 (1995-98)
t5. Gerald Jones, 142 (2007-10)
t5. Jauan Jennings, 142 (2015-pres.)

Tennessee career receiving yards
5. Cedrick Wilson, 2,137 (1997-2000)
6. Jauan Jennings, 2,070 (2015-pres.)
7. Tim McGee, 2,042 (1983-85)

Tennessee career touchdown receptions
4. Peerless Price, 19 (1995-98)
t5. Jauan Jennings, 18 (2015-pres.)
t5. Justin Hunter, 18 (2010-12)
t5. Denarius Moore, 18 (2007-10)
t5. Cory Fleming, 19 (1990-93)

For the First Time

For the first time in Tennessee football history, three different receivers had 100-yard games. Jauan Jennings (115), Marquez Callaway (110), and Josh Palmer (124) combined for 349 yards through the air.
Jennings and Callaway recorded their fourth 100-yard receiving games this season, leaving them in a tie for seventh in school history in 100-yard games in a season. Jennings also moved into a tie for eighth in career 100-yard games, with six career 100+ yard performances.

Crouch Scores First-Career Touchdown

True freshman Quavaris Crouch scored his first career touchdown at the 12:49 mark in the second quarter on third down from the 1-yard line. Crouch mainly plays outside linebacker, but the 6-1, 246-pounder is the Vols' short-yardage running back. He has five carries for nine yards this season, and has yet to have a negative rush.
Crouch's 1-yard TD plunge was the first rushing touchdown by a Vol defender since A.J. Johnson had six rushing scores in 2012.

JG's Night

Redshirt junior Jarrett Guarantano's 415 passing yards are the most by a Tennessee quarterback since Tyler Bray threw for 404 yards against Missouri on Nov. 10, 2012. Guarantano's performance is the fourth-most passing yards by a Vol in a single game in program history. His 415 yards through the air came against the sixth-best passing defense in the nation.
Guarantano became the third UT quarterback to throw for more than 400 yards in a single game, joining Tyler Bray and Peyton Manning.
Guarantano now has 4,721 career passing yards, surpassing Tee Martin for eighth-place in program history.

Offensive notes

Junior wide receiver Josh Palmer recorded a career-high in receiving yards with 115. He also matched his career-high in receptions with five.
Senior wide receiver Marquez Callaway finished with six receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown and moved into 18th in school history in receiving yards (1,608). Callaway passing Alvin Harper (1,547) and also moved into a tie for 13th in career touchdown receptions with 13, tying Carl Pickens and Donte Stallworth.

Defensive Highlights

Tennessee's defense held Missouri to 280 yards of total offense, limiting them to 99 yards on the ground and forcing four three-and-outs.
Senior linebacker Daniel Bituli led the Vols in tackles on Saturday. He collected 12 tackles and a crucial sack early in the fourth quarter.
Senior safety Nigel Warrior filled the stat sheet with six total tackles, one tackle for loss, and two pass breakups.
Freshman linebacker Henry To'o To'o tallied five total tackles, half a sack and one and a half tackles for loss.

University of Tennessee Athletics

Players Mentioned

Daniel Bituli

Marquez Callaway

Quavaris Crouch

Jarrett Guarantano

Jauan Jennings

Josh Palmer

Henry To'o To'o

Nigel Warrior

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