Recap: Tennessee Vols football earns OT win at Pitt on Cedric Tillman TD

The first big test for Tennessee football arrives with a critical road game against No. 14 Pittsburgh.

The Vols (1-0) play the Panthers (1-0) at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC at Acrisure Stadium, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

It's a rematch of UT's 41-34 loss last season when Pitt went on to an ACC title. Beating a ranked opponent on the road could boost the Vols' expectations in Josh Heupel's second season.

Tennessee football score, updates vs Pittsburgh

Postgame

Plenty of Knox News content coming your way.

INSTANT ANALYSIS: Tennessee football survives Pittsburgh in overtime on Cedric Tillman touchdown

REPORT CARD: Tennessee football vs. Pittsburgh report card: Defense gets top grade in 34-27 overtime win

JOHN ADAMS: Surprise, surprise: Tennessee football offense fizzles, defense sizzles vs Pitt in OT win

Overtime

Pitt on 4th and goal: Pass to an open Konata Mumpfield is incomplete. Vols win!

Final score: Tennessee 34, Pitt 27.

Pitt on 3rd and goal: Nick Patti, on one healthy leg, can't get way from the Tennessee pass rush. Pitt has 4th and goal from the Vols' 21.

Pitt on 2nd and goal: Pass incomplete.

Pitt on 1st and goal: Abanikanda short run.

Pitt on 4th down: Nick Patti to Konata Mumpfield for a first down. Vols only rushed three.

Pitt on 2nd down: Jared Wayne with the first down catch. It's very close on the sideline if he stayed inbounds. It's under review.

It's incomplete. Third and long for Pitt.

Pitt on 1st down: Aaron Beasley TFL.

Vols on 2nd down: Big penalty on Gerald Mincey negates a Hendon Hooker TD run. Then, Hooker finds Cedric Tillman in the end zone. Touchdown Tennessee! Tillman had great positioning and came back to the ball.

Pitt wins the coin toss, will go on defense first.

Fourth quarter

19 seconds left: Hendon Hooker is stopped on third down. Vols will punt. Closing in on OT.

2:23 left: What a throw off of one foot by Nick Patti to Jared Wayne in the back of the end zone. Pitt TD. Extra point good. Tennessee 27, Pitt 27.

2:30 left: Nick Patti is on one healthy leg. Fourth and goal.

3:59 left: Abanikanda takes a screen inside the Vols' 10. First and goal.

5:31 left: Pitt calls timeout on 4th and 1 from the Tennessee 1. Out of the timeout, Israel Abanikanda goes for 10 yards.

7:39 left: Pitt's offense with another three-and-out, but Trevon Flowers muffs the punt. Pitt ball. Wow. Cannot happen.

8:57 left: Hendon Hooker is sacked on third down. Chase McGrath 51-yard field goal is good. Tennessee 27, Pitt 20.

10:20 left: Cedric Tillman converts on a timing route on fourth down. Tennessee in Pitt territory.

13:30 left: Great effort from Bru McCoy to break a tackle and get the first down.

14:07 left: Ben Sauls is good from 35 yards out. Tennessee 24, Pitt 20. Patti was injured on a third down sack by Byron Young.

14:54 left: Pitt touchdown wiped away on a holding penalty. It was Nick Patti scramble. Pitt back outside the Vols 10.

Third quarter

1:14 left: Pitt has first and goal. Steady drive as the Panthers lean on the run game.

4:20 left: Jaylen Wright fights for yards and fumbles. The officials call him down, but he's clearly not down before the fumble. After review, Pitt ball. What a messy third quarter.

5:17 left: Vols defense holds, and Ben Sauls misses a 36-yard field goal wide left (and didn't hit the netting, either). Pitt appear to be without effective QB play and placekicking.

6:31 left: A missed opportunity for Cedric Tillman on a possible TD leads to a Vols punt. And Pitt blocks Paxton Brooks' punt. Panthers deep into Vols territory.

8:00 left: Pitt's offense is sputtering without its starting QB. Three and out.

8:33 left: After a penalty, the Vols face 2nd and 33. It did not convert.

10:48 left: Pitt's field goal attempt nowhere near good.

15:00 left: Kedon Slovis is out for the second half, ABC reports. Slovis was slow to get up after Tyler Baron sacked him late in the second quarter. Backup QB Nick Patti in the game.

Second quarter

HALFTIME: Chase McGrath's 37-yard field goal is good. Tennessee 24, Pitt 17.

7 seconds left: MJ Devonshire has an interception in the end zone, but it looks like his foot was out of bounds. This play is under review.

12 seconds left: Vols pass rush has been feasting on Kedon Slovis in the second quarter, and he fumbles on a first down sack. Vols ball.

21 seconds left: Vols will punt. Pitt is a chunk play away from field goal range with no timeouts.

37 seconds left: Vols' two-minute drill begins with Hendon Hooker getting drilled twice for sacks. Each side of the OL gets credit for one.

1:50 left: Pitt punts on 4th and 2 from near midfield with less than two minutes to play in the half. File that away.

4:56 left: Jabari Small. Touchdown Tennessee. Vols lead.

5:04 left: Touchdown Tennessee! Cedric Tillman goes deep for 62 yards. It's close as to whether or not Tillman crossed the plane of the goal line before his elbow hit the ground. It's under review.

After review, Tillman was ruled down at the Pitt 1-yard line.

5:31 left: Big fourth down stop for the Vols. Wesley Walker blitzes and sacks Kedon Slovis. Vols get the ball back before halftime.

7:04 left: Pitt still moving the ball at will. Jaylon Barden is wide open over the middle for a first down on a third down play. Vols defense is struggling.

10:04 left: Good response by the Vols offense. Hendon Hooker finds Bru McCoy for a 34-yard touchdown catch. Vols back to within three points, at 17-14.

13:25 left: OMG, Gavin Bartholomew. He hurdles Trevon Flowers en route to a 57-yard touchdown reception. Pitt leads 17-7.

First quarter

1:02 left: Jacob Warren gets Tennessee to the Pitt 1 with a catch-and-run over the middle. Jabari Small gets the yard and the touchdown on the next play. Pitt 10, Tennessee 7.

3:10 left: Good throw from Hendon Hooker to Cedric Tillman for 20 yards and a first down. Vols on the move.

4:16 left: Huge interception by Trevon Flowers in the end zone, with Aaron Beasley pressuring Pitt QB Kedon Slovis.

6:00 left: UT going for it on fourth down in Pitt territory. Hendon Hooker's pass to Cedric Tillman is deflected and incomplete.

9:00 left: Israel Abanikanda is gone. 76-yard touchdown run over the left side, and Pitt leads 10-0. Tennessee has not started well.

9:13 left: Slow start for Hendon Hooker and the Vols offense. Second three-and-out in two drives.

10:27 left: UT defense holds on goal-to-go situation, and Pitt settles for a field goal and a 3-0 lead.

14:25 left: Quick three-and-out for the Vols offense. Short punt, too. Pitt has good field position.

15:00 left: Vols will receive the opening kickoff. Here we go from Pittsburgh!

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