No. 8 Tennessee @ No. 25 LSU: Live Updates, Score, Game Notes

Tennessee and LSU are set to kickoff momentarily. Follow this thread for live updates from the game. Injury report is listed below, followed by live updates. (Live updates will end at 8 minutes to go due to no on-field reporting being allowed. 

Live Score: Tennessee 37, LSU 13

Key absences for Tennessee: Wide Receiver Cedric Tillman, Left Tackle Gerald Mincey

Key Absences for LSU: DB Major Burns, Left Tackle Will Campbell. 

LSU wins toss and chooses to receive. 

4th Quarter

21st Drive: Jimmy Holiday muffs the kick, it goes into the endzone and he brings it out. A penalty pushes Tennessee backs to 5. A 50 yard rush by Jabari Small puts Tennessee into LSU territory. 

20th Drive: LSU starts with 2nd and 9 at the Tennessee 29. Daniels connects with Nabors for a touchdown, but the play is negated by a holding call. Daniels completes a pass to the 36 to bring up third and long for the Tigers. Jeremy Banks jumps offsides on an attempted blitz to move it to 3rd and 10. Daniels completes a pass for eleven yards to Malik Nabors for a first down. Two plays bring up nothing for LSU and another 3rd down is upcoming. Tennessee holds the play to a gain of two to bring up fourth and seven. LSU is going. Tennessee is called for a pass interference and LSU takes over at the two yard line. Daniels keeps on the following play and is swarmed for a loss. Jaylen McCollough is down on the field with what appears to be a cramp. Daniels completes a pass to Boutte for a touchdown. LSU is going to two and it is no good. 

3rd Quarter

20th Drive: LSU doesn't manage much through two plays, bringing up 3rd and 7, however, Aaron Beasley was called for a delay of game, leading to a 3rd and 2. LSU converts with a pass to the flats to Noah Cain. The play moves them into Tennessee territory. A couple of chunk plays for LSU puts them down to the Tennessee 30. Daniels rushes for one yard to bring up the end of the third quarter. 

19th Drive: Hooker hits a streaking Bru McCoy for 48 yards and marches into LSU territory. Jalin Wright carries for 10 yards but did fumble out of bounds. After four consecutive runs, Tennessee converts a fourth and short. A shot to the end zone for Ramel Keyton results in PI. Tennessee has the ball first and ten at the LSU 7. Tennessee hands off to Jabari Small who scores from five yards out on second down. 

18th Drive: LSU throws on the first play, but Tennessee is called for holding. LSU has the ball at their own 38 yard line. Jeremy Banks makes a play behind the line of scrimmage on a tunnel screen to bring up 2nd and 14. Daniels completes a short pass to the flats to bring up 3rd and 8. Daniels completes a swing pass out of the backfield and loses four yards. LSU brings on the punt team. Tennessee is set to take over at their own 8. 

17th Drive: Tennessee hands off to Jabari Small on the first play of the drive for a short gain, followed by an incomplete pass to Ramel Keyton to bring up 3rd and 8. Bru McCoy rips a pass out of the air for a first down. Tennessee hits a quick screen to Ramel Keyton but the Vols are hit with an offensive PI, and LSU it hit with a targeting penalty. The targeting is reversed, so Tennessee is backed up to their own ten after working out of a hole. Back to back rushes from Hendon Hooker brings up third and long. Hooker fumbles but Tennessee recovered. Hooker's third down pass fell incomplete, but LSU was flagged for illegal participation and Tennessee has another shot. Tennessee has to punt after a pass breakup on third down. Brooks punt goes out of bounds at the LSU 28. 

16th Drive: LSU starts with a ten-yard completion on first down followed by a rush for minimal game. Daniels takes a shot for Kayshon Boutte that Tamarion McDonal makes a nice play on. 3rd and 8 and Tennessee gets a sack from Roman Harrison and Byron Young. LSU has to punt and downs it at the Tennessee four. 

15th Drive: Tennessee takes over at the 24 and on play one, Hooker takes a shot to Jalin Hyatt that results in PI. A rush by Hooker, followed by Squirrel White then a catch from White picks up a first down. A false pushes the Vols back to first and 15 but Jalin Wright picks up 10 on first down. Hooker keeps a QB draw for 26 yards and gets Tennessee to the LSU 15. He follows it up with a touchdown strike to Jalin Hyatt. 

2nd Quarter

14th Drive: Hooker misses a wide open Jalin Hyatt down the sideline, followed by a drop across the middle from Princeton Fant to bring up 3rd and ten. Hooker hits McCoy across the middle and the Vols get into range for a chip shot field goal to extend their lead to 23-7. 

13th Drive: LSU completes one pass but stalls on four straight plays. Tennessee takes over on the fifty  after a crucial fourth down sack. 

12th Drive: Hendon Hooker misses Jalin Hyatt on the first play, but Small rushes for 25 yards to the LSU 48. Two consecutive runs brings up 3rd and short, but Hendon Hooker rushes for a first down. Tennessee's drive was killed bye

11th Drive: Tennessee pins LSU deep with a punt on the four yard line. LSU hits two chunk plays to get out to the 31-yard line. Tennessee forces a third down but LSU converts with a short rush. Another chunk play for LSU moves the Tigers to the 37 but an illegal formation penalty backs them up five yards. Another couple of chunk plays leads to a Josh Williams rushing touchdown from one yard out. 

10th Drive: Tennessee takes over at the 20-yard line. Two quick rushes bring up 3rd and 1 for the Vols at the 29-yard line. Tennessee takes its second timeout of the half to talk it over. A handoff on a jet sweep to Bru McCoy picks up the first down. A deep shot to Ramel Keyton falls incomplete, but PI is called to bring up first down at the Tennessee 49. Two quick hitters bring up nothing for the Vols and leads to a huge hit on Hendon Hooker on third down and a fumble, but Sampson picks up the fumble and rushes around the end to bring up third and three. Tennessee lines up to go for it but calls a timeout. After the timeout, Tennessee calls a shovel pass to the tight end to pick up the first down. Hooker throws three straight interception and has to punt. 

9th Drive: LSU takes over at their own 30-yard line due to an offsides penalty on the kick. Back to back incompletions from Daniels brings up 3rd and 10. A completion to Nabors for 15 yards followed by a facemask penalty puts LSU into Tennessee territory. Daniels is brought down in the backfield on 2nd down bringing up 3rd and 4. Daniels is unable to get rid of the ball. Byron Young and Roman Harrison combine for a sack and LSU brings on the punt team. Punt goes into the endzone. 

8th Drive: Tennessee takes over on the LSU 45 and on the first play, Hooker throws a strike to Jalin Hyatt in the endzone for a touchdown. 

7th Drive: LSU starts the quarter 3rd and 1 from their own 45. Daniels throws it out of bounds. LSU is going for it. Tennessee stuffs the rush up the middle and takes over at the LSU 45. 

1st Quarter

7th Drive: LSU takes over at their 25-yard line. On the first play, Josh Josephs explodes into the LSU backfield and sacks Daniels. Daniels carries it on a QB draw and gets it to 3rd and 7. Daniels completes to Nabors for a first down. Following play, LSU is called for holding bringing up 1st and 20. Two passes bring up 3rd and 1. End of quarter. 

6th Drive: Tennessee takes over on its own 11. A quick pass to Jabari Small followed by an 11-yard scramble from Hendon Hooker picks up a first down for Tennessee. Bru McCoy catches a quick screen and picks up 25 yards. Tennessee moves into LSU territory. Another quick reception by McCoy leads to another first down. Jaylen Wright takes the next play for a 9 yard gain, then a two yard gain to grab a first down. Hooker throws to the end zone and it falls incomplete. A short rush brings up third down on the following play. Hooker takes a shot to the endzone, but Jalin Hyatt was not on the same page and it falls incomplete. Chase McGrath on for a 38-yard field goal. Kick is good. 

5th Drive: LSU takes over on the 16 yard line after the kick. LSU takes over there. Tennessee strings out a pop pass to Kayshon Boutte and holds it to one yard. This is followed by QB scramble from Daniels, and the Vols hold it to one yard. LSU flagged for illegal substitution. LSU picks up the long third down. This is followed by a long completion out of the backfield to Josh Williams for 19 yards. Two quick plays and a catch from Kayshon Boutte picks up a first down for LSU. Tennessee takes a timeout as LSU is driving with the ball at the 43. After the timeout, Jayden Daniels rushes, facemask called against Jeremy Banks moves LSU to the Tennessee 20-yard line. Two rushes by LSU lead to 2 yards and brings up third and eight. Daniels rushes for four yards and brings up fourth and four. LSU is going for it. Boutte catches a pass and stretches for it on fourth down. It is called short and Tennessee takes over. Play was revived ands too. 

4th Drive: A quick completion to Ramel Keyton, followed by back to back rushes for zero yards, brings on the Tennessee field goal team. Chase McGrath's 35 yard field goal is good. 

3rd Drive: LSU takes over on their own 25. A quick completion followed by a two yard run, brings up an early third down. Jayden Daniels shoots one too hard and too high for Boutte and Tennessee forces a punt. Dee Williams nearly houses the punt on the first play of his career as a Vol. He returned it 58 yards to the LSU 25. 

2nd Drive: Tennessee hands to Jabari Small twice fora first down. Hendon Hooker completes a pass to ramen Keyton for a first down. Vols get inside the five. Personal foul called as LSU defender drags Hendon Hooker down away from the play. On the next play, Tennessee hands to Jabari Small who darts into the endzone. 

1st drive: Tennessee kicks to LSU. The tigers muff the kick and Tennessee takes over on the LSU 25. Fumble recovered by Will Brooks. 

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