JACKSONVILLE – Tennessee rallied for 14 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Indiana, 23-22, in the 75th TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Stadium.
The Vols finish the 2019 season 8-5 and with six consecutive wins.
“What a fantastic ballgame,” Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt said. “The players on both teams, the way they competed in the game, I can’t say enough about Indiana, Coach (Tom) Allen and his staff and what a great job that they did. Then you look at our guys, it took 60 minutes, but our guys continued to scratch and claw and just kept trying to find a way. We kind of changed some things during the game a little bit on both sides of the ball, just trying to find something that was working.
“Offensively we got a drive going there in the fourth quarter. We scored there. We get the onside kick and punch it in, in three plays and kind of held on the entire — the rest of the way there.”