{"id":25755,"date":"2019-11-10T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=25755"},"modified":"2019-11-10T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:55:58","slug":"kentucky-falls-to-tennessee-17-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2019\/11\/10\/kentucky-falls-to-tennessee-17-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Falls To Tennessee 17-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an all too familiar script on Saturday night for Kentucky.<\/strong> For the second time this season the Cats jumped out to a double digit lead. However just like the Florida game Tennessee rallied to win. The Vols defense came up with a goal line stand late to preserve the win. It wasn’t pretty for the Big Blue Nation but let’s recap what went wrong as Kentucky falls to Tennessee 17-13.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Falls To Tennessee 17-13<\/h2>\n

A Hot Start<\/h3>\n

The Cats began the game with their best drive of the season to go up 7-0. After taking the opening kick, Kentucky went 75 yards in 17 plays holding the ball for 10 minutes. A.J. Rose<\/a> took it the final two for his fourth touchdown of the year. The Vols went three-and-out on their first possession then Josh Paschal<\/a> blocked the punt. Two plays later\u00a0Kavosiey Smoke<\/a> went 22 yards to the house and it was 13-0. However the extra point was blocked.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Football Kryptonite<\/h3>\n

UK went in at halftime leading 13-3 after dominating the time of possession 22 minutes to eight. In addition they out gained the Vols 185 yards to 38 on the ground. However Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt<\/strong> decided to bench\u00a0Brian Maurer<\/a> for Jarrett Guarantano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As we’ve seen too many times in Wildcat football history, it paid off with immediate dividends. On the first possession of the second half Guarantano hit Marquez Callaway<\/a> on a 17-yard pass cutting the lead to three. When Tennessee got the ball back he hit Josh Palmer<\/a> for a 12 yard touchdown giving the Vols 14 unanswered and a four point lead.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the ball the Tennessee defense made some great adjustments to stop quarterback Lynn Bowden<\/a>. However it seemed like Kentucky was set on running the same thing again and again. Three different times in the second half the Vols stopped Kentucky on downs. None was bigger than at the end of the game.<\/p>\n

Following a\u00a0Marquan McCall<\/a> recovery of a\u00a0Ty Chandler<\/a> fumble with eight minutes to go, the Cats had a chance to win. Bowden, Smoke and Chris Rodriguez<\/a> got the ball down inside the five yard line. However the Cats couldn’t punch it in and on fourth down Daniel Bituli<\/a> made the play of the game.<\/p>\n

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.@Vol_Football<\/a>\u2019s Daniel Bituli had 19 tackles in this game \u2026 none bigger than this \ud83d\udcaa pic.twitter.com\/vhorUxxfKA<\/a><\/p>\n

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n