We’re just days from Tennessee football and Kentucky meeting on the gridiron for the Vols’ second road game in a row. Ahead of the real-life meeting, I fired up the College Football 26 video game to simulate the matchup in Lexington.
The result was a lopsided win for Tennessee. We’ll see how accurate the video game version is when UT meets the Wildcats on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. ET at Kroger Field. The game will air on SEC Network.
Here are the full results and stats of the simulation:
I was asked about the settings I use for the simulations. My game is on Heisman difficulty with 15-minute quarters, no accelerated clock and even teams ‘off’. I put the correct team at home and match the time of the game up to the best choice possible. I don’t control either team, bench players we know will be inactive and then let it play out once and the results are as follows.
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Score:
Tennessee – 46
Kentucky – 24
Scoring Summary:
1Q:
(UK) Jacob Kauwe 45-yd FG, 13:31, 0-3
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 49-yd FG, 12:19, 3-3
(Tenn) Boo Carter returned interception 35 yards, 11:35, 10-3
(UK) Jacob Kauwe 44-yd FG, 6:31, 10-6
2Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 32-yd FG, 12:25, 13-6
(UK) Troy Stellato 25-yd pass from Cutter Boley, 7:50, 13-13
(Tenn) Star Thomas 1-yd run, 2:41, 20-13
(Tenn) Star Thomas 2-yd run, 0:09, 27-13
3Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 36-yd FG, 10:37, 30-13
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 50-yd FG, 4:29, 33-13
4Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 42-yd FG, 14:20, 36-13
(UK) Seth McGowan 16-yd pass from Cutter Boley (2-point conversion), 11:25, 36-21
(UK) Jacob Kauwe 27-yd FG, 8:08, 36-24
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 38-yd FG, 4:07, 39-24
(Tenn) Chris Brazzell 8-yd pass from Joey Aguilar, 2:16, 46-24
Team Stats:
Total offense…
Tenn – 345
UK – 348
Rushes | Yards | TD…
Tenn – 35 | 95 | 234 | 55 | 0
UK – 34 | 55 | 0
Comp | Att | TD…
Tenn – 22 | 40 | 1
UK – 25 | 53 | 2
Passing Yards…
Tenn – 250
UK – 293
Player Stats:
Passing…
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 22/40, 250 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
(UK) C. Boley – 25/53, 293 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing…
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 16 att, 58 yds, 2 TD
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 13 att, 27 yds
(Tenn) P. Lewis – 4 att, 7 yds
(Tenn) D. Bishop – 2 att, 3 yds
(UK) D. Dowdell – 18 att, 63 yds, 1 fumble
(UK) C. Boley – 14 att, -8 yds
(UK) J. Maclin – 2 att, 0 yds
Receiving…
(Tenn) C. Brazzell – 9 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD
(Tenn) M. Matthews – 6 rec, 76 yds
(Tenn) B. Stlaey – 4 rec, 63 yds
(Tenn) M. Kitselman – 4 rec, 26 yds
(UK) J. Maclin – 7 rec, 69 yds
(UK) K. Law – 6 rec, 95 yds
(UK) T. Stellato – 4 rec, 69 yds, 1 TD
(UK) S. McGowan – 3 rec, 27 yds, 1 TD
(UK) J. Kattus – 2 rec, 14 yds
(UK) D. Dowdell – 2 rec, 16 yds
(UK) F. Farrier – 1 rec, 4 yds
Defense…
(Tenn) J. Telander – 9 tackles, 6 solo, 1 TFL
(Tenn) D. Hobbs – 2 tackles, 2 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) B. Eason – 4 tackles, 4 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) J. Moi – 4 tackles, 4 solo, 1 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) D. Bailey – 4 tackles, 3 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) B. Carter – 3 tackles, 3 solo, 2 INT, 1 TD
(UK) J. Hayes – 7 tackles, 6 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(UK) D. Gusta – 2 tackles, 2 solo, 2 TFL
(UK) J. Hardaway – 4 tackles, 1 solo, 1 TFL
(UK) Q. Scott – 6 tackles, 5 solo, 1 TFL
