VMI at East Tennessee State

Saturday, November 4, 2023

VMI beat East Tennessee State 31–⁠24. It was their ninth meeting; after it, East Tennessee State led the series 5–⁠4.

AwayVMI5–⁠6 in 2023
31
HomeEast Tennessee State3–⁠8 in 2023
24

Final at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, Johnson CityTV: ESPN+Attendance 10,215

At kickoff
61°F, clear, wind 6 mph from the westWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Tri-Cities Regional Tn/Va Airport (KTRI), 20 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff
Official
Jerry WelmakerGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
VMI0771731
East Tennessee State01014024

Standouts

Player stats

VMI

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Collin Shannon19/3419011
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Hunter Rice123627
Rashad Raymond634018
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Aidan Twombly360032
Ivan Thorpe647112
Isaiah Lemmond440014
Egypt Nelson227020
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Austin White0001

East Tennessee State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
William Riddle8/147401
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Trey Foster25151132
Torey Lambert689164
Amir Dendy93408
Tommy Winton III1505
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Tommy Winton III126026
Xavier Gaillardetz218012
Trey Foster217010
Quinn Caballero1606
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Sheldon Arnold Jr.0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

VMIEast Tennessee State
241Total yards338
190Passing yards74
51Rushing yards264
5.6Yards per pass5.3
2.2Yards per rush5.7
15First downs16
6–⁠13Third downs2–⁠11
0–⁠1Fourth downs2–⁠3
2Turnovers3
4–⁠52Penalties8–⁠75
22:22Possession27:49

Efficiency

VMIEast Tennessee State
36%Success rate39%
−0.10EPA per play0.02
0.98Explosiveness1.36
−0.18Rushing EPA0.01
0.11Passing EPA0.06
17%Passing-down success25%
5%Havoc by its defense4%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

East Tennessee State 65% to win. VMI won as Elo’s underdog.

The line

East Tennessee State −3.5, over/under 37.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

East Tennessee State end zoneVMI end zoneQ1 East Tennessee StateMissed FG, 8 playsQ1 VMIPunt, 3 playsQ1 East Tennessee StateInterception, 5 playsQ1 VMITurnover on downs, 4 playsQ1 East Tennessee StatePunt, 3 playsQ1 VMIPunt, 5 playsQ1 East Tennessee StateFumble, 4 playsQ2 VMITouchdown, 11 playsQ2 East Tennessee StateTouchdown, 10 playsQ2 VMIInterception, 2 playsQ2 East Tennessee StateField goal, 4 playsQ2 VMIPunt, 5 playsQ2 East Tennessee StatePunt, 8 playsQ2 VMIEnd of half, 1 playQ3 VMIFumble, 2 playsQ3 East Tennessee StateTurnover on downs, 8 playsQ3 VMIPunt, 3 playsQ3 East Tennessee StateTouchdown, 6 playsQ3 VMITouchdown, 8 playsQ3 East Tennessee StateTouchdown, 4 playsQ3 VMITouchdown, 10 playsQ4 East Tennessee StateFumble, 2 playsQ4 VMIField goal, 4 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. East Tennessee State drives left to right, VMI right to left. Our source’s drive data for this game doesn’t add up to the final score, so a score may be missing here; the scoring by quarter above is complete.
  1. Q1 East Tennessee StateMissed FG, 8 plays, 0 yards
  2. Q1 VMIPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  3. Q1 East Tennessee StateInterception, 5 plays, −30 yards
  4. Q1 VMITurnover on downs, 4 plays, −7 yards
  5. Q1 East Tennessee StatePunt, 3 plays, −42 yards
  6. Q1 VMIPunt, 5 plays, 21 yards
  7. Q1 East Tennessee StateFumble, 4 plays, −22 yards
  8. Q2 VMITouchdown, 11 plays, 47 yards
  9. Q2 East Tennessee StateTouchdown, 10 plays, 75 yards
  10. Q2 VMIInterception, 2 plays, 4 yards
  11. Q2 East Tennessee StateField goal, 4 plays, 4 yards
  12. Q2 VMIPunt, 5 plays, 21 yards
  13. Q2 East Tennessee StatePunt, 8 plays, −28 yards
  14. Q2 VMIEnd of half, 1 play, −1 yard
  15. Q3 VMIFumble, 2 plays, 2 yards
  16. Q3 East Tennessee StateTurnover on downs, 8 plays, −86 yards
  17. Q3 VMIPunt, 3 plays, 2 yards
  18. Q3 East Tennessee StateTouchdown, 6 plays, 43 yards
  19. Q3 VMITouchdown, 8 plays, 75 yards
  20. Q3 East Tennessee StateTouchdown, 4 plays, 0 yards
  21. Q3 VMITouchdown, 10 plays, 75 yards
  22. Q4 East Tennessee StateFumble, 2 plays, 0 yards
  23. Q4 VMIField goal, 4 plays, 5 yards

