Tennessee Volunteers vs Auburn Tigers Match Player Stats On Oct 13, 2018

Jeremy Pruitt gained his first signature win as a head coach, as visiting Tennessee stunned No. 21 Auburn 30-24 Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

The Volunteers (3-3, 1-2 SEC) snapped a school-record 11-game conference losing streak, their last SEC win coming against Missouri late in the 2016 season.

Tennessee repeatedly exploited Auburn's secondary with deep passes and took advantage of several critical Auburn mistakes, the biggest being a fumble by Tigers quarterback Jarrett Stidham, which

Alontae Taylor recovered and returned 8 yards for a touchdown to put the Volunteers up 27-17 with 2:34 left in the third quarter.

That came 51 seconds after Tennessee look its first lead of the day on a 25-yard pass from Jarrett Guarantano to Jauan Jennings.

A 42-yard completion to Josh Palmer set up Brent Cimaglia's third field goal of the day -- a 20-yarder -- to make it 30-17.

Auburn's Seth Williams caught a 14-yard touchdown pass with 37 seconds left in the game to make it 30-24.

Auburn, which began the season with national championship hopes and boosted them with a season-opening win over Washington, fell to 4-3 overall and 1-3 in the SEC. With games remaining against Texas A&M, Georgia and Alabama -- the latter two on the road -- the Tigers likely must win at Ole Miss to avoid a losing season.

The first half was a tale of big plays and miscues for both offenses, leading to a 17-13 Auburn lead at intermission.

Each team scored on long touchdown passes. The first was by Tennessee, when Guarantano found running back Ty Chandler wide open deep over the middle for a 42-yard strike to tie the score at 10 in the second quarter.

Auburn regained the lead when freshman Anthony Schwartz caught a short pass, spun out of the grasp of Bryce Thompson, then bolted untouched for a 76-yard touchdown.

Auburn had a chance to run out the clock to end the half but could not gain a first down. That left Tennessee time to work down and kick a field goal.

Auburn's offense was crisp on the opening drive, as the Tigers marched 75 yards for a score, a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Chandler Cox.

Stidham made some plays in the first half but looked frazzled at times. At one point he overthrew Darius Slayton, who was wide open and would have scored with ease.

Stidham also panicked and threw an interception on two different plays.

Tennessee's miscues were more unforced errors: illegal substitution, false start and ineligible player downfield, which wiped out a 39-yard pass play.

--Field Level Media