Tennessee 30, Austin Peay 13
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 9, 2023
Where: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee
Temperature:
80°
Head Official:
Steve Marlowe
Attendance:
101915
By Field Level Media
Joe Milton III threw for two touchdowns and rushed for one more as No. 9 Tennessee pulled away for a 30-13 win over Austin Peay on Saturday evening in Knoxville, Tenn.
Milton completed 21 of 33 passes for 228 yards for the Volunteers (2-0). Ramel Keyton and McCallan Castles each had one touchdown reception.
Mike DiLiello completed 29 of 39 passes for 260 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Austin Peay (0-2). Trey Goodman led the Governors' receivers with three catches for 70 yards and a touchdown.
It was a slow start for Tennessee, which was tied 3-3 with the visitors after the first quarter and led 13-6 at the half.
Austin Peay opened the scoring with a 45-yard field goal by Maddux Trujillo on the first drive of the game.
Tennessee answered with a 28-yard field goal by Charles Campbell just over nine minutes through the first quarter to even the score at 3-3.
Trujillo struck again, this time from 34 yards, to put the Governors on top 6-3 with 8:15 remaining in the first half.
Tennessee made it 6-6 with 4:55 left in the half on Campbell's 37-yard field goal.
The Volunteers finally took their first lead of the game with 15 seconds to go before halftime. Milton kept the ball and ran 6 yards for a touchdown.
Early in the third quarter, Milton relied on his arm rather than his legs to lead Tennessee to another touchdown. He connected with Keyton for a 5-yard score to increase the Volunteers' lead to 20-6.
Campbell hit a 22-yard field goal to make it 23-6 with 6:33 left in the third quarter.
Austin Peay cut the deficit to 23-13 with 9:01 remaining in the fourth quarter. DiLiello connected with Goodman for a 52-yard touchdown after Volunteers defensive back Doneiko Slaughter fell down on the play.
Tennessee needed only 58 seconds to respond. Milton hit Castles for a 43-yard touchdown to make it 30-13 with 8:03 remaining.
Jaylen Wright led the Volunteers on the ground with 13 carries for 118 yards. Jabari Small added 13 carries for 95 yards.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Austin Peay |
|
Tennessee |
|
Mike DiLiello |
Player |
Jaylen Wright
|
|
21 |
Attempts |
13 |
|
36 |
Yards |
118 |
|
1.7 |
Avg Yards |
9.1 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
| Austin Peay |
|
Tennessee |
|
Trey Goodman |
Player |
Ramel Keyton
|
|
3 |
Receptions |
5 |
|
70 |
Yards |
52 |
|
23.3 |
Avg Yards |
10.4 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Austin Peay |
339 |
79 |
260 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tennessee
|
456 |
228 |
228 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7.0 |
0 |
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