In a thoroughly dominating performance, the Big Orange amassed the largest margin of victory in Tennessee bowl history.
The 39-point victory over Northwestern (45-6) surpassed the previous record, a 31-point margin in the 2005 Cotton Bowl vs. Texas A & M (38-7), and 28-point wins in the 2002 Citrus Bowl and 1986 Sugar Bowl vs. Michigan (45-17) and Miami (35-7), respectively, as well as a 22-point win over Virginia Tech (45-23) in the 1994 Gator Bowl and 21-point victories over Air Force (34-13) in the 1971 Sugar Bowl and Tulsa in the 1965 Bluebonnet Bowl (27-6).