What are your Two favorite all-time Tenn plays? one offense and one def.

[EtowahVol]

Mine is Peyton to Joey Kent first play vs Alabama Off. Bill Duff stuffing Eddie George vs Ohio State def.

 

[RockyTop140]

My favorite offensive play was Jennings juggle catch down the sideline against Florida in 2016. I had never seen us beat Florida so that game was amazing for me.

Defensive play, Will brooks pick against Bama to seal it last year or the McCoy 1 handed interception in the end zone. Probably some recency bias

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Offensive Play: Travis Stephens running through a safety at Florida/4th and 17 at Bama.

Defensive Play: Deon Grant interception in 98.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

Recently….
Rem vs Florida
Goal line stand vs Kentucky

 

[MHS Rebel]

I'll buy the Deon Grant interception - I was there. Then Jeff Powell run against all the "World-class" speed at Miami.

 

[Volador]

Sorry bout the clarity of the pix, but the clarity of these two plays are etched in the hallowed halls of UT Football History. Go Vols!

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[orangebloodgmc]

Offense -- maybe Dobbs to Jennings catch to beat GA.

DEF -- A. big receiver from Notre Dame caught pass in flat and Inky Johnson knocked the crap out of him.
B. Puki/Barksdale stuffing Vegas Ferguson at goal line

 

[TNnative]

Offense. Dobbs to Jennings in the Doobs nail boot play vs Georgia.

Defensive: Davis Allen interception for TD vs Hawaii. I was there for that one.

 

[Special Ed]

On Defense, I'll pick the best play from the the 1939 Defense that went undefeated, un-tied, and UNSCORED UPON in 1939.
Surely, a brilliant play or three happened during that idyllic season.
Along with whatever best UT Offensive play came after that. I'm not going to scroll through history to see what that might have been.

 

[tomballvol]

Offense - Jennings Hail Mary catch against Georgia.
Defense - Dale Jones Int against Alabama in '85.

 

[Hacksaw]

Impossible to say, but the first two that popped into my mind were Dewayne Goodrich's pick-six and the fourth quarter 79-yard TD pass completion to Peerless in the national championship game. The INT flipped the field and gave us momentum and the long TD pass made it feel like we were going to win. These two plays made it possible for Tennessee to win the first and only national title of my lifetime (so far).

 

[hUTch2002]

2 great ones not mentioned:

Offense, Keyton’s catch against Florida in 2022. Late first half, Florida had taken the lead and the momentum, and were backed up around our 20. Keyton made an incredible 40-yard catch to flip the field. We scored a TD to take the lead into the half and went on to win. You never know but it seemed like the game changed after that catch. Not the best play ever of course but just a great one not mentioned.

Defense, THE stubble fumble in 1998, hands down. Honorable mention would be those 100 fumbles Al Wilson forced Florida into, including 2 at the 1-yard line. We sure had some dogs on D that year.

 

[Volizona]

Way too many to choose from but maybe I’ll narrow down to Bama during Heupel tenure. Offensive - Hooker pass to Bru in 2022 to set up winning FG in 2022. Defense - Brooks interception last year to close out the win.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Offense - Jennings Hail Mary catch against Georgia.
Defense - Dale Jones Int against Alabama in '85.

You chose wisely, and beat me to the punch.

Honorable mention to Jeff Powell run, it was real close.

 

[VOLfrombama]

Manning to Kent on the first play

Al Wilson hitting Wuerffel multiple times in the 98 game.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

On Defense, I'll pick the best play from the the 1939 Defense that went undefeated, un-tied, and UNSCORED UPON in 1939.
Surely, a brilliant play or three happened during that idyllic season.
Along with whatever best UT Offensive play came after that. I'm not going to scroll through history to see what that might have been.

Legend has it that Ole Herman O’Houlihan registered the lone Pass Break up of the season when Sewanee tried a little razzle dazzle and tried a forward pass on a first down.

 

[1985volunteer]

Defense - Dale Jones interception against Alabama

Offense- Peyton bootleg for TD against Bama, just cause it made them look silly and kinda rubbed their nose in it.

 

[I Love Lamp]

Offensive Play: Travis Stephens running through a safety at Florida/4th and 17 at Bama.

Defensive Play: Deon Grant interception in 98.
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That defensive play is mine. There are probably better ones out there but this one is so iconic to me and the most memorable.

 

[screenthis]

Offense - Jennings Hail Mary catch against Georgia.
Defense - Dale Jones Int against Alabama in '85.

Dale Jones...my all time fav defensive player. He was so instinctive.

 

[05_never_again]

Offensive Play: Travis Stephens running through a safety at Florida/4th and 17 at Bama.

Defensive Play: Deon Grant interception in 98.
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When I read the thread title, I thought of both of these plays.

The Jauan Jennings long TD where he smoked Jalen Tabor and Jalin Hyatt's 3rd and 4th TDs against Alabama are up there too.

 

[Mccage]

Offense - Jennings Hail Mary catch against Georgia.
Defense - Dale Jones Int against Alabama in '85.

Absolutely

 

[ShulerFan_21]

My personal favorites:

Offense - 1996 vs Alabama Jay Graham 79 yard TD run - most joy I had seen to date at Neyland

Defense - Steve Taneyhill being dragged deep enough by his Golden Mullet

Bonus Special Teams - Dale Carter 2nd half kickoff return for a TD against Florida in the rain

 

[Capt Whiskey]

Offense: Dobbs to Jennings in Athens to shock and silence the home crowd.

Defense: Eric Berry decleating Knowshon Moreno.

 

[#1fulmerite]

Many great ones mentioned above! All are very worthy!

My favorite all-time play is a special teams play. Any of you old-timers remember Dale Carter’s kickoff return? If you do, I don’t have to mention the team or year!

 

[MHS Rebel]

Defense: Eric Berry decleating Knowshon Moreno.

Against TN, he was "No-Show" Moreno.