We’re just days from Tennessee football and Arkansas meeting on the gridiron for the Razorbacks’ first game under interim head coach Bobby Petrino. Ahead of the real-life meeting, I fired up the College Football 26 video game to simulate the matchup in Knoxville.
The result was a strong defensive showing for the Vols to fight back from an early deficit. We’ll see how accurate the video game version is when UT meets Arkansas on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. ET in Neyland Stadium. The game will air on SEC Network.
Here are the full results and stats of the simulation:
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Score:
Tennessee – 29
Arkansas – 14
Scoring Summary:
1Q:
(Ark) Braylen Russell 4-yd run, 13:51, 0-7
2Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 43-yd FG, 13:41, 3-7
(Ark) Braylen Russell 4-yd pass from Taylen Green, 11:22, 3-14
(Tenn) Braylon Staley 33-yd pass from Joey Aguilar, 3:46, 10-14
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 19-yd FG, 0:00, 13-14
3Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 37-yd FG, 0:59, 16-14
4Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 51-yd FG, 11:43, 19-14
(Tenn) Peyton Lewis 1-yd run, 7:21, 26-14
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 33-yd FG, 2:26, 29-14
Team Stats:
Total Offense…
Tennessee – 362
Arkansas – 321
Rushes | Yards | TD…
Tennessee – 49 | 143 | 1
Arkansas – 36 | 157 | 1
Comp | Att | TD…
Tennessee – 16 | 36 | 1
Arkansas – 15 | 32 | 1
Passing Yards…
Tennessee – 219
Arkansas – 164
Player Stats:
Passing…
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 16/36, 219 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
(Ark) T. Green – 15/31, 164 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
(Ark) K. Jackson – 0/1, 0 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT
Rushing…
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 20 attempts, 60 yards
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 14 attempts, 16 yards
(Tenn) P. Lewis – 10 attempts, 36 yards, 1 TD
(Tenn) D. Bishop – 5 attempts, 31 yards
(Ark) T. Green – 21 attempts, 23 yards
(Ark) B. Russell – 10 attempts, 94 yards, 1 TD
(Ark) M. Washington – 5 attempts, 40 yards
Receiving…
(Tenn) C. Brazzell – 5 receptions, 67 yards
(Tenn) M. Kitselman – 3 receptions, 63 yards
(Tenn) B. Staley – 3 receptions, 46 yards, 1 TD
(Tenn) M. Matthews – 3 receptions, 29 yards
(Tenn) T. Smith – 1 receptions, 11 yards
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 1 reception, 3 yards
(Ark) I. Cisse – 6 receptions, 57 yards
(Ark) B. Russell – 3 receptions, 13 yards, 1 TD
(Ark) K. Shanks – 2 receptions, 35 yards
(Ark) R. Jones – 2 receptions, 21 yards
(Ark) O. Blake – 1 reception, 28 yards
(Ark) R. Sharpe – 1 reception, 10 yards
Defense…
(Tenn) J. Moi – 7 tackles, 5 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) D. Hobbs – 2 tackles, 1 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) B. Eason – 3 tackles, 2 solo, 1 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) A. Turrentine – 1 tackle, 1 solo, 1 INT
(Ark) L. Worth – 10 tackles, 7 solo, 1 TFL
(Ark) P. Lee – 6 tackles, 5 solo, 4 TFL, 1.5 sacks
(Ark) C. Ball – 2 tackles, 1 solo, 1 TFL, 1 sack
(Ark) S. Bridges – 6 tackles, 5 solo, 1 INT
