College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tennessee 72, East Tennessee State 17
When: 3:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 6, 2025
Where: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee
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
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
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
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. 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
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
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Josephs 1.0 9.0
T. West 1.0 8.0
C. House III 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. McMurray 3 0
S. Walton 2 0
T. West 2 1
A. Carter 2 2
M. Bethea II 1 0
J. Josephs 1 0
C. Herring 1 0
M. Goree Jr. 1 0
C. Gentle 1 0
T. Poteat 1 0
J. Perlotte 1 0
J. Ross 1 1
J. Telander 1 1
M. Dye 1 1
C. House III 1 1
T. Redmond 1 1
J. Harmon 1 1
B. Carter 1 2
K. Beasley 1 2
B. Eason 1 3
B. Bolton 0 1
I. Campbell 0 1
H. Gray 0 1
E. Farooq 0 2
E. Spillman 0 2
D. Bailey 0 2
N. Robinson 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. House III 1.5 7.0
J. Josephs 1.0 9.0
T. West 1.0 8.0
C. Herring 1.0 5.0
B. Eason 1.0 5.0
A. Carter 1.0 1.0
H. Gray 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles