No. 21 Tennessee and No. 17 Iowa have converged in Orlando, Florida’s Camping World Stadium for a Cheez-It Citrus Bowl clash on a beautiful Monday afternoon.
Freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava is primed to lead the Volunteers in the first start of his collegiate career.
Follow along with Rocky Top Insider’s live thread covering the scoring plays and big moments from the game on Saturday:
CURRENT SCORE: 4th Quarter – Tennessee 35, Iowa 0
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Pregame
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Tennessee’s QB1 is in the house.
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Team Captains: Aaron Beasley, Cooper Mays, Jaylen McCollough, Omari Thomas, Jacob Warren
Tennessee wins the toss and will defer to the second half. Hawkeyes’ offense will start with the ball.
1st Quarter
4:55 – Tennessee INTERCEPTION
- Vols’ safety Andre Turrentine comes up with a huge diving pick in the endzone with the Hawkeyes on 3rd and goal.
-End of the first quarter at 1:42 p.m. ET-
2nd Quarter
14:54 – TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – Vols 7, Iowa 0
- QB Nico Iamaleava takes it 19 yards into the endzone on the designed quarterback run to give the Vols their first points of the day.
8:12 – TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – Vols 14, Iowa 0
- QB Nico Iamaleava finds his second rushing touchdown of the quarter. Another designed run puts him into the endzone for six.
-End of the second quarter at 2:31 p.m. ET-
HALFTIME – No. 21 Tennessee: 14, No. 17 Iowa 0
3rd Quarter
1:43 – TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – Vols 21, Iowa 0
- Who else? QB Nico Iamleava takes it in for his third rushing touchdown of the day. Scrambles to the endzone on the broken play action pass play.
4th Quarter
14:15 – TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – Vols 28, Iowa 0
- Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr. snags an interception and takes it 52 yards to the endzone for a pick-six. Vols are rolling in Orlando.
4:48 – TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE – Vols 35, Iowa 0
- Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava delivers a strike to McCallan Castles who takes it in for the 18-yard score.
