2003 Fall Break Tour
Louisiana and the Deep South Union

October 16, 2003
Baton Rouge, LA
Tennessee 42, LSU 36 (report)
Tennessee B 12, LSU B 3

October 17, 2003
New Orleans, LA
4:00 PM UT 3, Univ of New Orleans 0 (Report)
5:00 PM UT 38, Loyola 0

October 18, 2003
Memphis, TN
UT 12, Washington University 15 (Report)
UT 8, Arkansas State A 27
Special Thanks to the Following Donors & Sponsors:

Steakout of Memphis
& Don Hartley
Barnes, Jason
Baumann, Russ
Bechtold, Tim
Broyles, Greg
Caldwell, Scott
Halfacre, Bryan
Hampstead, Bobby
Ingle, Adam
Jochman, Mike
Kirk, Rainey
Klaehn, Andy
Leahy, Larry
Lund, Mike
Magdovitz, Larry
Miller, Mike
Perrin, Jim
Plemons, Gary
Randolph, Scott
Roy, Bobby
Scoutten, Mike
Sullivan, John
Wenger, Mark
Wiske, Andrew
Tennessee A 42, LSU A 36
UT opened the 2003 Fall Break Tour with a tough challenge against a sizable and skillful opponent in LSU. After an all day bus ride to Baton Rouge, UT kicked off the 2003 tour campaign with an exciting pair of victories over the Tigers. LSU proved strong and challenging in the scrums while UT seemed to aid the LSU attack with an seemingly inability to find touch.

Line Up
1. Peterson
2. Troxler
3. Peay
4. Bayrd
5. Nitopi
6. Jernigan
7. Stump/Hartley @ 40:00
8. Chermely
9. Linne (c)
10. Woods
11. Jones, B
12. Ellis
13. Melroy
14. Smith, S
15. Gruner

Scoring Summary
6:00 PK Melroy 3-0
12:00 Try by LSU 3-5
13:00 Try by Jones / Conv - Melroy 10-5
19:00 Try by Jones 15-5
21:00 Try by LSU 15-12
25:00 Try by Woods / Conv- Melroy 22-12
37:00 Try by Melroy 27-12
40:00 Try by LSU 27-19
45:00 Try by Gruner 32-19
48:00 Try by LSU 32-26
60:00 Try by Linne 37-26
65:00 Try by LSU 37-31
75:00 Try by Hartley 42-31
79:00 Try by LSU 42-36
80:00 Full Time

Halftime: 27-19 Tennessee
Referee: Unknown
Tennessee B 12, LSU B 3
 Lock Chris Knutsen played the game of his career, scoring two tries and causing problems all over the field in the Vols 12-3 victory.
Line Up
1. Chapman
2. Mullins
3. Bailey
4. Knutsen
5. Bowles
6. Murphy
7. Hampstead
8. Ree
9. Smith, D (c)
10. Sherrill
11. Mercer
12. Grabski
13. Charles / Jones, T @ 30:00
14. Mathew / Charles @ 30:00
15. Griffin

Scoring Summary:
Penalty Kick by LSU 0-3
Try by Knutsen 5-3
Try by Knutsen / converted by Griffin 12-3

Halftime: 3-0 LSU
Referee: Unknown

 
Tennessee 3, University of New Orleans 0
October 17- A hard fought win over a very athletic opponent for a UT Developmental line up.
Line Up
1. Peterson
2. Troxler
3. Bailey
4. Nitopi
5. Knutsen
6. Stump (c)
7. Hampstead
8. Ree
9. D. Smith
10. Sherrill
11. Mathew
12. Griffin
13. T. Jones
14. Mercer
15. S. Smith

Scoring Summary:
10:00 PK by Griffin 3-0
60:00 Full Time

Halftime: Tennessee 3, UNO 0
Referee: S. Parrill (C1)

 
Tennessee 38, Loyola, New Orleans 0
October 17- After a slow start UT adapted to the narrow field and found opportunistic holes in the UNO perimeter defense to ground a total of six tries in the victory.
Line Up
1. Peay
2. Mullins
3. Chapman
4. Bayrd
5. Knutsen / Bayrd @ 30:00
6. Jernigan
7. Murphy
8. Chermely
9. B. Jones (c)
10. Woods
11. Mercer
12. Ellis
13. Gruner/Melroy @ 30:00/Charles @ 45:00
14. Charles/Melroy @ 45:00/Linne @ 55:00
15. Melroy / Gruner @ 30:00

Scoring Summary:
3:00 Try by Jernigan 5-0
18:00 Try by Gruner / converted by Melroy 12-0
29:00 Try by Melroy / converted by Gruner 19-0
43:00 Try by Ellis / converted by Melroy 26-0
53:00 Try by Melroy / converted by Gruner 33-0
55:00 Try by Peay 38-0
60:00 Full Time

Halftime: Tennessee 19, Loyola 0
Referee: S. Parrill (C1)

Tennessee 12, Washington University 15
October 18- A road weary UT developmental side squared off against Washington University from St. Louis in the Rucktoberfest Tournament in Memphis, TN. WU jumped out quick and the boys in orange couldn't catch up.

Line Up
1. Peterson
2. Mullins
3. Chapman
4. Bayrd
5. Knutsen
6. Stump (c)
7. Ree
8. Chermely
9. D. Smith
10. Woods
11. Charles / Sherrill @ 50:00
12. Ellis
13. Griffin
14. S. Smith
15. Panasuk

Scoring Summary:
3:00 Try by WU 0-7
9:00 Try by WU 0-12
14:00 Try by Griffin / converted by Griffin 7-12
35:00 Try by Chermely 12-12
55:00 PK by WU 12-15
60:00 Full Time

Halftime: Tennessee 7, Wasington U. 12
Referee: Jim Harsch

Tennessee 8, Arkansas State 27
 October 18- To finish off the tour, a final match was scheduled in what was supposed to feature the youth of UT against the youth of Arkansas State in a developmental match. However, ASU tossed in just enough of their A side experience to make the difference in the match and thereby secured the tarnished victory.
Line Up
1. Bailey
2. Mullins
3. Peterson
4. Knutsen
5. Nitopi / Chapman @ 30:00
6. Murphy
7. Hampstead
8. Ree / Chermely @ 30:00
9. D. Smith (c)
10. Sherrill
11. Mathew
12. Grabski
13. T. Jones
14. Mercer
15. Panasuk

Scoring Summary:
7:00 Try by ASU's Huckaby / converted by ASU's Huckaby 0-7
10:00 PK by UT 3-7
13:00 Try by ASU's Huckaby 3-12
28:00 PK by ASU's Huckaby / converted by ASU's Huckaby 3-15
42:00 Try by ASU's Huckaby / converted by ASU's Huckaby 3-22
49:00 Try by ASU's Huckaby 3-27
55:00 Try by UT 8-27
60:00 Full Time

Halftime: Tennessee 3, Huckaby 15
Referee: Ray Davis
 
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