Tennessee Holds Off Arkansas 24-17
Tennessee threw two interceptions, lost a fumble, and still won. The Volunteers beat Arkansas 24-17 and moved to 5-1 because DeSean Bishop took the ball 19 times for 138 yards and the winning touchdown with 1:57 left.
The first half was a standoff with one dent in it. Nobody scored in the first quarter, George MacIntyre hit Trent Thomas from 5 yards out in the second, and Tennessee led 7-0 at the break. Arkansas answered in the third with a 9-yard run from Braylen Russell and a 4-yard KJ Jackson pass to Jaden Platt, and the Razorbacks were up 14-7. Cooper Ranvier's 49-yard field goal made it 14-10 going into the fourth.
That is where Tennessee finished it. Dasaahn Brame, a tight end, scored on a 1-yard run to put the Vols back in front at 17-14. Arkansas tied it at 17-17 on a 55-yard Max Gilbert field goal with 7:20 to play, and then Bishop ran 8 yards for the go-ahead score. Tennessee had trailed by as many as 7 and never trailed again.
The yardage was lopsided in Tennessee's favor, 427 to 288, and the Vols ran for 180 yards on 32 carries. The giveaways were lopsided the other way: three for Tennessee (two MacIntyre interceptions and his lost fumble) against one for Arkansas, a Jackson fumble. Jackson was 15 of 27 for 155 yards and a touchdown, and the Razorbacks fall to 2-4.
Fantasy owners got Bishop's usual, plus two surprise names behind him in Brame and MacIntyre.