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2B MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2020 KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL Evening Cash 3: 5-3-0; LS: 8 Evening Cash 4: 2-0-5-3; LS: 10 Powerball: 1-11-21-25-54; PB: PP: 2 Lotto America: 5-24-34-38-47; Star Ball: 6 Tennessee Lottery: Sunday FOOTBALL NFL PLAYOFFS Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT Tennessee 20, New England 13 Sunday, Jan. 5 Minnesota 26, New Orleans 20 Seattle at Philadelphia SATURDAY PLAYOFF SUMMARIES TITANS 20, PATRIOTS 13 Tennessee 7 7 0 6 20 New England 3 10 0 0 13 First Quarter Folk 36, 12:37. 12 pass from Tannehill (Joseph kick), 5:39. Second Quarter 5 run (Folk kick), 14:57.

Folk 21, 2:16. 1 run (Joseph kick), :35. Fourth Quarter 9 interception return (run failed), :09. Ten NE First downs 19 18 Total Net Yards 272 307 Rushes-yards 40-201 22-98 Passing 71 209 Punt Returns 0-0 1-23 Kickoff Returns 2-40 1-10 Interceptions Ret. 1-9 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 9-16-1 20-37-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 0-0 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-25 3-28 Time of Possession 31:09 28:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Henry 34-182, Tannehill 4-11, Lewis 2-8.

New England, Michel 14-61, White 1-14, Edelman 2-12, Harry 1-7, Burkhead 3-4, Roberts 1-0. Tannehill 8-15-1-72, Mariota 1-1-0-4. New England, Brady 20-37-1-209. Firkser 2-23, Pruitt 2-4, Henry 1-22, J.Smith 1-9, Lewis 1-8, Sharpe 1-6, A.Brown 1-4. New England, White 5-62, Watson 3-38, Burkhead 3-32, Edelman 3-30, Harry 2-21, Michel 2-9, Sanu 1-11, Dorsett 1-6.

TEXANS 22. BILLS 19 Buffalo 7 6 3 3 0 19 Houston 0 0 8 11 3 22 First Quarter 16 pass from Brown (Hauschka kick), 11:41. Second Quarter Hauschka 40, 10:47. Hauschka 40, :04. Third Quarter Hauschka 38, 6:02.

20 run (Watson run), 1:33. Fourth Quarter Fairbairn 41, 10:55. 5 pass from Watson (Hopkins pass from Watson), 4:37. Hauschka 47, :05. First Overtime Fairbairn 28, 3:20.

Buf Hou First downs 24 19 Total Net Yards 425 360 Rushes-yards 30-172 33-141 Passing 253 219 Punt Returns 1-8 1-11 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-15 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 25-48-0 20-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-27 7-28 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-64 4-20 Time of Possession 35:15 36:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Allen 9-92, Singletary 13-58, Gore 8-22. Houston, Watson 14-55, Hyde 16-48, D.Johnson 3-38. Allen 24-46-0-264, Brown 1-1-0-16, Bojorquez 0-1-0-0. Houston, Watson 20-25-0-247.

Singletary 6-76, Brown 4-50, Williams 4-49, Beasley 4-44, McKenzie 4-23, Allen 1-16, Knox 1-14, Smith 1-8. Houston, Hopkins 6-90, Stills 4-46, Fells 4-37, D.Johnson 3-30, Jones 1-34, Carter 1-5, Hyde 1-5. 2019-20 COLLEGE BOWLS Friday, Dec. 20 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9 Frisco (Texas) Bowl Kent State 51, Utah State 41 Saturday, Dec. 21 Celebration Bowl At Atlanta NC 64, Alcorn State 44 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11 Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla.

Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl FAU 52, SMU 28 Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Arkansas State 34, FIU 26 New Orleans Bowl Appalachian State 31, UAB 17 Las Vegas Bowl Washington 38, Boise State 7 Monday, Dec. 23 Gasparilla Bowl At Tampa, Fla. UCF 48, Marshall 25 Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Hawaii 38, BYU 34 Thursday, Dec.

26 Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0 Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30 Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. North Carolina 55, Temple 13 Pinstripe Bowl New York Michigan State 27, Wake Forest 21 Texas Bowl Houston Texas 24, Oklahoma State 21 Holiday Bowl San Diego Iowa 49, Southern Cal 24 Cheez-It Bowl Phoenix Air Force 31, Washington State 21 Saturday, Dec. 28 Camping World Bowl Orlando, Fla.

