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Published Sep 12, 2024
I simulated Tennessee vs. Kent State on College Football 25
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With Tennessee and Kent State meeting in real life on Saturday, I fired up EA Sports' College Football 25 video game to see how it would predict things would go.

I placed both teams inside Neyland Stadium at night, took my hands off the controller and watched how the simulation unfolded.

Here's what happened.

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SCORING SUMMARY

Tennessee vs. Kent State CFB25 Simulation
Team1Q2Q3Q4QFINAL

Kent

0

3

0

0

3

Tenn

14

0

14

7

35

First Quarter

(Tenn) Nico Iamaleava, 7 yd run, 8:23

(Tenn) Squirrel White 43 yd pass from Nico Iamaleava, 2:13

Second Quarter

(Kent) Andrew Glass, 41 yd FG, 3:43

Third Quarter

(Tenn) Bru McCoy 23 yd pass from Nico Iamaleava, 8:00

(Tenn) Dylan Sampson 4 yd run, 4:21

Fourth Quarter

(Tenn) Dont'e Thornton Jr. 29 yd pass from Nico Iamaleava, 9:42

TEAM STATS

Team Stats in Tennessee vs. Kent State CFB25 Simulation
KENT STATESTATTENNESSEE

3

Score

35

16

First Downs

22

261

Total Offense

474

24 | 22 | 0

Rushes | Yards | TDs

30 | 149 | 2

0.9

Yards Per Rush

5.0

27 | 38 | 0

Comp | Att | TDs

18 | 21 | 3

6.3

Yards Per Pass

15.5

239

Passing Yards

325

6 | 15 (40%)

3rd Down Conv.

5 | 8 (62%)

2 | 3 (66%)

4th Down Conv.

1 | 1 (100%)

0 | 0 | 0%

Red Zone TD | FG | %

2 | 0 | 40%

1

Turnovers

1

0

PR Yards

17

61

KR Yards

32

322

Total yards

523

0 | 0

Penalties

2 | 5

PLAYER STATS

Passing Stats Tennessee vs. Kent State CFB25 Simulation
PlayerYDSCOMP%TDINTRATING

(Tenn) N. Iamaleava

325

85%

3

1

253.3

(Kent) T. Ulatowski

239

71%

0

1

118.6

Rushing Stats Tennessee vs. Kent State CFB25 Simulation
PlayerATTYDSAVGTD

(Tenn) D. Sampson

25

131

5.2

1

(Tenn) N. Iamaleava

5

18

3.6

1

(Kent) G. Garcia

17

48

2.8

0

(Kent) T. Ulatowski

6

-35

-5.8

0

(Kent) K. Thomas

1

9

9.0

0

Receiving Stats Tennessee vs. Kent State CFB25 Simulation
PlayerRECYDSAVGTDLONG

(Tenn) B. McCoy

4

100

25.0

1

32

(Tenn) S. White

3

88

29.3

1

43

(Tenn) C. Brazzell II

4

59

14.7

0

22

(Tenn) D. Thornton Jr.

3

51

17.0

1

29

(Tenn) H. Staes

2

17

8.5

0

9

(Tenn) D. Sampson

1

12

12.0

0

12

(Tenn) C. Seldon

1

-2

-2.0

0

-2.0

(Kent) C. McCray

6

63

10.5

0

26

(Kent) L. Floriea

7

57

8.1

0

17

(Kent) S. Brown

4

40

10.0

0

17

(Kent) A. Harrison

4

39

9.7

0

23

(Kent) G. Garcia

5

21

4.2

0

9

(Kent) D. Dorsey

1

19

19.0

0

19

Defensive Stats Tennessee vs. Kent State CFB25 Simulation
PlayerTACKLESTFLSACKINT

(Tenn) A. Carter

11

0

0

0

(Tenn) B. Carter

9

2

0

0

(Tenn) J. McCoy

8

0

0

0

(Tenn) K. Pili

8

0

0

0

(Tenn) J. Pearce Jr.

7

5

3.5

0

(Tenn) Ja. Thomas

6

0

0

0

(Tenn) D. Bailey

5

1

0.5

0

(Tenn) C. Charles

4

0

0

0

(Tenn) O. Thomas

3

3

0

0

(Tenn) A. Turrentine

3

0

0

0

(Tenn) J. Telander

3

0

0

0

(Tenn) B. Eason

2

1

0

0

(Tenn) T. West

2

0

0

0

(Tenn) R. Gibson III

2

0

0

1

(Tenn) C. Harrison

1

0

0

0

(Kent) E. Watkins

14

1

0

0

(Kent) N. Giacolone

9

0

0

0

(Kent) M. Harmon

7

3

0

0

(Kent) S. Daley

6

3

0

0

(Kent) M. Folk

6

0

0

0

(Kent) M. Brackins

5

0

0

0

(Kent) X. Cokley

5

0

0

0

(Kent) K. Landery

4

3

0

0

(Kent) N. Muhammad

4

1

0

1

(Kent) J. Dotson

4

0

0

0

(Kent) O. Billotte

3

0

0

0

(Kent) J. Studio

20

0

0

0

(Kent) T. Miller

1

0

0

0

(Kent) A. Branch

1

0

0

0

(Kent) S. Brown

1

0

0

0

(Kent) D. Bennett

1

0

0

0

(Kent) A. Fisher

1

0

0

0

(Kent) K. Johns

1

0

0

0

(Kent) J. Bulter

1

0

0

0

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