No. 6 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia: How to watch, stream and listen
Game day is finally here. Nico Iamaleava has been cleared. So has Dont’e Thornton. Both players are off the injury report and available for No. 6 Tennessee in tonight’s game at No. 11 Georgia. The game is a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff on ABC at Sanford Stadium in Athens.
Tennessee (8-1, 5-1 SEC) is coming off a 33-14 win over Mississippi State and has won four straight home games since the 19-14 loss at Arkansas on October 5. Georgia (7-2, 5-2) lost 28-10 at Ole Miss last week and is back at home for the first time in three weeks.
The Vols are 9.5-point underdogs, according to The Action Network, with the total set at 53.5.
No. 6 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ABC (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Reporters: Holly Rowe, Laura Rutledge)
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville (Bob Kesling, Pat Ryan, Brent Hubbs, JaysonSwain). The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
Sirius XM: Ch. 82 | App: Ch. 82
Nico Iamaleava, Dont’e Thornton cleared to play
Both Nico Iamaleava and wide receiver Dont’e Thornton were removed from Tennessee Football’s injury report Friday night and are cleared to play at Georgia. Volquest’s Brent Hubbs reported Friday night that Iamaleava had cleared concussion protocol.
Iamaleava and Thornton had both been listed as questionable on the injury report on Wednesday and Thursday, before being removed on Friday. Both left the 33-14 win over Mississippi State Saturday night at Neyland Stadium with upper-body injuries.
Thornton is Tennessee’s leading receiver with 505 yards and four touchdowns on 20 catches, including a 73-yard touchdown against Mississippi State last week.
Iamaleava has thrown for 660 yards and five touchdowns with just one interception over his last three games. He completed 8 of 13 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns before being ruled out at halftime against Mississippi State.
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The Series: Tennessee-Georgia
Georgia leads the all-time series against Tennessee 28-23-2. The Bulldogs have won seven straight in the series and 12 of the last 14, dating back to 2010.
Tennessee won back-to-back games against Georgia in 2015 and 2016, winning 38-31 in Knoxville and 34-31 in Athens.
The Vols trailed 24-3 midway through the second quarter at Neyland Stadium in 2015, before rallying to outscore the Bulldogs 35-7 from there. The 2016 game at Sanford Stadium ended with the 43-yard Hail Mary from Joshua Dobbs to Jauan Jennings, only moments after Georgia had gone ahead on a 47-yard touchdown with 10 seconds left.
Tennessee won nine straight in the series between 1989 and 1999, then Georgia answered with four straight from 2000 to 2003 and five of six through 2005.
The two teams first met in 1989, with Tennessee winning 5-0 in Knoxville. Georgia won 5-0 in Knoxville in the next meeting, in 1903.
