The touch of 25 yards of Deean Bishop during the first prolonged game, followed by a defensive stand, gave Tennessee n ° 15 its first victory of the Southeast Conference, 41-34, on Mississippi State on Saturday in Starkville, Miss.
The volunteers (4-1, 1-1 in sec) arrested the Bulldogs (4-1, 0-1) on four games of the 5 yards line to preserve the return victory.
Joey Aguilar was 24 out of 40 for 335 yards with a passing and precipitated TD and two interceptions. Mike Matthews (six catches for 118 yards) and Chris Brazzell II (six for 105, TD) spent 100 reception yards.
Colton Hood counted his second defensive score on an interception, and Joshua Josephs retreated an escape for one for Tennessee.
Blake Shapon from the state of Mississippi was 18 out of 29 for 180 yards, TD and interception. Fluff Bothwell ran 134 yards in 23 races with two scores, and Davon Booth rushed to one.
The Bulldogs marked the first turnover of the game when a stifled release boot was recovered by Xavier Gayten. Bothwell scored on a 5 yards race for an advance of 7-0 a little more than three minutes after the match.
Max Gilbert’s goal at 38 yards put Tennessee on the board, but visitors took their first lead when Hood intercepted Shamen and brought him 23 yards to do it 10-7.
In the second quarter, Booth rebounded on the right side for a score of 5 yards, handing over the Bulldogs 14-10. Kyle Ferrie pushed it to 17-10 with a basket of 51 yards with 8:41 to do in half.
Aguilar equaled it on a pass of 15 yards and wide open in Brazzell – his seventh Touché – a little more than a minute later.
After missing at the end of half-time, Gilbert connected 27 yards on the first possession of the second half, but Ferrie pulled a wide of 42 yards with six minutes to play in the third quarter for his first miss this season.
Jahron Manning’s first interception led to the second Bothwell score and a 24-20 lead with 3:48 to do in the third.
After a false kick of successful clearance, Shapmen was limoged hard by West shoot, and Josephs caught the escape and run 41 yards. Ferrie equaled 27 to 38 yards on the possession that followed.
Shapmen’s pass to Seydou Traore and the Aguilar scramble represented the four-quarter scores for the same 34-All and forces overtime.
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