East Tennessee State at Tennessee
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| East Tennessee State | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |
| Tennessee | 24 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 72 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 13:08 | Tennessee touchdown. Chris Brazzell II 21 Yd pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 9:28 | Tennessee field goal. Max Gilbert 29 Yd Field Goal |
| 7:07 | Tennessee touchdown. Star Thomas 2 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 0:46 | Tennessee touchdown. Peyton Lewis 1 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:41 | Tennessee touchdown. Star Thomas 2 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 8:03 | Tennessee field goal. M. Gilbert 37 yd FG GOOD,East Tennessee State penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (M. Jenkins) |
| 8:03 | Tennessee field goal. Max Gilbert 37 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:08 | Tennessee touchdown. Mike Matthews 53 Yd pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 1:55 | East Tennessee State touchdown. Taharin Sudderth 5 Yd pass from Cade McNamara (Ewan Johnson Kick) |
| 0:22 | Tennessee touchdown. Star Thomas 7 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:52 | East Tennessee State field goal. Ewan Johnson 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 8:50 | Tennessee touchdown. J. Merklinger pass to C. Brazzell II for 33 yds for a TD |
| 8:45 | Tennessee touchdown. Chris Brazzell II 1 Yd pass from Jake Merklinger (Josh Turbyville Kick) |
| 2:45 | Tennessee touchdown. Jack Van Dorselaer 7 Yd pass from Jake Merklinger (Josh Turbyville Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 10:43 | Tennessee field goal. Max Gilbert 53 Yd Field Goal |
| 8:46 | East Tennessee State touchdown. Jason Albritton 20 Yd Run (Ewan Johnson Kick) |
| 3:55 | Tennessee touchdown. Daune Morris 10 Yd Run (Josh Turbyville Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Total first downs | 10 | 41 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Third downs attempted | 15 | 14 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 10 |
| Third down percentage | 13 % | 71 % |
| Fourth down | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Total yards | 216 | 717 |
| Total rushing yards | 49 | 259 |
| Total passing yards | 167 | 458 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 24:58 | 35:02 |
| Rushing | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Total rushing plays | 28 | 48 |
| Total rushing yards | 49 | 259 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 5 |
| Passing | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.4 | 8.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Penalties committed | 8 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 48 | 45 |
| Turnovers | East Tennessee State | Tennessee |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jason Albritton | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Khalil Eichelberger | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jacolby Criswell | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| D'Marius Rucker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cade McNamara | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jackson Byrd | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Devontae Houston | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Star Thomas | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| DeSean Bishop | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 50 | ||||
| Daune Morris | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Justin Baker | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Peyton Lewis | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Mason Phillips | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Jake Merklinger | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cade McNamara | 18 | 11 | 61 % | 85 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jacolby Criswell | 12 | 7 | 58 % | 76 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackson Byrd | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Joey Aguilar | 31 | 23 | 74 % | 288 | 9.3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jake Merklinger | 14 | 9 | 64 % | 118 | 8.4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George MacIntyre | 7 | 6 | 86 % | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Cole Keller | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ephraim Floyd | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Karim Page | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Charlie Browder | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Jason Albritton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jeremiah Harrison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Taharin Sudderth | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| D'Marius Rucker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Devontae Houston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Khalil Eichelberger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Chris Brazzell II | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 2 | 32 | ||||
| Mike Matthews | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 1 | 53 | ||||
| Braylon Staley | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Miles Kitselman | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Radarious Jackson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Joakim Dodson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Tommy Winton III | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Travis Smith Jr. | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Dasaahn Brame | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Peyton Lewis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jack Van Dorselaer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Trey Weary | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ethan Davis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Devontae Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Barrett | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Dre Delinois | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teddy Wilson | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Barrett | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Qua Birdsong | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Bowdry | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Wells | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jivon Oggs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Davis Jr. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jason Duclona | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendall Williams | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Anderson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kensly Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trevor Moffitt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ki'Shawn Harvey | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tywan Royal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jenkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brenden LeBlanc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Francis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaven Call | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Hunter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mason Ball | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ Gilmore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jai Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brock Winstead | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nate Brackett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Alston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rashad Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeremiah Curry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dailen Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Moin Gammage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Potts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Arion Carter | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryson Eason | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen McMurray | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyre West | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Beasley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boo Carter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nathan Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sidney Walton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles House III | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeremiah Telander | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Ross | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jaedon Harmon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ty Redmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mariyon Dye | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dominic Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Spillman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Edrees Farooq | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Josephs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Herring | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carson Gentle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Goree Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jadon Perlotte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tre Poteat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Bethea II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Bolton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herb Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Colton Hood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Charlie Browder | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Peyton Lewis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Boo Carter | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| Daune Morris | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ewan Johnson | 1/1 | 41 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Max Gilbert | 3/3 | 53 | 6/6 | 15 | |||||
| Josh Turbyville | 0/0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| East Tennessee State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Nate Brackett | 10 | 461 | 46.1 | 1 | |||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jackson Ross | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Friday, October 3, 2025 4:46 AM.