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Tennessee football: 10 memorable game-winning touchdown drives in Vols history

By Caleb Calhoun

14 Nov 1998: An overall view from inside Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Volunteers defeated the Razorbacks 28-24. Mandatory Credit: Tom Hauck /Allsport
14 Nov 1998: An overall view from inside Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Volunteers defeated the Razorbacks 28-24. Mandatory Credit: Tom Hauck /Allsport /
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3. Oct. 26, 1974

Clemson Tigers at Tennessee Volunteers

Final score: Tennessee wins 29-28

Tennessee football’s 1965 drive against the UCLA Bruins was the one to usher them onto the national stage in the Doug Dickey and early Bill Battle years. But the 1974 season would be the last such season of what truly was a great 10-year run before the program fell apart.

Still, in this season, with Condredge Holloway at quarterback, the Vols managed to pull off an epic late drive to beat the Clemson Tigers. Two UT legends were the star of this game and of this drive, which is why it’s so high on the list.

Heading into the game, the program was falling apart. After a season-opening tie against the UCLA Bruins, the Vols had lost to the Auburn Tigers, LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide. So they entered this game 2-3-1. Clemson, meanwhile, was only 3-3 but had won three of its last four, so they had the momentum.

In a back and forth fourth quarter, the Vols were down late 28-21. But Holloway took over the final drive and led his team all the way down the field, scoring a late touchdown with just a few seconds left.

What puts this drive so high, though, is the historical play that came after that. UT went for the win on a two-point conversion, and Holloway was set to run the option. However, Clemson sniffed it out, so Holloway rolled back the other way, desperate to make something happen.

Backed up toward the 20-yard line, threw the ball across his body to the end zone, and Larry Seivers made the catch. It was a historic play in Vol lore and captured this win. The drive plus the conversion are why this game is so high. The Vols would not lose again the rest of the year to finish 7-3-2.

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