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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Vols Win 53-28 Over Vandy on Senior Night

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee -- Tennessee piled up 523 total yards as the Vols claimed their fifth-straight win with a 53-28 Senior Day victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday at Neyland Stadium.

Joshua Dobbs accounted for 233 yards of offense and three touchdowns in the Vols' regular-season finale at Neyland Stadium. Jalen Hurd rushed for more than 100 yards for the fifth time this year, finishing with 120 yards.

"I'm just really proud of our players, particularly our seniors," Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said. "We talked about finishing. Everything in our program is based off of finishing, and we're learning how to finish."

The win gave Tennessee (8-4, 5-3 SEC) its first eight-win season since going 10-4 in 2007. UT is also on a five-game winning streak, which is Tennessee's best since also winning the final five regular-season games in 2007.

Vanderbilt (4-8, 2-6) gave up its most points of the season after entering the game allowing just 18.1