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Tennessee football: Five takeaways from 34-13 loss to Aggies

By Caleb Calhoun

Tennessee quarterback Harrison Bailey (15) throws a pass during a game between Tennessee and Texas A&M in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020.
Tennessee quarterback Harrison Bailey (15) throws a pass during a game between Tennessee and Texas A&M in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. /
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Tennessee running back Ty Chandler (8) is defended by Texas A&M defenisve lineman DeMarvin Leal (8) during a game between Tennessee and Texas A&M in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020.
Tennessee running back Ty Chandler (8) is defended by Texas A&M defenisve lineman DeMarvin Leal (8) during a game between Tennessee and Texas A&M in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. /

3. No running game was established.

This was a bit predictable given the fact that Tennessee football didn’t have Eric Gray. However, Ty Chandler has been a solid playmaker for the Vols for years, and he only had seven carries. To be fair, he had 10 touches overall and 59 yards from scrimmage, but he led the team in carries, and Jim Chaney only called 10 running plays.

When you add in sacks and improvisational plays by the quarterback, the Vols only had 17 carries for 24 yards. To be fair, this builds a bit off of the issues we brought up with both quarterbacks, as that resulted in many obvious passing downs.

Still, Chaney likes to establish the run game, and the Vols were going to need to dominate time of possession if they were going to have a chance. As we already mentioned, the opposite happened, and it allowed the Texas A&M Aggies to pull away.

We should note that part of the reason they needed to establish the run was the fact that the Vols’ offense continued to be awful on third downs, converting only one of six on the day. They did convert a fourth down, to be fair.

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