NASHVILLE – A second in-state trip this month left the University of Tennessee football team with a second home-away-from-home game Saturday night at Vanderbilt Stadium.
It wasn’t as flashy as the Volunteers’ trip to Memphis, and less-than-stellar play kept the issue in doubt much longer than it was against the Tigers – or in last week’s home win over Ole Miss.
But bad UT held off even-worse Vanderbilt for a 24-10 win.
Junior tailback Tauren Poole slashed through the Commodores for a 28-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-2 with 1 minute, 22 seconds left to give the Vols a cushion they couldn’t create for most of the second half.
UT (5-6, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) kept its bowl hopes alive with one week left in a regular season that started with two wins in the first eight games, while the Commodores (2-9, 1-7 SEC) continued their struggles under first-year head coach Robbie Caldwell.