Tennessee Beats Kentucky 34-6 with 21 Fourth-quarter Points
Kentucky's entire offense was two Adam Zouagui field goals, and it lost 34-6. Tennessee ran 36 times for 242 yards, sacked the Kentucky quarterback four times and gave the ball away zero times.
It was a tighter game than the final suggests until late. Tennessee led 7-0 after Daune Morris broke a 66-yard touchdown run with 56 seconds left in the first quarter. Zouagui kicked field goals of 43 and 25 yards, the second with nine seconds left in the half, and Tennessee's Cooper Ranvier kicked 48- and 39-yarders. So it was 13-6 entering the fourth quarter, a one-score game.
Then the fourth quarter happened. Faizon Brandon's only pass of the game was a 24-yard touchdown to Mike Matthews with 13:34 left, DeSean Bishop ran 5 yards for a touchdown at 9:45, and Bishop did the same from the 5 again with 1:06 left. That is 21 points in one quarter to Kentucky's none. Take away those three touchdowns and it is a 13-6 game that nobody could have called a rout.
The turnovers explain a lot. Kentucky threw an interception and lost two fumbles, three giveaways to Tennessee's none. The Wildcats actually threw for more (224 yards to 149) and had 361 total yards to Tennessee's 391, so the difference was not in the yardage. Both teams are 7-2 after the game. Kentucky came to Knoxville with a chance to move ahead, and left level.
For fantasy, Bishop led with 22.9 on 25 carries for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Morris had 14.5 on five carries, one of them a 66-yard touchdown, and Kentucky tight end Willie Rodriguez was the top Wildcat at 14.1.