Vols vs Yellow Jackets Quarterly Report

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First Quarter00:00

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First Quarter

Tennessee landed the first punch when Faizon Brandon found Atlanta native Ethan Davis for a 25-yard touchdown on the Vols’ opening possession. Then the quarter turned on a blocked punt. Georgia Tech added a field goal, carried the loose-ball gift home and suddenly had a 10-7 lead.

Key Play

Brandon needed only three plays to find Davis from 25 yards out and put Tennessee on the board first.

Key Player

Ethan Davis — back home in Atlanta, the Vol tight end opened the scoring for the second straight week.

Key Stat

The opening drive covered 63 yards in just three plays and 1:19. Fast worked; the blocked punt did not.

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Second Quarter

The second quarter belonged to Tennessee. Cooper Ranvier tied it from 32 yards, Dejuan Lane read a screen before Georgia Tech could sell it and returned the interception 41 yards, and Brandon found Braylon Staley for another touchdown. Seventeen unanswered points turned a three-point hole into a 24-10 halftime lead.

Key Play

Lane jumped the screen, found 41 yards of open road and gave Tennessee a lead it would not surrender.

Key Player

Dejuan Lane — his first Volunteer interception became a pick-six and Tennessee’s first defensive touchdown of 2026.

Key Stat

Tennessee won the quarter 17-0 and intercepted Georgia Tech twice. Folks, that is how a game changes direction.

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Third Quarter00:00

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Third Quarter

Tennessee came out of halftime and handed the game to its ground attack. An old-fashioned eight-play, 75-yard march ended with DeSean Bishop running 17 yards to make it 31-10. Georgia Tech answered, but the Jackets were chasing the game now — and Bishop was just getting warmed up.

Key Play

Bishop finished the 75-yard drive with a 17-yard touchdown run and pushed the margin to three scores.

Key Player

DeSean Bishop — his first touchdown of the night shifted Tennessee from comeback mode to control mode.

Key Stat

Eight plays, 75 yards and 3:19 off the clock. This was not hurry-up football; it was move-you-out-of-the-way football.

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Fourth Quarter

DeSean Bishop conducted a Ramblin’ Wreck of his own in the fourth, breaking loose for a 29-yard touchdown. Georgia Tech answered, but Daune Morris needed one snap and eight seconds to race 47 yards for the final score. Tennessee did not merely run out the clock; the Vols ran right through it.

Key Play

Morris took one snap 47 yards to the house. Eight seconds later, the night belonged to Tennessee for good.

Key Player

DeSean Bishop — a career-high 147 rushing yards, two touchdowns and the engine behind Tennessee’s second-half control.

Key Stat

The two fourth-quarter touchdown drives covered 70 yards in four plays and 26 seconds. That is not clock-killing; that is game-ending.