Notre Dame 33, Iowa State 9 Cotton Bowl Classic Arlington, Texas Penn State 53, Memphis 39 Peach Bowl Atlanta CFP Semifinal: LSU 63, Oklahoma 28 Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. CFP Semifinal: Clemson 29, Ohio State 23 Monday, Dec. 30 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Dallas Western Kentucky 23, Western Michigan 20 Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28 Redbox Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. California 35, Illinois 20 Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla.

Florida 36, Virginia 28 Tuesday, Dec. 31 Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Arizona State 20, Florida State 14 Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Navy 20, Kansas State 17 Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz. Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17 Alamo Bowl San Antonio Texas 38, Utah 10 Wednesday, Jan.

1 Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Alabama 35, Michigan 16 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Minnesota 31, Auburn 24 Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27 Sugar Bowl New Orleans Georgia 26, Baylor 14 Thursday, Jan. 2 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6 Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.

Tennessee 23, Indiana 22 Friday, Jan. 3 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Ohio 30, Nevada 21 Saturday, Jan. 4 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Tulane 30, Southern Miss 13 Monday, Jan. 6 Lendingtree Bowl Mobile, Ala. Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs.

Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 13 College Football Championship New Orleans Clemson (14-0) vs. LSU (14-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN) BASKETBALL COLLEGE MEN SCORES SOUTH VCU 72, George Mason 59 EAST Dayton 80, Saint Joseph's 67 Holy Cross 63, Navy 61 Manhattan 67, Niagara 62 Richmond 69, Rhode Island 61 Stony Brook 73, Maine 52 SATURDAY COLLEGE MEN SUMMARIES AAC GEORGIA 65, (11) MEMPHIS 62 GEORGIA (10-3) Hammonds 7-18 0-0 15, Edwards 4-17 3-5 13, Gresham 4-8 1-2 12, Camara 3-5 0-0 8, Wheeler 4-8 1-2 10, Crump 0-2 2-2 2, Fagan 0-0 0-0 0, J.Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 1-1 0-0 3, Walton 0-1 0-0 0, Peake 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 24-61 7-11 65. MEMPHIS (12-2) Achiuwa 8-16 2-5 20, Quinones 3-9 1-2 8, Ellis 2-7 4-5 10, Lomax 4-9 2-4 11, Baugh 3-10 2-4 8, T.Harris 0-5 0-0 0, Thomas 1-4 0-0 2, Maurice 1-1 0-0 3, Hardaway 0-0 0-0 0, Dandridge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 11-20 62. 3-Point 10-22 (Gresham 3-6, Camara 2-2, Edwards 2-5, Brown 1-1, Wheeler 1-2, Hammonds 1-5, Walton 0-1), Memphis 7-22 (Achiuwa 2-3, Ellis 2-5, Lomax 1-1, Maurice 1-1, Quinones 1-5, Thomas 0-3, T.Harris 0-4). 35 (Hammonds 12), Memphis 42 (Achiuwa 15).

18 (Wheeler 7), Memphis 10 (Lomax 4). Total 16, Memphis 10. 17,272 SEC LSU 78, TENNESSEE 64 LSU (9-4) Smart 7-13 2-2 21, Mays 6-10 3-4 17, Watford 5-10 5-6 15, Days 3-9 0-0 7, Taylor 0-1 2-2 2, Williams 4-8 0-0 8, Manning 3-8 0-0 8, Hyatt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 12-14 78. TENNESSEE (8-5) Bowden 1-12 0-0 3, Fulkerson 3-7 0-0 6, Pons 7-12 1-3 18, Vescovi 6-13 0-0 18, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Nkamhoua 2-3 0-0 4, James 5-11 2-2 15, Gaines 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 24-60 3-5 64. 38-37. 3-Point 10-21 (Smart 5-9, Manning 2-2, Mays 2-2, Days 1-5, Hyatt 0-1, Watford 0-2), Tennessee 13-26 (Vescovi 6-9, James 3-5, Pons 3-5, Bowden 1-6, Johnson 0-1). 31 (Days 11), Tennessee 25 (Vescovi 6). 12 (Smart, Mays 4), Tennessee 18 (Bowden 6).

Total 13, Tennessee 15. (23) WICHITA ST. 74, OLE MISS 54 OLE MISS (9-4) Shuler 4-12 2-3 12, Tyree 2-9 4-4 9, Collum 1-4 1-2 4, Sy 4-8 4-5 12, Buffen 1-5 2-2 4, Hinson 2-5 3-3 7, Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Hunter 0-5 2-4 2, Crowley 1-2 0-0 2, Curry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-52 18-23 54. WICHITA ST.

