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Tennessee-West Virginia football: score, live updates, stats
By Andrew Olson
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A new season and a new era of Tennessee football is finally here.
Rocky Top has to wait a week as Jeremy Pruitt and the Volunteers are on the road to take on No. 17 West Virginia in the Belk College Kickoff. Below, find the score, live updates and stats from the Tennessee-West Virginia football game.
Tennessee-West Virginia football: score, live updates, stats
FINAL: Tennessee 14 West Virginia 40
4TH QUARTER
- SCORE: 2:02 –West Virginia QB Will Grier 10-yard pass to David Sills for TD. XP good. Tennessee 14 West Virginia 40
3RD QUARTER
- SCORE: 1:15 – West Virginia QB Will Grier 14-yard pass to Kennedy McKoy for TD. Two-point conversion fails. Tennessee 14 West Virginia 33
- SCORE: 6:09 – Tennessee RB Tim Jordan four-yard run for TD. XP good. Tennessee 14 West Virginia 27
- SCORE: 8:09 – West Virginia QB Will Grier 28-yard pass to Gary Jennings Jr. for TD. XP good. Tennessee 7 West Virginia 27
- SCORE: 12:54 – West Virginia QB Will Grier 33-yard pass to David Sills for TD. XP good. Tennessee 7 West Virginia 20
HALFTIME
WE HAVE GONE INTO A WEATHER DELAY DUE TO LIGHTNING IN THE AREA.
WE KNEW THIS GAME WAS TOO ELECTRIC.
GET IT?
— BELK COLLEGE KICKOFF (@belkbowl) September 1, 2018
2ND QUARTER
- SCORE: 0:00 – West Virginia K Evan Staley 35-yard field goal good. Tennessee 7 West Virginia 13
- SCORE: 6:13 – Tennessee QB Jarrett Guarantano one-yard pass to Dominick Wood-Anderson for TD. XP good. Tennessee 7 West Virginia 10
1ST QUARTER
- SCORE: 3:32 – West Virginia QB Will Grier 59-yard pass to T.J. Simmons for TD. XP good. Tennessee 0 West Virginia 10
- SCORE: 11:00 – West Virginia K Evan Staley 26-yard field goal good. Tennessee 0 West Virginia 3
This afternoon will be our first game inside the borders of North Carolina since 1961.
The history of Vols from the Tar Heel state is strong! 💪#PoweredByTheT pic.twitter.com/O3ncATigt0
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) September 1, 2018
Tennessee-West Virginia football: TV channel, game time, odds
All times are ET. Odds via MyBookie.
TV channel: The Tennessee-West Virginia game will air on CBS.
Time: The Tennessee-West Virginia game kicks off at 3:30 p.m.
Location: The Tennessee-West Virginia game will be played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, home of the Carolina Panthers.
Odds: West Virginia is favored by 9.5 points.
The lead up
SDS News: Jeremy Pruitt open to playing 2 quarterbacks against West Virginia
Tennessee entered game-week prep without naming a starting quarterback. Part of the reason behind may be because Pruitt is open to playing multiple quarterbacks against WVU.
“To me, it’s hard enough to get one quarterback,” Pruitt said in a recent interview. “If you can get one quarterback, that’s great. If you can have two or three, you need to give them an opportunity.”
SDS News: Kirk Herbstreit picks Tennessee to upset West Virginia in season opener
Kirk Herbstreit let one pick out of the bag before ESPN “College GameDay” aired Saturday. Listeners to his podcast found that Herbstreit likes the Vols to upset West Virginia in Charlotte.
“Poor old Tennessee, they’ve got a new coach, nobody knows any of their players, and they don’t have a chance. Be careful, Tennessee sneaking around. I think Tennessee upsets West Virginia in Week 1,” Herbstreit said on the podcast. “Don’t be shocked if in the third quarter you’re watching that game and ‘ol Tennessee is not only within striking distance, they may have the lead. I think they get it done for Jeremy Pruitt in Week 1.”
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