Play by play

1st quarter7 drives, then Tied at 0
East Tennessee State Missed FG, 8 plays
14:55Jack Culbreath kickoff for 56 yds
14:551st & 10 at own 28Trey Foster run for 10 yds to the ETSU 38 for a 1ST down
14:551st & 10 at own 38Trey Foster run for 4 yds to the ETSU 42
14:552nd & 6 at own 42Amir Dendy run for a loss of 1 yard to the ETSU 41
14:553rd & 7 at own 41William Riddle pass complete to Tommy Winton III for 26 yds to the VMI 33 for a 1ST down
14:551st & 10 at opp 33William Riddle pass incomplete
14:552nd & 10 at opp 33Trey Foster run for 5 yds to the VMI 28
14:553rd & 5 at opp 28William Riddle pass incomplete
11:414th & 5 at opp 28Ewan Johnson 45 yd FG MISSED
VMI Punt, 3 plays
11:411st & 10 at own 28Collin Shannon pass complete to Julio DaSilva for 5 yds to the VMI 33
11:412nd & 5 at own 33Collin Shannon pass complete to Ivan Thorpe for 3 yds to the VMI 36
11:413rd & 2 at own 36Collin Shannon run for a loss of 1 yard to the VMI 35
10:154th & 3 at own 35Jack Culbreath punt for 35 yds, fair catch by Xavier Gaillardetz at the ETSU 30
East Tennessee State Interception, 5 plays
10:151st & 10 at own 30Trey Foster run for 6 yds to the ETSU 36
10:152nd & 4 at own 36Trey Foster run for 10 yds to the ETSU 46 for a 1ST down
10:151st & 10 at own 46Amir Dendy run for 3 yds to the ETSU 49
10:152nd & 7 at own 49William Riddle pass incomplete
8:163rd & 7 at own 49East Tennessee State Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (Chris Everhart) to the ETSU 40
VMI Turnover on downs, 4 plays
8:161st & 10 at opp 40Hunter Rice run for 6 yds to the ETSU 34
8:162nd & 4 at opp 34Hunter Rice run for 2 yds to the ETSU 32
8:163rd & 2 at opp 32Hunter Rice run for no gain to the ETSU 32
6:164th & 2 at opp 32VMI Penalty, turnover on downs. PENALTY Personal Foul on POINDEXTER, Tyriq enforced (-15 Yards) to the ETSU 47
6:161st & 10 at own 47East Tennessee State Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the ETSU 42
East Tennessee State Punt, 3 plays
6:161st & 15 at own 42run for 3 yds to the ETSU 45
6:162nd & 12 at own 45Amir Dendy run for 6 yds to the VMI 49
6:163rd & 6 at opp 49Trey Foster run for no gain to the VMI 49
4:114th & 6 at opp 49Nate Brackett punt for 36 yds
VMI Punt, 5 plays
4:111st & 10 at own 13Collin Shannon pass complete to Ivan Thorpe for 11 yds to the VMI 24 for a 1ST down
4:111st & 10 at own 24Collin Shannon pass complete to Isaiah Lemmond for 14 yds to the VMI 38 for a 1ST down
4:111st & 10 at own 38Collin Shannon sacked by Stephen Scott for a loss of 14 yards to the VMI 24
4:112nd & 24 at own 24Collin Shannon pass complete to Isaiah Lemmond for 10 yds to the VMI 34
4:113rd & 14 at own 34Collin Shannon pass incomplete
1:464th & 14 at own 34Jack Culbreath punt for 44 yds, fair catch by Xavier Gaillardetz at the ETSU 22
East Tennessee State Fumble, 4 plays
1:461st & 10 at own 22William Riddle pass complete to Christian Mathis for 3 yds to the ETSU 25
1:462nd & 7 at own 25Trey Foster run for 14 yds to the ETSU 39 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 39Torey Lambert run for 4 yds to the ETSU 43
Q2 14:482nd & 6 at own 43Trey Foster run for 4 yds to the ETSU 47 Trey Foster fumbled, recovered by VMI Dorien Starnes FOSTER, Trey rush to the left for a gain of 4 yards, FOSTER, Trey fumbled at ETS46 forced by KNAPP, Josh, recovered by VMI STARNES, Dorien at the ETS47, returned 0 yards to the ETS47, End of Play, clock 14:48.
2nd quarter7 drives, then East Tennessee State 10, VMI 7
VMI Touchdown, 11 plays
