College Football
BOXSCORE
Tennessee 45, Syracuse 26
Saturday, August 30, 2025 12:00 PM
Location - Mercedes-Benz Stadium
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
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
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
Tennessee (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Aguilar 16/28 247 3 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
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