KNOXVILLE — Kentucky (2-2, 2-2 SEC) defeated No. 17 Tennessee (2-2, 2-2 SEC), 34-7, in Week 4 of a 10-game SEC-only schedule.
The Volunteers played three quarterbacks in the contest.
Redshirt Jarrett Guarantano started and finished 14-of-21 for 88 yards and two interceptions. Redshirt sophomore J.T. Shrout threw one pass and was intercepted. Freshman Harrison Bailey was 1-for-4 and totaled 24 yards.
Following the contest, third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed UT’s quarterback play.
On who makes the call to make a quarterback change during the game
“That’s all of us, just trying to figure out what’s the best thing. If you look at it at that point right there, I don’t know how many snaps we had played, but we were moving the ball well. We went fast and didn’t get a guy blocked on the zone, so we had second-and-10. Then we threw a check down and dropped it. Then we give up a sack, which we don’t need to give up a sack. We need to throw the ball away. That knocked us out of field goal range. We come right back and have some positive plays and we knock the ball out of the quarterback’s hands. At that point in time, they really hadn’t stopped us. We kind of stopped ourselves. So, just kind of getting everybody settled back down (is important). Obviously, in the second half we had penalties and were behind the sticks for most of the half.”
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