Tennessee pulls away late, beats Kentucky 34-6 at Neyland

Tennessee scored 21 points in the fourth quarter and routed Kentucky 34-6 at Neyland Stadium. The Vols were up only 10-6 at halftime and 13-6 after three. Then they broke it open.

D. Morris ripped off a 66-yard touchdown run in the first minute of the game's first period to make it 7-0. Kentucky answered with three Zouagui field goals' worth of work in the second quarter, but only one counted for it: a 25-yarder with nine seconds left made it 10-6 at the break. Ranvier's 39-yard kick pushed Tennessee's lead to 13-6 in the third.

In the fourth, F. Brandon found M. Matthews for a 24-yard score to make it 20-6. DeSean Bishop then ran in from 5 yards twice, at 9:45 and 1:06, for 34-6. Bishop finished with 25 carries for 109 yards.

Arion Carter, the player of the game, had 13 tackles and 2 sacks. Kenny Minchey threw for 224 yards for Kentucky but was picked once. Chirp's Sim gave Tennessee 65% and called it.