The Tennessee Vols football team took a 24-14 lead over Kentucky into halftime at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night with three TD’s by Joshua Dobbs.
Joshua Dobbs had two touchdown runs and one huge 75-yard touchdown pass to Josh Malone as the Tennessee Volunteers took a 24-14 lead into halftime over the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington Saturday night.
The pass to Malone gave the Vols a 17-14 lead over the Wildcats over halfway through the second quarter, and a big run by Alvin Kamara to the Kentucky one-yard line on the next drive set up another touchdown run by Dobbs.
Dobbs’s three touchdowns made up for when he spotted the Wildcats their first touchdown on a fumble return he had deep in Kentucky territory, which gave them a 7-0 lead at the time. Still, Dobbs went 13 of 22 for 185 yards and no interceptions and had six carries for 43 yards in the half.
The Vols held Kentucky to two total yards in the first quarter, and their only first down was off of a penalty. Meanwhile, they drove into Kentucky territory every time they had the ball in the first half.
Tennessee stopped Kentucky for a three and out on their first drive and immediately drove into the Wildcats territory before the Dobbs fumble.
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The Vols got back into Kentucky territory again but could not capitalize and had to punt. Then, after they got back inside Kentucky territory the third time, Dobbs reeled off a 28-yard run, shedding numerous tackles in the process, to tie the game at 7.
The next drive, Aaron Medley nailed a 44-yard field goal to give Tennessee a 10-7 lead.
Kentucky got their first first down on their first offensive drive in the second quarter and drove all the way down the field on that drive to take a 14-10 lead with a fourth down touchdown run from Patrick Towles.
Dobbs responded the first play of the very next drive with the 75-yard touchdown pass.
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In addition to Dobbs, Kamara starred with two carries for 68 yards, Jalen Hurd had 33 hard-earned yards on 12 carries with teams selling out to stop him, and Malone had four catches for 103 yards to go with the touchdown.
Derek Barnett and Corey Vereen were the stars of the defense, with Barnett racking up his third sack in as many games and Towles being pressured the entire half.