Dobbs has huge home finale as Vols beat Missouri 63-37

However, the Tigers failed to hang on to the ball. The Vols have rushed for a touchdown in 26 consecutive games, extending a record set last week. The Tigers rushed for 420 yards, the third time in four SEC games that the Vols have allowed 400 or more rushing yards.

“Nothing’s going to happen unless we beat Missouri, so that’s our primary focus”, Tennessee defensive end Corey Vereen said. “I don’t know if there as ever been a season like this in football”.

Defense? No takeaways, no tackling.

“You didn’t hear us talking about it”, Jones said. “As an offensive unit our job is responsibility is to be plus-one” on the scoreboard.

Crockett also set single-season freshman rushing records with 1,062 yards and 10 touchdowns, breaking Smith’s old marks of 1,029 yards and seven scores.

Quarterback Joshua Dobbs had a final home game to remember with three touchdowns passes and two rushing scores – including a career-long 70-yarder – as Tennessee won a 63-57 shootout with Missouri on Saturday. That 376-yard output was Tennessee’s highest single-game rushing total since a 399-yard performance against Bowling Green in its 2015 season opener.

“The only thing that mattered was being 1-0 this week and controlling what we can control, and that’s winning the football game”, coach Butch Jones said of the Florida result.

“I’m glad he’s on our team”, Barnett said. I wish I could have found a way to win the game for them.

Odom might have trouble convincing anyone of that after his team’s latest defensive collapse. It marked the most points the Vols had scored in a quarter this season and the first time the Vols had passed the 60-point marker in a game since a 63-7 win over Western Kentucky in 2009.

The Vols ground attack was led once again by Dobbs as he totaled 190 yards on the ground and two rushing touchdowns. There’s too much at stake.

The Tigers were down one heading into halftime.

He’ll have plenty of problem areas to address.

“Our O-line played their (butt) off tonight and executed really well”, sophomore quarterback Drew Lock said.

“They defended it well”, Lock said. “We actually ran the play twice before that and it worked out just fine, but they came out and adjusted to it and played it differently”.

Tennessee forced four turnovers and did not commit any themselves.

Those seniors still hope to reach that goal as they prepare for their final college home game Saturday against Missouri (3-7, 1-5 SEC). “That’s hard to say out loud, but that’s the truth”. Missouri had two running backs exceed 100 yards, the ninth and 10th time an opposing player has surpassed the century mark – which is another school record. The Vols’ one-point lead grew to eight.

Mizzou gained 743 yards (!) on the afternoon in a loss, which is as unsavory as it sounds.

The Vols’ scoring began with a Dobbs 49-yard touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings that would give Tennessee a 7-6 lead.

“We didn’t handle it”, Jones said.

Kentucky’s bowl quest appeared doubtful after starting 0-2 and seemed in jeopardy just a few weeks ago before the Wildcats rallied past Mississippi State 40-38 with a last-second field goal.

The Tigers’ kicking game has struggled so much that they made a decision to go for it rather than attempting a field goal while facing fourth-and-12 from the Tennessee 20 early in the second quarter.

Missouri missed an extra-point attempt for the fifth time this season at the end of the Tigers’ first series.