Tennessee outpaced by Texas A & M
October 10, 2008 (Jonesboro, Arkansas) — Texas A&M used a solid defensive effort and some strong running from its fullback to outpace the Volunteers12-34 on Friday in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Tennessee had its opportunities but were turned away by solid Aggie tackling and some untimely UT errors. Precise kicking fueled the five try Aggie attack and kept the Volunteers pinned in its own end for most of the day.

In the second match, the Volunteers saw a forward pass kill a promising attack on the final play of the game to subsequently drop a closely contested match with A&M 12-15. After falling behind, UT used two well earned tries by Tom Abernathy to close the margin in the final minutes.

University of Tennessee 12, Texas A & M 34

Line Up
1. Rice
2. Adams
3. Derryberry
4. Camp
5. Wood
6. Todd / Wheeler
7. Kelly
8. Goff
9. Jones
10. Anderson
11. Wilson
12. Johnson
13. Reid / Vidger @ 22 min.
14. Wright / Dobbs @ 40 min.
15. Evans

Scoring Summary
3:00 Try by A&M 0-7
11:00 PK by A&M 0-10
27:00 Try by A&M 0-17
39:00 Try by Anderson 5-17
43:00 Try by A&M 5-22
55:00 Try by A&M 5-27
72:00 Try by A&M 5-34
80:00 Try by Wood / CK by Anderson 12-34

Halftime: Tennessee 5, Texas A & M 17
Referee: Steve Perrill
Kickoff: 3:00 PM Central

University of Tennessee 12, Texas A & M 15

Line Up
1. / Herrera
2. Hallmark / Mobius
3. Wilson / Stank
4. Lee / Neuhart
5. Fugate
6. Meccia
7. Wheeler
8. Bowlus
9. Woodson
10. Buckley
11. Becraft
12. Silverstein
13. Vidger
14. Lispey / Abernathy at 40 min.
15. Wright / Brink at 40 min.

Scoring Summary:
10:00 Try by A&M 0-7
24:00 PK by A&M 0-10
50:00 Try by A&M 0-15
59:00 Try by Abernathy / CK by Vidger 7-15
75:00 Try by Abernathy 12-15

Halftime: Tennessee 0, Texas A & M 10
Referee: Multiple
Kickoff: 4:50 PM