Live Updates, Score, Game Notes: No. 19 Kentucky @ No. 3 Tennessee

A live update thread of the third-ranked Vols night game against No. 19 Kentucky is below. 

Only Vols INACTIVE: 

-Kwauze Garland

-Tayven Jackson

Q1:

Kentucky won the toss and elected to defer. 

Vols get ball on their own 25 to start. 

Cedric Tillman involved early with a second down catch. Tillman then makes the first down reception on third and short.

Hyatt gets wide open down the sideline on blown coverage for a 55-yard TD reception. He us now tied with Marcus Nash for the single season TD reception record with 13. 

Vols 7, Kentucky 0 13:33/1Q

Kentucky starts their first drive at their own 17 and goes three and out. Vols defense makes a quick, early stop. 

Vols 7, Kentucky 0 11:46/1Q

Vols starting at their own 37-yard line. OPI backs up the Vols 15 yards. Princeton Fant called for a false start on 3rd and 19. 

Vols called for holding on 3rd and 24. Now 3rd and 34 for Tennessee. 

A Hendon Hooker scramble goes 7 yards on 3rd down and Vols will punt. 

Vols 7, Kentucky 0 9:45/1Q

Jaylen McCollough with a great pass deflection to force 3rd and 3, but Kentucky gets their first first down of the game. 

Great throw by Levis to Jordan Dingle for a big first down. Cats at the Tennessee 32. 

Kentucky in the red zone after a Chris Rodriguez run. 

Rodriguez runs down to the 2-yard line. 

On first and goal, Levis takes a sack for a one-yard loss. Rodriguez then runs it in from three yards out. 

Extra point is BLOCKED, though, keeping Tennessee ahead.

UT 7, UK 6 4:44/1Q

Tennessee starts at their own 25. A pair of runs by Jabari Small give UT a first down. 

Vols face a 4th and 1 near midfield and Hooker powers forward for a first down. 

Kentucky is called for DPI when defending Jalin Hyatt. First down Vols at the UK 35. 

Jabari Small runs for another first down into the red zone. 

Vols convert another 4th and 1 with a Jabari Small run. 

END OF ONE. Vols have it third and 2 from the 2-yard line when play resumes. 

Q2: 

Princeton Fant punches it in from two yards out. 

Chase McGrath misses the XP after the try was backed up 10 yards due to holding.

Vols 13, UK 6 14:56/2Q

Brooks' kickoff goes OB and Kentucky will start at their own 35. 

Tayvion Robinson drops what would've been a big third down conversion into Tennessee territory. Cats will punt. 

Vols 13, UK 6 13 14:00/2Q

Jaylen Wright breaks a tackle and busts a big run down to the Kentucky 37-yard-line. They're checking to see if his knee was down about 20 yards prior. Ruling confirmed. 

Bru McCoy corrals a Hooker pass for a first down into the red zone. 

Completion to Tillman gives UT third and goal at the 1. 

Jaylen Wright punches it in from a yard out. 

Vols 20, UK 7 11:12/2Q

Kentucky at the Tennessee 37 after a strong of first downs. 

Cats facing 3rd and 7 from the 22. They gain six on a pass, leaving 4th and 1. Levis powers forward for a first down. Call under review. Call stands.

Arguably the best play by the Tennessee defense so far this season. Doneiko Slaughter lays a huge hit on a Kentucky receiver on 3rd and 7 in the red zone. Ball pops up in the air and Juwan Mitchell picks it off. Returns it past midfield.

Kentucky's promising drive ends with a Tennessee takeaway. 

Vols 20, UK 6 4:29/2Q 

Hendon Hooker takes a sack on 1st and 10. 

Incompletion on 3rd and 8 brings Tennessee's drive to an end. Brooks will punt it away. 

Brooks pins Kentucky at their own two-yard-line. 

Vols 20, UK 6 2:49/2Q

Great first down run on 2nd and 11 by Kentucky backed up in their own end zone. 

Pick six goes through the hands of Tamarion McDonald. Missed opportunity there for Tennessee.

Kentucky will punt after a missed 3rd down conversion on 3rd and 11. 

Vols 20, UK 6 0:44/2Q

Hendon Hooker finds Hyatt wide open yet again for a 31-yard score. Hyatt has set the UT record for most receiving TDs in a season with 14. 

HALFTIME: VOLS 27, UK 6

Kentucky goes three-and-out as Byron Young and Tyler Baron sack Levis on third down. 

Vols 27, UK 6 12:35/3Q

Vols start their first drive of the second half at Kentucky's 41. 

Kentucky has 12 men on the field and it gives UT a first and 5 at the UK 25. 

Hooker overthrows Bru McCoy on a slant on first down. 

Vols get into red zone but ultimately can't convert 3rd and 5. Chase McGrath nails the 30-yarder. 

Vols 30, UK 6 8:57/3Q

Kentucky starting the drive at their own 25. 

Awful throw by Will Levis on 3rd and 7 results in a pick. Brandon Turnage makes the interception. 

Vols 30, UK 6 7:19/3Q

Vols can't score on the ensuing drive, with two incompletions thrown by Hooker looking for Squirrel White in the end zone. 

Chase McGrath on to kick again and the kick doinks the upright. 

Score stays the same. 

UT 30, UK 6 5:45/3Q

Will Levis throws ANOTHER interception, this time to Doneiko Slaughter on a deep pass. It's Levis' third pick of the night. 

Vols 30, UK 6 5:29/3Q

Nice completion by Hooker to McCoy on first and 10. 

Another angry run by Jaylen Wright sets Tennessee up first and goal. 

Hendon Hooker keeps it from eight yards out for six. 

Vols take a commanding 31-point lead. 

Vols 37, UK 6 3:58/3Q

Kentucky facing a 4th and 4 from their own 41 and will go for it. 

Will Levis finds his man for a first down. 

END OF THREE: Vols 37, UK 6

Q4:

Kentucky's drive stalls and they will punt. 

Vols 37, UK 6 14:38/4Q

Jalin Hyatt wide open down the sideline for a big gain. Vols approaching the red zone. 

Vols get stopped on third down as Hooker is sacked. 

Vols will go for it on 4th and 20 as they are out of McGrath's FG range. 

Vols take a timeout to think about, take a delay of game and ultimately will punt. Brooks pins Kentucky inside the 5. 

Vols 37, UK 6 10:27/4Q

Cats go three-and-out. Levis is sacked on 3rd and 7 backed up in his own end zone. 

Kentucky punts to Dee Williams, who returns it to inside the UK 15-yard-line. 

Vols 37, UK 6 8:31/4Q

First play Hooker finds Jabari Small in the end zone for a touchdown. 

Vols 44, UK 6 7:47/4Q

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