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Thursday, November 12, 2026Nov 12

Vols defense can’t hold on fourth-and-12

photo Tennessee’s Justin Hunter makes a catch with Missouri’s E.J. Gaines defending.

KNOXVILLE – Fourth-and -12.

That’s all that stood between Tennessee and its first Southeastern Conference win of the year in its sixth league game Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium.

If the Volunteers could hold the Missouri Tigers on fourth-and-12 from the UT 25-yard line with less than a minute to play, they would defeat the Tigers 28-21 and improve to 5-5 overall with two games to go.

If they could hold on fourth-and-12, well, “we came in expecting to win,” Vols coach Derek Dooley said.