14:481st & 10 at opp 47Collin Shannon pass complete to Julio DaSilva for 7 yds to the ETSU 40
14:482nd & 3 at opp 40Collin Shannon pass complete to Julio DaSilva for 5 yds to the ETSU 35 for a 1ST down
14:481st & 10 at opp 35Collin Shannon pass complete to Rashad Raymond for a loss of 1 yard to the ETSU 36
14:482nd & 11 at opp 36Collin Shannon pass incomplete
14:483rd & 11 at opp 36Collin Shannon pass complete to Egypt Nelson for 20 yds to the ETSU 16 for a 1ST down
12:232nd & 5 at opp 11Timeout East Tennessee State, clock 12:23
12:231st & 10 at opp 16Rashad Raymond run for 5 yds to the ETSU 11
12:232nd & 5 at opp 11Hunter Rice run for 4 yds to the ETSU 7
12:233rd & 1 at opp 7Hunter Rice run for 3 yds to the ETSU 4 for a 1ST down
12:231st & goal at opp 4run for 1 yd to the ETSU 3
12:232nd & goal at opp 3Collin Shannon pass incomplete
10:083rd & goal at opp 3Hunter Rice 3 Yd Run (Caden Beck Kick)VMI 7, East Tennessee State 0
East Tennessee State Touchdown, 10 plays
10:08Jack Culbreath kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
10:081st & 10 at own 25Trey Foster run for 28 yds to the VMI 47 for a 1ST down
10:081st & 10 at opp 47Torey Lambert run for 20 yds to the VMI 27 for a 1ST down
10:081st & 10 at opp 27Amir Dendy run for 7 yds to the VMI 20
10:082nd & 3 at opp 20Trey Foster run for 4 yds to the VMI 16 for a 1ST down
10:081st & 10 at opp 16Trey Foster run for 2 yds to the VMI 14
10:082nd & 8 at opp 14run for a loss of 1 yard to the VMI 15
5:304th & 3 at opp 9Timeout East Tennessee State, clock 05:30
5:303rd & 9 at opp 15William Riddle pass complete to Quinn Caballero for 6 yds to the VMI 9
5:304th & 3 at opp 9William Riddle pass complete to Jawan Martin for 4 yds to the VMI 5 for a 1ST down
5:301st & goal at opp 5run for 4 yds to the VMI 1
4:432nd & goal at opp 1William Riddle run for 1 yd for a TD (Ewan Johnson KICK)Tied at 7
VMI Interception, 2 plays
4:43Ewan Johnson kickoff for 64 yds
4:431st & 10 at own 25Hunter Rice run for 4 yds to the VMI 29
3:542nd & 6 at own 29Collin Shannon pass intercepted
East Tennessee State Field goal, 4 plays
3:541st & 10 at opp 12Trey Foster run for 3 yds to the VMI 9
3:542nd & 7 at opp 9Torey Lambert run for 5 yds to the VMI 4
3:543rd & 2 at opp 4Torey Lambert run for a loss of 4 yards to the VMI 8
2:004th & 6 at opp 8Ewan Johnson 26 yd FG GOODEast Tennessee State 10, VMI 7
VMI Punt, 5 plays
1:55Ewan Johnson kickoff for 65 yds
1:551st & 10 at own 14Collin Shannon pass complete to Isaiah Lemmond for 8 yds to the VMI 22
1:552nd & 2 at own 22Collin Shannon pass complete to Aidan Twombly for 6 yds to the VMI 28 for a 1ST down
1:551st & 10 at own 28Collin Shannon pass incomplete
1:552nd & 10 at own 28Collin Shannon pass incomplete
1:553rd & 10 at own 28Collin Shannon pass complete to Egypt Nelson for 7 yds to the VMI 35
1:154th & 3 at own 35Jack Culbreath punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Xavier Gaillardetz at the ETSU 28
East Tennessee State Punt, 8 plays
1:151st & 10 at own 28William Riddle pass incomplete
1:152nd & 10 at own 28William Riddle pass incomplete
1:153rd & 10 at own 28Trey Foster run for 10 yds to the ETSU 38 for a 1ST down
1:151st & 10 at own 38William Riddle pass complete to Trey Foster for 10 yds to the ETSU 48 for a 1ST down
0:371st & 10 at opp 40Timeout East Tennessee State, clock 00:37
0:371st & 10 at own 48William Riddle pass complete to Xavier Gaillardetz for 12 yds to the VMI 40 for a 1ST down
0:332nd & 16 at opp 46Timeout East Tennessee State, clock 00:33
0:331st & 10 at opp 40William Riddle sacked by John Covert for a loss of 6 yards to the VMI 46
