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Sunday, November 15, 2026Nov 15

Missouri turns to misery for Vols

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photo Tennessee fans react to a play during the game against Missouri Saturday at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee fell to Missouri 51-48 in quadruple overtime.

KNOXVILLE – The football sailed through the uprights behind Neyland Stadium’s north end zone.

Tennessee’s potential first Southeastern Conference win of 2012 slipped through its grasp long before that kick by Missouri’s Andrew Baggett.

The first-year SEC member overcame an awful first half, rallied from a two-touchdown second-half deficit with a late tying drive and outlasted the Volunteers 51-48 on Baggett’s 35-yard field goal in the fourth overtime Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium.

“That was a hard one, guys,” Derek Dooley said after a loss that dropped his SEC record to 4-18 in three seasons as Tennessee’s coach. “We had a lot of opportunities to win the game. Our players played their tails off, but we just didn’t execute at the end to win the game.