No. 8 Tennessee dominates No. 25 LSU at Tiger Stadium

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Hendon Hooker passed for two touchdowns, Jabari Small ran for 127 yards and two scores as No. 8 Tennessee punished No. 25 LSU for its mistakes and risk-taking in a resounding 40-13 victory over the Tigers on Saturday.

A morning kickoff lured LSU fans to Tigers Stadium considerably earlier than usual — and many were gone by the end of the third quarter when Tennessee led 37-7.

The Volunteers (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) matched their best start to a season since 2016 with balance on offense, sound defense that corralled dual-threat LSU QB Jayden Daniels, and opportunistic special teams play.

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Trevon Flowers of the Tennessee Volunteers reacts after breaking up a pass during the second half against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on Oct. 8, 2022, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Hooker passed for 239 yards, with scoring passes of 45 and 14 yards to Jalin Hyatt. The fleet-footed QB also accounted for 56 of Tennessee's 264 yards on the ground. Bru McCoy caught seven passes for 140 yards, drawing howls of "Bruuuuuuu!" from a sizable contingent of fans in Volunteer orange.

Those fans' repeated singing of "Good ol' Rocky Top" echoed throughout LSU's Death Valley by game's end.

Tennessee sacked Daniels five times with defensive lineman Byron Young accounting for half of that total.

LSU's combination of early special teams failures and costly fourth-down risks helped Tennessee build an early double-digit lead.

Jack Bech had the opening kickoff bounce off his chest and straight to Tennessee's Will Brooks at the Tigers' 27-yard line. Five plays later, Small ran for a