(13-1) Burton 6-8 3-3 16, Sherfield 3-9 4-8 10, Stevenson 9-15 6-7 29, Wade 3-5 1-3 7, Echenique 2-5 3-3 7, Udeze 0-1 3-7 3, Etienne 0-2 2-2 2, Dennis 0-2 0-0 0, Fernandes 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-48 22-33 74. St. 39-24. 3-Point Miss 4-18 (Shuler 2-5, Tyree 1-2, Collum 1-4, Buffen 0-1, Crowley 0-1, Hunter 0-1, Miller 0-1, Sy 0-1, Hinson 0-2), Wichita St.

6-21 (Stevenson 5-11, Burton 1-1, Dennis 0-1, Fernandes 0-1, Wade 0-1, Echenique 0-2, Etienne 0-2, Sherfield 0-2). Miss 25 (Shuler, Sy 5), Wichita St. 35 (Stevenson, Wade, Echenique, Udeze 6). Miss 5 (Shuler, Tyree 2), Wichita St. 9 (Burton 4).

Total Miss 21, Wichita St. 19. (7) AUBURN 80, MISSISSIPPI ST. 68 AUBURN (13-0) Doughty 4-12 7-8 15, Okoro 5-9 4-5 14, McCormick 9-17 8-11 28, Purifoy 4-10 0-0 11, Wiley 4-8 2-4 10, McLemore 1-5 0-0 2, Flanigan 0-2 0-2 0, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Cambridge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-65 21-30 80.

MISSISSIPPI ST. (9-4) Woodard 5-13 0-3 12, Perry 8-19 5-5 21, Ado 1-1 4-4 6, Weatherspoon 6-18 6-7 18, Carter 1-11 2-2 4, Stewart 1-2 0-0 3, Feazell 0-1 0-0 0, Molinar 1-3 2-2 4, Oduro 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-68 19-23 68. 29-24. 3-Point 5-22 (Purifoy 3-7, McCormick 2-6, Johnson 0-1, McLemore 0-1, Okoro 0-1, Flanigan 0-2, Doughty 0-4), Mississippi St.

3-13 (Woodard 2-3, Stewart 1-1, Feazell 0-1, Weatherspoon 0-1, Perry 0-3, Carter 0-4). 37 (Doughty, Okoro, Purifoy 8), Mississippi St. 44 (Woodard, Perry 12). 9 (McCormick 4), Mississippi St. 6 (Weatherspoon, Carter 2).

Total 20, Mississippi St. 22. TOP 25 (13) MICHIGAN ST. 87, (16) MICHIGAN 69 MICHIGAN (10-4) Simpson 6-18 1-4 14, Brooks 1-5 0-0 2, Johns 4-9 3-3 12, Wagner 2-5 4-4 10, Teske 6-12 2-4 15, DeJulius 3-9 2-2 8, Davis 3-7 1-3 7, Castleton 0-4 0-0 0, Nunez 0-0 0-0 0, Baird 0-0 1-2 1, Bajema 0-0 0-0 0, Faulds 0-0 0-0 0, Ozuna-Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-69 14-22 69.

MICHIGAN ST. (12-3) Winston 11-19 8-11 32, Tillman 5-11 9-14 20, Brown 1-3 3-4 6, Henry 3-6 0-0 6, Watts 3-4 0-0 8, Hall 2-3 2-2 6, Bingham 1-3 2-2 5, Ahrens 2-3 0-0 4, Marble 0-1 0-0 0, Kithier 0-0 0-0 0, Loyer 0-0 0-0 0, George 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-53 24-33 87. St. 44-34.

3-Point 5-23 (Wagner 2-3, Teske 1-3, Johns 1-4, Simpson 1-6, Castleton 0-1, DeJulius 0-2, Brooks 0-4), Michigan St. 7-15 (Watts 2-3, Winston 2-3, Bingham 1-2, Brown 1-2, Tillman 1-3, Ahrens 0-1, Hall 0-1). Fouled 31 (Wagner 7), Michigan St. 41 (Tillman 11). 14 (Simpson 8), Michigan St.

16 (Winston 9). Total 23, Michigan St. 19. COLLEGE WOMEN SCORES SOUTH Arkansas 86, Auburn 70 Coll. of Charleston 84, Delaware 73 Drexel 73, UNC-Wilmington 72 Florida 68, Vanderbilt 60 James Madison 61, Elon 48 Louisville 60, Duke 55 NC State 80, Virginia 60 UCF 91, East Carolina 55 Virginia Tech 76, North Carolina 70 Wake Forest 65, Georgia Tech 60 EAST Albany (NY) 56, Binghamton 53 Boston College 79, Pittsburgh 70 Boston U.

