Also, a crowd of 120,000 to 123,000 fans is believed to have attended Notre Dame’s 1927 victory over Southern California at Chicago’s Soldier Field, though the paid attendance for that game was only 99,573. Here’s a podcast to go over some of what happened at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Thirteen seconds later John Kelly’s 4-yard touchdown following a Virginia Tech fumble extended the margin to 45-17.
Tennessee football kicked off OH game week with Monday’s media availability.
By all accounts, Tennessee’s football team took the checkered flag against Virginia Tech in the Battle of Bristol. Kenny Hill and Derrick Green took turns dicing the Hogs through the ground and air, with Hill finishing off the 8-play, 50-yard drive with a 5-yard scoring dash. He only passed for 91 yards, but he ran 14 times for 106 yards and two touchdowns. It was 14-0 Hokies after the opening frame.
Game Preview: All eyes are on Bristol as the speedway plays host to the Virginia Tech and Tennessee college football game. Previously, the largest college football game to date was 2013’s MI vs. Notre Dame matchup, which hosted 115,109 fans.
“The game started very, very fast and I didn’t like the way we started”, he said.
I know now that even when we are fierce competitors, we find time to help our brothers and sisters in times of desperate need, without reservation, without regard to which team we root for, just true human compassion for one another.
The Vols scored on all four of their offensive possessions in the second quarter.
Tennessee’s outstanding offense struggled against Appalachian State last Thursday in the team’s season-opener, scoring just 20 points against the Mountaineers. Two plays later, it was Josh Malone who outworked the Hokies’ secondary on another jump ball from Dobbs for a 38-yard touchdown.
“Here we go again”, Cheek said. And in the first quarter, Tennessee having stage fright was the best of all possible options in your head. “The field is the same size and you have to try as much as you can to block that out”, said Rogers, who scored Virginia Tech’s first touchdown.
But the first fumble would be the look of this to come. Meanwhile, Micah Abernathy broke the UT single-game record for fumbles recovered after scooping up three turnovers. Last night Tennessee’s average starting field position was their own 43 yard line thanks to Virginia Tech miscues giving the Vols the ball at the VT five, 23, 29, 43, and four yard line throughout the night. But those three wins came after the Vols had already lost three, five, and three games. “We’ve got to do a better job of emphasizing ball security, to say the least”. But as Dobbs reminded, “We’re right where we want to be”. Travon McMillian rushed 14 times for 127 yards and his 69-yard sprint around left end upped the Tech lead to 14-0.
Virginia Tech controlled the first quarter before Tennessee woke up and rolled off 31 straight points.
“It definitely lived up to the hype – 156,000 is absolutely insane”, Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs said after accounting for five touchdowns.
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Virginia Tech picks up two quick first down and burns a timeout.
