Tennessee back on track after beating Virginia Tech

Sep 18, 2016, 01:26
Tennessee back on track after beating Virginia Tech

10 fumbles in the first two games of the season is ... not good.

Virginia Tech picks up two quick first down and burns a timeout.

The game had fizzled out after an exciting start - the early promise of an upset in front of a record-setting crowd of 156,990 gathered to see a famous racetrack play host to the "Battle at Bristol" giving way to a blowout. Virginia Tech drove straight down the field on its first possession, only to miss a field goal.

The transformation to make Bristol Speedway into a college football venue wasn't an easy one - there were just 19 days to make everything complete.

Michigan Stadium holds the record for largest attendance at an NCAA football game, with 115,109 watching the Wolverines play Notre Dame in 2013.

When doing the research on Western Kentucky quarterback Mike White for the Star Watch item on this page, we came across an interesting name - Tyler Ferguson.

The Vols, however, got more - 24 points - from their quarter.

Their third was a two-play drive that ended with Travon McMillian's 69-yard touchdown sprint for a 14-0 lead. "We understand that", Dobbs said.

Justin Fuente got his first taste of the bright lights in college football after his remarkable turnaround at Memphis. We knew that we were going to have to score more than 14 points if we wanted to win this ballgame. "But I want them to enjoy it and then we'll go back tomorrow". Teammate Micah Abernathy set a school record by recovering three fumbles.

Tech's five lost fumbles were its most since at least 1986.

"We woke up a little bit and played Tennessee-style football tonight", Tennessee coach Butch Jones said. Lorenzo Harrison scored on a 40-yard run for the Terrapins' fourth touchdown of the first half.

Although the Hokies had some highlights, with McMillian's 127 rushing yards chief among them, they were more than offset by the lowlights.

Virginia Tech came in holding opponents to 31% on third down conversions. "We've got some work to do".

Nov 29, 2014; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Josh Dobbs (11) during the second half against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Stadium.

Virginia Tech had some better numbers on the stat sheet.

Perhaps sophomore wide receiver Jauan Jennings earned himself more red-zone targets after going up and making a tough touchdown catch over Virginia Tech cornerback Greg Stroman on a 50-50 ball after the turnover. "I put this all on me".

Dobbs 27-yard TD run. The Hokies actually out-gained the Vols 400 to 330, but the turnovers proved costly.

This marked the first football game to take place at the Bristol Motor Speedway since the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles played a 1961 exhibition game here that drew 10,000 fans to a facility that seated 20,000 at the time. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. Tennessee will host OH next Saturday beginning at noon. The challenge is to beat Boston College in next week's ACC opener and East Carolina the following Saturday to be 3-1 entering a bye week.

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