Tennessee Vols end season with a win

By Patrick Brown November 25, 2012 2 min read

Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson gets past Kentucky cornerback Cartier Rice for a touchdown.

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KNOXVILLE – Without its head coach and with no bowl game on the line, the Tennessee Volunteers played with 13 teammates on their collective minds.

Despite another losing season and a looming coaching search, it was enough to end the season with a win.

With interim coach Jim Chaney calling the shots in place of dismissed head coach Derek Dooley, Tennessee scored twice to open each half in a 37-17 season-ending victory over Kentucky at Neyland Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

“I like this group of kids,” Chaney said. “and I was tickled to death that we found a way to win a ball game.”

The Vols endured the week without Dooley and played with a relaxed demeanor, the weight of seemingly playing for Dooley’s uncertain future lifted off their shoulders.