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BOXSCORE | RECAP

Tennessee 45, Syracuse 26

When: 12:00 PM ET , Saturday, August 30, 2025
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 45918

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Syracuse	0	14	6	6	26
Tennessee	17	14	7	7	45

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 12:46
Tennessee	FG	Tennessee 3 - Syracuse 0 Max Gilbert 34 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:02
Tennessee	TD	Tennessee 10 - Syracuse 0 Peyton Lewis 2 yd. run (Max Gilbert kick)
1st Quarter - 0:56
Tennessee	TD	Tennessee 17 - Syracuse 0 Colton Hood 22 yd. fumble recovery (Max Gilbert kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:40
Syracuse	TD	Tennessee 17 - Syracuse 7 Yasin Willis 2 yd. run (Tripp Woody kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:14
Tennessee	TD	Tennessee 24 - Syracuse 7 Braylon Staley 73 yd. pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:55
Syracuse	TD	Tennessee 24 - Syracuse 14 Johntay Cook II 3 yd. pass from Steve Angeli (Tripp Woody kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:21
Tennessee	TD	Tennessee 31 - Syracuse 14 DeSean Bishop 1 yd. run (Max Gilbert kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:22
Tennessee	TD	Tennessee 38 - Syracuse 14 Star Thomas 7 yd. pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:33
Syracuse	TD	Tennessee 38 - Syracuse 20 Yasin Willis 1 yd. run
4th Quarter - 11:54
Syracuse	TD	Tennessee 38 - Syracuse 26 Yasin Willis 1 yd. run
4th Quarter - 3:57
Tennessee	TD	Tennessee 45 - Syracuse 26 Miles Kitselman 2 yd. pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert kick)

TEAMS

Team Records

	Syracuse	Tennessee
W‑L	0 - 1 - 0	1 - 0 - 0
Conference	0 - 0 - 0	0 - 0 - 0

Team Stats

	Syracuse	Tennessee
Score	26	45
1st Downs	24	22
3rd Down Efficiency	5-for-14 36%	7-for-12 58%
4th Down Efficiency	3-for-4 75%	0-for-0 0%
Total Yards	377	493
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards	44-103	40-246
Average/Rush	2.3	6.2
Passing
Comp-Att	23-40	16-28
Passing Yards	274	247
Average/Pass Play	6.1	8.8
Penalties-Yards	4-30	7-65
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	1-1
Interceptions Thrown	1	0
Time of Possession	34:31	25:29

PLAYER STATS

Syracuse (0 - 1)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
S. Angeli	23/40	274	1	1

Tennessee (1 - 0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
J. Aguilar	16/28	247	3	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Y. Willis	23	91	4.0	3
W. Nixon	9	33	3.7	0
T. Russell	1	5	5.0	0
D. Villari	2	3	1.5	0
M. Runyon	2	-2	-1.0	0
S. Angeli	7	-27	-3.9	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
S. Thomas	12	92	7.7	0
D. Bishop	11	82	7.5	1
P. Lewis	8	38	4.8	1
J. Aguilar	6	34	5.7	0
D. Morris	2	2	1.0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Cook II	6	58	9.7	1
D. Villari	5	55	11.0	0
J. Ross-Simmons	3	50	16.7	0
T. Russell	3	40	13.3	0
D. Gill Jr.	2	33	16.5	0
W. Nixon	2	29	14.5	0
D. Clement	1	8	8.0	0
J. Tremble	1	1	1.0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
B. Staley	4	95	23.8	1
C. Brazzell II	5	62	12.4	0
D. Bishop	2	44	22.0	0
M. Matthews	2	29	14.5	0
M. Kitselman	2	10	5.0	1
S. Thomas	1	7	7.0	1

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
No interceptions

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
J. Telander	1	0	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
No sacks

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
J. Josephs	1.0	10.0
A. Carter	1.0	10.0
E. Spillman	1.0	7.0
N. Robinson	1.0	7.0
J. McMurray	1.0	5.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
D. Reese	7	0
D. Chestnut	5	2
G. Bryant III	4	2
D. Jaquez Jr.	3	0
C. Peal	3	0
D. Grant	3	1
D. Omopariola	3	3
D. Samuel Jr.	2	0
B. Long Jr.	2	0
C. Perry	2	0
D. Wilson Jr.	2	0
J. Lesaine Jr.	1	0
G. Rooks	1	0
G. Delaine	1	0
J. Heard	1	0
A. Sparrow	1	1
B. Buxton III	1	1
D. McDonald	1	1
A. Deslauriers	1	1

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
J. Josephs	5	2
E. Farooq	4	0
A. Turrentine	4	1
T. Weathersby	4	2
J. McMurray	4	3
C. Hood	3	1
T. Redmond	3	1
J. Telander	3	1
E. Spillman	3	3
A. Carter	3	6
J. Wallace	2	0
J. Harmon	2	2
K. Beasley	1	0
B. Carter	1	0
R. Gibson III	1	0
B. Eason	1	0
J. Ross	1	0
D. Bailey	1	1
B. Bolton	1	2
N. Robinson	1	2
J. Burns	0	1

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
D. Omopariola	1.0	2.0
D. Reese	1.0	1.0
A. Sparrow	0.5	2.0
G. Bryant III	0.5	2.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
J. Josephs	1.0	10.0
A. Carter	1.0	10.0
E. Spillman	1.0	7.0
N. Robinson	1.0	7.0
J. McMurray	1.0	5.0
J. Ross	1.0	5.0
J. Telander	1.0	1.0

Fumbles
	NO.
S. Angeli	2

Fumbles
	NO.
J. Aguilar	1