59, American U. 44 Bucknell 50, Lafayette 36 Colgate 100, Army 93 Lehigh 55, Loyola (Md.) 53 Marquette 60, Providence 50 75, UMBC 64 New Hampshire 72, Hartford 71 Northeastern 74, Hofstra 51 Seton Hall 79, Georgetown 60 Stony Brook 73, Maine 69 MIDWEST DePaul 74, Creighton 71 Iowa 77, Northwestern 51 Loyola of Chicago 51, S. Illinois 49 Michigan 89, Michigan St. 69 Rutgers 59, Purdue 53 West Virginia 74, Kansas St. 63 HOCKEY NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division OT Pts GF GA Boston 24 8 11 59 140 111 Toronto 24 14 5 53 155 135 Tampa Bay 23 13 4 50 144 124 Florida 21 15 5 47 147 140 Buffalo 19 17 7 45 127 135 Montreal 18 17 7 43 134 136 Ottawa 16 21 5 37 117 143 Detroit 10 29 3 23 90 161 Metropolitan Division OT Pts GF GA Washington 29 9 5 61 155 129 Islanders 25 11 3 53 115 102 Pittsburgh 24 11 5 53 138 107 Carolina 24 15 2 50 139 116 Phila 22 14 5 49 131 123 Columbus 19 14 8 46 107 113 Rangers 19 17 4 42 132 136 New Jersey 15 19 6 36 104 139 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division OT Pts GF GA St.

Louis 26 10 6 58 131 114 Colorado 24 13 4 52 151 122 Dallas 24 14 4 52 115 104 Winnipeg 22 16 3 47 128 126 Minnesota 19 17 5 43 126 137 Nashville 18 15 6 42 134 131 Chicago 18 18 6 42 123 139 Pacific Division OT Pts GF GA Vegas 23 15 6 52 139 129 Arizona 23 16 4 50 122 110 Vancouver 22 15 4 48 139 124 Edmonton 21 17 5 47 127 137 Calgary 21 17 5 47 118 130 San Jose 18 22 4 39 116 146 Los Angeles 17 21 4 38 109 132 Anaheim 16 20 5 37 105 128 Saturday's Games Edmonton 4, Boston 1 Buffalo 3, Florida 2 San Jose 3, Columbus 2 Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Vegas 5, St. Louis 4, OT Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 2, OT Colorado 5, New Jersey 2 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 3 Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Arizona 6, Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Nashville 4, Los Angeles 1 Sunday's Games Washington 5, San Jose 4, OT Tampa Bay at Carolina Florida at Pittsburgh Calgary at Minnesota Detroit at Chicago Nashville at Anaheim Monday's Games Winnipeg at Montreal, 6 p.m. Colorado at N.Y.

Islanders, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto, 6 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Philadelphia at Carolina, 6 p.m. Arizona at Florida, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Washington, 6 p.m. Montreal at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Boston at Nashville, 7 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vegas, 9 p.m. LATEST LINE (Favorite in Caps) Pregame.com Line NBA Monday Favorite Line Underdog ORLANDO 5 211 Brooklyn Indiana 5 CHARLOTTE WASHINGTON OFF OFF Boston PHILADELPHIA (213) Oklahoma City ATLANTA OFF OFF Denver Utah 2 (223) NEW ORLEANS Milwaukee 7 SAN ANTONIO DALLAS OFF OFF Chicago SACRAMENTO OFF (OFF) Golden State COLLEGE BASKETBALL Monday Favorite Line Underdog APPALACHIAN ST 9 La-Lafayette COASTAL CAROLINA 7 La-Monroe UALR 2 Ga Southern TEXAS-ARLINGTON South Alabama TEXAS STATE 11 Troy Georgia St ARKANSAS ST West Virginia 2 OKLAHOMA ST College Football Monday Favorite Underdog La-Lafayette 13 14 Miami (Ohio) SCOREBOARD COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. The Lending Tree Bowl: Louisiana Lafayette vs.

Miami (Ohio), ESPN COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. Colgate-Army, CBSSN 9 p.m. West Virginia-Oklahoma ESPN2 9 p.m. Southern-Prairie View ESPNU COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. Illinois-Indiana, Big Ten Net- work 7 p.m.

Ohio ESPN2 7 p.m. Mississippi SEC Network 9 p.m. Texas-Iowa FS1 COLLEGE WRESTLING 7 p.m. Arizona FS1 PRO BASKETBALL 7 p.m. NBA, Thunder-76ers, NBA TV 7:30 p.m.

