Tennessee Vols football spring game ends with Orange beating White 34-7

Phil Kaplan
Knoxville
Tennessee Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks to Tennessee running back Tim Jordan (9) before the Tennessee Orange & White spring game at Neyland Stadium at University of Tennessee Saturday, April 21, 2018.

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Fourth quarter

Jeremiah Howard with a run to start the quarter.

Fumble by Howard forced by Shy Tuttle and recovered by Terrell Bailey.

McBride returns at QB.

White eventually punts.

Orange forced to punt giving White another chance.

McBride connects to Latrell Wiliams for 35 yards and White is on the scoreboard to make it 27-7 with 3:13 to play. 

Guarantano still in the game.

He had two nice passes, but both were incomplete.

White takes over with the clocking ticking away.

McBride intercepted by Shanon Reid on the first play with 1:00 left.

Guarantano finds Palmer on first play for 34 yards.

Incomplete to Callaway. 23 seconds left.

Guarantano finds Wolf for 29 yards and a TD to make it 34-7. Four seconds left. And clock runs to end game with Orange winning 34-7.

 

 

 

Third quarter

McBride pass to Mize is good and a facemask penalty moves the White to almost midfield.

McBride is "sacked" by Solon Page.

White has to punt.

Guarantano completes a 20-yard pass to Palmer.

Guarantano helps the Orange drive to 18 with a pass to Eli Wolf.

Austin Pope makes catch for 17 on next play to the 1.

Jordan stopped on next play. Jordan tries again on second down and stopped again.

On third attempt Chandler scores to make it 27-0.

McBride not doing much during his time with the White during the scrimmage. 

Bart Harris replaces McBride and is "sacked" on first play by Bennett.

Next play could have been a "sack" but instead is incomplete pass.

White has to punt.

End of third quarter.

 

Second quarter

Cimaglia's 43-yard field goal to start the quarter is good to give Orange 10-0.

White gets the ball. McBride with two passes overthrown. Time to punt.

Kyle Phillips hits Guarantano during a trick play and knocks him to ground. He is wearing a black no-contact jersey.

Guarantano with a nice pass to Palmer for a gain of 23.

29-yard run by Tim Jordan and a personal foul penalty puts ball at 5.

Jordan scores on next play to make it 17-0. 

McBride completes pass for first time and penalty on play negates it. 

McBride completes a pass to Trey Coleman but short of first down and forced to punt.

Guarantano with a long run and follows it up with a "sack" even though he can't be tackled. 

3rd and 17 after incomplete. Guarantano with a 29-yard pass play.

15-yard run by Chandler. 

After a snap infraction, Kongbo credited with a "sack" on Guarantano.

Chandler with the catch on next play.

Cimaglia with a 41-yard FG to give Orange a 20-0 lead with 15 seconds left before halftime.

McBride's pass is incomplete to end the quarter. At halftime the Orange leads 20-0.

 

 

First quarter

Kickoff was 2:06 p.m. 66 degrees.

The first song by the UT band is the theme from "Game of Thrones."

Orange ball. Jarrett Guarantano's first pass sailed wide. Three and out.

Will McBride went long on his first pass for White and was just out of reach. 

Theo Jackson with the interception.

Callaway TD catch from two yards out in the left end zone. Baylen Buchanan with the coverage. Extra point by Brent Cimaglia is good to give the Orange a 7-0 lead. 

Game of Thrones again by the UT band.

White unable to do much and forced to punt.

Orange takes over. 

Guarantano finds Callaway for first down.

Game of Thrones again by UT band.

End of first quarter

 

Pregame

 

It's the closest Tennessee fans will get for football until September. New UT coach Jeremy Pruitt will coach in his first Orange and White Game on Saturday.

The final practice of the spring will start at 2 p.m. ET with a friendly crowd expected at Neyland Stadium.

 

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