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Tennessee Football Smokey Points: Top 5 Vols Performers in the Music City Bowl

By Caleb Calhoun

Dec 30, 2016; Nashville , TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Josh Malone (3) catches a pass against the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the first half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Nashville , TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Josh Malone (3) catches a pass against the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the first half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 30, 2016; Nashville , TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) passes the ball during the first half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Nashville , TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) passes the ball during the first half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /

It was sad to know that the Music City Bowl would be Joshua Dobbs final game with Tennessee football. Even sadder, educated fans in Knoxville know that he never won at the level he wanted to win at in Knoxville, and this year, it was not his fault.

Dobbs’s teammates let him down against the Texas A&M Aggies and Vanderbilt Commodores, and Mike DeBord let him down against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Still, with one final game, he was not going to quit on the program just because it let him down a few times. Dobbs played with the emotion, passion, and energy that Vols fans have always loved seeing from him.

And he delivered one final vintage Dobbs performance.

The senior quarterback finished the game 23-of-38 for 291 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions passing the ball, and he added 118 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries.

So he finished his final game in orange with 409 total yards and four total touchdowns. And he had no turnovers either.

Dobbs finishes his career with three bowl victories as well, something that no Vols quarterback has done since Peyton Manning.

He also is credited with restoring the Vols back to relevance.

So he delivered a great encore in the Music City Bowl, and Tennessee football fans should remember him for it forever.

The MVP of the game, Dobbs clearly belongs at the top of this list for his final performance.

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