After twice fighting back from seven-point deficits in the first half, No. 12/12 Tennessee recovered three fumbles and scored 24 straight points to build a 17-point lead and hold on for a 34-31 victory over Arkansas in front of a sold-out Champions Weekend crowd of 101,915 on Saturday at Neyland Stadium.

Running back Peyton Lewis put the Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 SEC) up 34-17 with 13:14 remaining in the game on the second of his two rushing touchdowns on the evening.

Arkansas (2-4, 0-2 SEC), though, found the end zone on pass plays twice in the final stanza before the Big Orange ran out the final two minutes and 55 seconds on the clock by converting a pair of first downs.

UT was balanced in rolling up 485 yards of total offense, rushing for 264 and passing for 221.

Its defense, meanwhile,

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