Kickoff time, TV info announced for No. 5 Tennessee's game at Vanderbilt
No. 5 Tennessee’s regular-season finale at Vanderbilt on November 26 will be a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville. The game will be televised by SEC Network.
The Vols (9-1, 5-1 SEC) beat Missouri emphatically, 66-24, Saturday on Senior Day at Neyland Stadium. Vanderbilt (4-6, 1-5) snapped a five-game losing skid with a 24-21 win over No. 24 Kentucky in Lexington.
Tennessee plays at South Carolina Saturday night, a 7 Eastern Time kickoff on ESPN, while Vanderbilt hosts Florida in a Noon ET kickoff on SEC Network.
Hendon Hooker threw for 355 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 50 yards and another touchdown on the ground in his Neyland Stadium finale against Mizzou. The Vols, on their way to a program-record 724 yards of total offense, ran 37 times for 264 yards and five touchdowns as a team while passing for 460 yards and four more scores.
Vols-Vandy: A closer look at the ‘Dores
Vanderbilt snapped its 26-game SEC losing streak on Saturday with a 24-21 win at No. 24 Kentucky. The Commodores had lost five straight entering the game, after starting the season with three wins over their first four games, beating Hawaii, Elon and Northern Illinois.
Quarterback Mike Wright completed 12 of 23 passes for 184 yards, a touchdown and an interception on Saturday at Kentucky.
Ray Davis carried 26 times for 131 yards and a touchdown and Wright ran 11 times for 128 yards and another score, as Vandy went for 269 yards on 44 rush attempts as a team.
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Will Sheppard caught five passes for 88 yards and a touchdown and Quincy Skinner Jr. had three catches for 55 yards.
Tennessee-Vanderbilt: The Series
Tennessee holds a 78-33-5 lead in the all-time series with Vanderbilt, dating back to the first meeting of the two programs on October 21, 1892. Of Vandy’s 33 wins against the Vols, 18 came 1892 and 1926.
There were two ties and only two Tennessee wins over the first 23 games, before the Vols hired General Robert Neyland as head coach, with the emphasis on evening the rivalry with Vanderbilt. Since 1927, Tennessee is 76-15-2 against Vanderbilt.The Vols lost five of seven to Vanderbilt between 2012 and 2018, when Derek Dooley (2012), Butch Jones (2013-2017) and Jeremy Pruitt (2018-2020) were running the program.
Tennessee has won its last three games against Vanderbilt. The Vols won 22 in a row between 1982 and 2004, before Vandy’s 28-24 win at Neyland Stadium in 2005. Tennessee responded six straight wins, before the ‘Dores won 41-18 in Nashville in 2012, leading to the firing of Dooley the following day.
