Tennessee Vols Football beats Georgia Tech in Double Overtime Thriller

“That was a very good college football game”, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said.

“We’re continuing to evolve”, Jones said. I thought he played tremendously.

John Kelly punctuated the second overtime with his fourth touchdown and the final two of his 128 hard-earned yards.

Kelly finished with 130 yards on 19 carries with four touchdowns. If you figure out why, please tell Johnson along with the rest of us. “He played with passion and energy and toughness and a will to win”.

When you have a stadium like Neyland Stadium it can be tough to play in another stadium, especially if you don’t have to.

Jarrett Guarantano sees action, but Dormady plays well enough that fans are confident he’s the starting quarterback.

Tennessee’s Marquez Callaway: The Warner Robins product was targeted four times and caught all four for 115 yards and two touchdowns. He completed 5-of-9 passes for 120 yards. The Volunteers secured a 42-41 win when they stopped what would have been a game-winning two-point conversion from Georgia Tech. They almost doubled an opponent from the high-falutin’ SEC in yards and did double it time of possession.

Key play: Marshall kept around right end for his fifth rushing score of the game. “The second half, once they got rolling, there wasn’t much stopping them”.

Kelly added two more TD runs in overtime. The two scored all six of Tennessee’s touchdowns. The computer is taking Tennessee to cover the spread, and the over on the point total.

Tennessee took advantage of great field position, and John Kelly powered his way into the end zone to knot the score in the second half.

In a rally that will share space in the minds of Big Orange faithful with a comeback from 18 down against rival Florida or the Hail Mary win at Georgia last season, the Vols stormed back from 14 down in the fourth quarter and then beat Georgia Tech 42-41 in double overtime for a thrilling season opening win Monday night in the Chik-Fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta.

Defensive back Rashaan Gaulden forced a fumble that Micah Abernathy recovered at the Tennessee 7-yard line with 4:50 left and the Yellow Jackets leading 28-21. His offense spent the evening manhandling the Volunteers along the way to 655 yards, including an outrageous 535 on the ground. Freshman Pressley Harvin III won the punting job, but Johnson has not announced who would handle the kicking duties: freshman Brenton King or sophomore Shawn Davis.

The Vols raced downfield and scored with 42 seconds left in the third period. The Vols had 94 yards on 28 plays and held the ball for less than nine minutes the first two quarters. You know, my big concern right now is those kids on offense that just played 96 plays, and then they have to turn around and play again on Saturday. The SEC now holds a 7-1 advantage over the ACC in those games. The Yellow Jackets began to run between the tackles to pick up consistent yardage.

Darrell Taylor nailed Marshall on the keeper, and Marshall tried to improvise with a desperation heave.

Georgia Tech defers and the Vols get the ball first.

UT’s Labor Day meeting with the Yellow Jackets will mark the 25th time that the Vols have played on a Monday.