NBA, Nuggets-Hawks, FSSE 10 p.m. NBA, Warriors-Kings, NBA TV PRO HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHL, Oilers-Maple Leafs, NBCSN ON THE AIR Jeremy Pruitt has a spot to on his Tennessee football Florida State announced Sunday it hired David Johnson as running backs coach, a position he held this season for the Vols in his second year on Pruitt's Johnson also will be FSU's recruiting coordinator. Johnson is one of the best coaches ever had the opportunity to be around throughout my career as a player or coach," Seminoles coach Mike Norvell said in a news release. "He is a remarkable teacher and men- tor who has tremendous versatility in knowledge and skillset developing players at the running back and wide receiver positions.

"As a former high school head coach, he brings great insight and is a great evaluator of talent that has translated extremely well to the colle- giate and pro level. He has been one of the top recruiters and does a great job of building relationships throughout the Johnson coached Tennessee's wide receivers in 2018 before Pruitt restruc- tured his and adjusted his role ahead of this season. He also brought value as a recruiter, particularly in the Memphis area that became a hotbed for Tennessee during the Pruitt era. Johnson was the lead recruiter for Memphis products who signed in December, and he previously recruited running back Eric Gray, who earned most valuable player honors for his performance in Tennessee's 23-22 win over Indiana in the Gator Bowl Thurs- day. Johnson's contract at Tennessee paid him $505,000 annually.

It was set to expire on Jan. 31, but Pruitt had in- terest in retaining him. FSU has not re- leased terms of Johnson's deal. FSU hired Norvell as its head coach last month. Johnson coached under Norvell at Memphis during the 2016-17 seasons.

Johnson previously was an assistant at Tulane after coming up through the high school coaching ranks in New Orleans. He also made a stop at Millsaps College, an NCAA Di- vision III school in Jackson, Mississip- pi. really excited about this oppor- Johnson said in a news re- lease. looking forward to working with Coach Norvell again to help place FSU back on top while being able to recruit in the best state in the The hiring of Johnson completes Norvell's at FSU. Former Vols assistant excited about Florida St.

Blake Toppmeyer Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE Tennessee running backs Coach David Johnson calls during the day of football practice at Haslam Field. CALVIN SENTINEL Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3) vs. Miami Ohio (8-5) Bowl: LendingTree Bowl Where: Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mo- bile, Alabama) When: 7:30 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 6 TV: ESPN Why to watch: Louisiana-Lafayette ranked eighth nationally in total of- fense (501.3 yards per game).

Still, it will have a tough task in beating a Miami run defense that's anchored by first-team All-MAC defensive lineman Doug Costin. Players with Tennessee ties Louisiana-Lafayette: None. Miami: Cam Blakely, freshman wide receiver from Knoxville (Knoxville Catholic): Played in 12 games and made six catches for 71 yards. Quentin Hardy, senior tight end from Murfreesboro (Blackman): Played in 10 games and made five catches for 42 yards. Anthony Collier, freshman defensive lineman from Nashville (East Nash- ville): Played in two games and made one tackle.

Drake Hills, Nashville Tennessean LENDINGTREE BOWL Vanderbilt on Saturday announced the hiring of co- ordinator Todd Fitch, defensive coor- dinator Ted Roof and line coach Peter Rossomando. Vanderbilt still has one vacancy on its coaching after cornerbacks coach Terrence Brown left for Wash- ington. Fitch spent last season at Loui- siana Tech. He has coached at 11 col- leges since 1986, serving as coordinator at Connecticut (1996-98), East Carolina (2007-09), South Florida (2010-12), Boston College (2015) and Louisiana Tech (2016-19). Louisiana Tech its 2019 season with a 10-3 record, scoring more than 40 points in six of its victo- ries.

The Bulldogs ranked second in Conference USA and in the top 40 in the nation in scoring (32.5 ppg) and total (436.8 ypg). Fitch is Vanderbilt's fourth sive coordinator under coach Derek Mason, following Karl Dorrell (2014), Andy Ludwig (2015-18) and Gerry Gdowski (2019). "I have followed Todd for several years and he's consistently developed innovative and productive attacks," Mason said in a statement. "I look forward to Todd leading our of- fense into an exciting future." Roof led a national championship defense Roof, who was Auburn's defensive coordinator for the 2010 national title team, spent last season at Appala- chian State. He has served as defen- sive coordinator at UMass (1995-96), Georgia Tech (1999-2001, 2013-17), Duke (2002-03), Minnesota (2008), Auburn (2009-11), Central Florida (2011), Penn State (2012), North Caroli- na State (2018) and Appalachian State (2019).

Roof's Appalachian State unit ranked No. 21 in scoring defense (20.0 ppg) and No. 26 in total defense (336.1 ypg), helping the No. 20 Mountaineers post a 13-1 record last season. Vandy resets with line coach, coordinators Adam Sparks Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE.