College Football
BOXSCORE
Tennessee 72, East Tennessee State 17
Saturday, September 6, 2025 3:30 PM
Location - Neyland Stadium
Attendance - 101915
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
East Tennessee State 0 7 3 7 17
Tennessee 24 24 14 10 72
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:08
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 7 - East Tennessee State 0
Chris Brazzell II 21 yd. pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert kick)
1st Quarter - 9:28
Tennessee   FG  Tennessee 10 - East Tennessee State 0
Max Gilbert 29 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 7:07
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 17 - East Tennessee State 0
Star Thomas 2 yd. run (Max Gilbert kick)
1st Quarter - 0:46
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 24 - East Tennessee State 0
Peyton Lewis 1 yd. run (Max Gilbert kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:41
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 31 - East Tennessee State 0
Star Thomas 2 yd. run (Max Gilbert kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:03
Tennessee   FG  Tennessee 34 - East Tennessee State 0
Max Gilbert 37 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:08
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 41 - East Tennessee State 0
Mike Matthews 53 yd. pass from Joey Aguilar (Max Gilbert kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:55
East Tennessee State   TD  Tennessee 41 - East Tennessee State 7
Taharin Sudderth 5 yd. pass from Cade McNamara (Ewan Johnson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:22
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 48 - East Tennessee State 7
Star Thomas 7 yd. run (Max Gilbert kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:52
East Tennessee State   FG  Tennessee 48 - East Tennessee State 10
Ewan Johnson 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:45
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 55 - East Tennessee State 10
Chris Brazzell II 1 yd. pass from Jake Merklinger (Josh Turbyville kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:45
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 62 - East Tennessee State 10
Jack Van Dorselaer 7 yd. pass from Jake Merklinger (Josh Turbyville kick)
4th Quarter - 10:43
Tennessee   FG  Tennessee 65 - East Tennessee State 10
Max Gilbert 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 8:46
East Tennessee State   TD  Tennessee 65 - East Tennessee State 17
Jason Albritton 20 yd. run (Ewan Johnson kick)
4th Quarter - 3:55
Tennessee   TD  Tennessee 72 - East Tennessee State 17
Daune Morris 10 yd. run (Josh Turbyville kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  East Tennessee State Tennessee
W‑L 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  East Tennessee State Tennessee
Score 17 72
1st Downs 10 41
3rd Down Efficiency 2-for-15
13%
10-for-14
71%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%
0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 216 717
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-49 48-259
Average/Rush 1.8 5.4
Passing
Comp-Att 19-31 38-52
Passing Yards 167 458
Average/Pass Play 4.9 8.8
Penalties-Yards 8-48 6-45
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 24:58 35:02
PLAYER STATS
East Tennessee State (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. McNamara 11/18 85 1 0
J. Criswell 7/12 76 0 0
J. Byrd 1/1 6 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Albritton 4 30 7.5 1
K. Eichelberger 7 30 4.3 0
J. Criswell 4 5 1.2 0
D. Rucker 4 2 0.5 0
C. McNamara 3 -2 -0.7 0
J. Byrd 2 -7 -3.5 0
D. Houston 4 -9 -2.2 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Keller 3 47 15.7 0
E. Floyd 5 43 8.6 0
K. Page 4 32 8.0 0
C. Browder 1 21 21.0 0
J. Albritton 1 7 7.0 0
J. Harrison 1 6 6.0 0
T. Sudderth 1 5 5.0 1
D. Rucker 1 4 4.0 0
D. Houston 1 2 2.0 0
K. Eichelberger 1 0 0.0 0
Tennessee (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Aguilar 23/31 288 2 0
J. Merklinger 9/14 118 2 0
G. MacIntyre 6/7 52 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. Thomas 12 69 5.8 3
D. Bishop 3 68 22.7 0
D. Morris 9 48 5.3 1
J. Baker 11 37 3.4 0
P. Lewis 8 19 2.4 1
M. Phillips 2 18 9.0 0
J. Merklinger 2 17 8.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Brazzell II 9 125 13.9 2
M. Matthews 6 111 18.5 1
B. Staley 5 39 7.8 0
M. Kitselman 3 36 12.0 0
R. Jackson 3 35 11.7 0
J. Dodson 1 27 27.0 0
T. Winton III 3 26 8.7 0
T. Smith Jr. 2 20 10.0 0
D. Brame 2 16 8.0 0
P. Lewis 1 9 9.0 0
J. Van Dorselaer 1 7 7.0 1
T. Weary 1 6 6.0 0
E. Davis 1 1 1.0 0