2010 Music City Bowl: North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27

December 30, 2010 UT loses Music City Bowl in double OT By Jeff Lockridge THE TENNESSEAN Casey Barth's 23-yard field goal in double overtime gave North Carolina a 30-27 win over Tennessee in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. North Carolina (8-5) got the opportunity to win after intercepting Tyler Bray in the second overtime. In the first overtime, T.J. Yates rushed for a 1-yard touchdown for North Carolina. Bray's 20-yard touchdown pass to Luke Stocker sent the game to double overtime. Barth kicked a 40-yard field goal on the final play of regulation to tie the game 20-20 and send it to overtime. Bray's 8-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter with five minutes left had given Tennessee (6-7) a 20-17 lead. The teams traded touchdowns just before halftime. The Vols, who have taken their shots deep with regularity, took a 14-10 lead when a pair of freshmen hooked up on Bray’s 45-yard toss to Da’Rick Rogers down the middle of the field with 1:30 left in the half. Not to be outdone, North Carolina answered with a five-play, 72-yard drive in just over a minute to retake the lead on T.J. Yates’ 39-yard touchdown pass to Erik Highsmith with 27 seconds in the half. Highsmith was able to get behind cornerback Prentiss Waggner on the left sideline when Yates extended the play by scrambling out of the pocket. Bray completed 13-of-27 passes for 162 yards, two scores and two interceptions in the first half. The Vols had just 18 rushing yards on 12 carries. North Carolina was more balanced, rushing for 88 yards and throwing for 119. Casey Barth’s 28-yard field goal at 10:24 of the second quarter staked the Tar Heels to a 10-7 advantage. North Carolina linebacker Zach Brown’s 43-yard interception return to the Vols 10 provided the field position for the score. Brown snagged his third pick of the season when the ball caromed off tight end Luke Stocker’s hands. It was tied 7-7 after one quarter. The Vols rallied to knot the score with 2:10 in the first quarter on Bray’s 29-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Jones, who was left uncovered on a blown assignment by the Tar Heels. Senior tailback Shaun Draughn covered 58 yards on North Carolina’s third offensive play of the game to stake the Tar Heels to a 7-0 lead with 10:58 in the quarter. Draughn, getting his second start of the season, sidestepped Vols safety Janzen Jackson to turn the toss sweep into a touchdown. North Carolina missed an opportunity to pad its lead when cornerback Kendric Burney fumbled at the Vols 28 while returning a Bray interception. Stocker recovered for Tennessee. The Tar Heels also suffered a key injury in the first quarter. Senior safety Deunta Williams, the team’s sixth leading tackler, was carted off the field with a broken right fibula after colliding with Stocker at the 5:32 mark.