Kyle Shurmur illuminated football UT Flights

The Philadelphia senior finished with one of the most outstanding performances of all time by a Vanderbilt quarterback. He set the school record with a game percentage (88.6) completing 31 of 35 passes for 367 yards and three touchdowns.

"He pulled the ball out of his hand and made two good shots and good shots," said Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt. "He threw the ball into the apartment and we did not attack four times, he basically took what we gave him and allowed their players to play."

Tennessee went into the game in eighth place in the SEC in pass defense (209.8 yards).

Vanderbilt was sixth in the conference averaging yards per pass (225.2) and 10th in pass effectiveness (139.8).

Defensive lineman Vols, Shy Tuttle, did not explain much why Shurmur could have been so successful.

"Really, they came out better prepared and they performed and we did not do it," Tuttle said.

The Flights actually fired Shurmur three times, but failed to keep the pressure on him.

"We were not at all consistent," said Tuttle.

Shurmur's performance did not surprise Vandy coach Derek Mason. He hoped that Shurmur would give Flights another chance.

"Kyle Shurmur had the game of his life, the game we knew he was capable of," Mason said. "We were able to enjoy it because they did not stop charging the box, and at the end of the match they did not allow us to run, so we said to go on." what they will do, if they will give it to us, then we have the right guy to enlighten you. "

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