0:332nd & 16 at opp 46William Riddle pass complete to Trey Foster for 7 yds to the VMI 39
0:333rd & 9 at opp 39East Tennessee State Penalty, Intentional Grounding (William Riddle) to the VMI 49
0:134th & 19 at opp 49Nate Brackett punt for 49 yds for a touchback
VMI End of half, 1 play
0:001st & 10 at own 20[NH] Kneel down by SHANNON, Collin at VMI19 (team loss of 1), clock 00:00.
3rd quarter7 drives, then East Tennessee State 24, VMI 14
VMI Fumble, 2 plays
14:54Ewan Johnson kickoff for 61 yds , return for no gain to the VMI 12
14:541st & 10 at own 12Ivan Thorpe run for a loss of 3 yards to the VMI 9
14:012nd & 13 at own 9Hunter Rice run for 5 yds to the VMI 14 Hunter Rice fumbled, recovered by ETSU Sheldon Arnold II [NHSG] RICE, Hunter rush up the middle for a gain of 5 yards, RICE, Hunter fumbled at VMI14 forced by ARNOLD, II, Sheldon, recovered by ETS ARNOLD, II, Sheldon at the VMI14, returned 0 yards to the VMI14, End of Play, clock 14:01.
East Tennessee State Turnover on downs, 8 plays
14:011st & 10 at opp 14Tommy Winton III run for 5 yds to the VMI 9
14:012nd & 5 at opp 9Trey Foster run for 3 yds to the VMI 6
14:013rd & 2 at opp 6Amir Dendy run for no gain to the VMI 6
14:014th & 2 at opp 6Trey Foster run for 3 yds to the VMI 3 for a 1ST down
11:092nd & goal at opp 3Timeout East Tennessee State, clock 11:09
11:091st & goal at opp 3Trey Foster run for no gain to the VMI 3
11:092nd & goal at opp 3Trey Foster run for 1 yd to the VMI 2
11:093rd & goal at opp 2Trey Foster run for 1 yd to the VMI 1
9:454th & goal at opp 1William Riddle run for no gain to the VMI 1
VMI Punt, 3 plays
9:451st & 10 at own 1Collin Shannon pass incomplete
9:452nd & 10 at own 1Rashad Raymond run for 2 yds to the VMI 3
9:453rd & 8 at own 3Collin Shannon pass incomplete
8:554th & 8 at own 3Jack Culbreath punt for 40 yds
East Tennessee State Touchdown, 6 plays
8:551st & 10 at opp 43Trey Foster run for 3 yds to the VMI 40
8:552nd & 7 at opp 40Trey Foster run for no gain to the VMI 40
8:553rd & 7 at opp 40East Tennessee State Penalty, Tripping (Jaylen Frierson) to the ETSU 45
8:553rd & 22 at own 45VMI Penalty, Face mask (15 yards) (Geoffrey Speight) to the VMI 35 for a 1ST down
8:551st & 10 at opp 35Amir Dendy run for 3 yds to the VMI 32
6:202nd & 7 at opp 32Trey Foster 32 Yd Run (Ewan Johnson Kick)East Tennessee State 17, VMI 7
VMI Touchdown, 8 plays
6:20Ewan Johnson kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
6:201st & 10 at own 25Collin Shannon pass incomplete
6:202nd & 10 at own 25Rashad Raymond run for 4 yds to the VMI 29
6:203rd & 6 at own 29East Tennessee State Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Chris Hope) to the ETSU 48 for a 1ST down
6:201st & 10 at opp 48Collin Shannon pass complete to Aidan Twombly for 32 yds to the ETSU 16 for a 1ST down
6:201st & 10 at opp 16Collin Shannon pass incomplete
6:202nd & 10 at opp 16Collin Shannon pass complete to Isaiah Lemmond for 8 yds to the ETSU 8
6:203rd & 2 at opp 8run for 7 yds to the ETSU 1 for a 1ST down
3:441st & goal at opp 1Hunter Rice 1 Yd Run (Caden Beck Kick)East Tennessee State 17, VMI 14
East Tennessee State Touchdown, 4 plays
3:44Jack Culbreath kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
3:441st & 10 at own 25Amir Dendy run for 8 yds to the ETSU 33
3:442nd & 2 at own 33Amir Dendy run for 3 yds to the ETSU 36 for a 1ST down
3:441st & 10 at own 36Torey Lambert run for no gain to the ETSU 36
1:452nd & 10 at own 36Torey Lambert run for 64 yds for a TD (Ewan Johnson KICK)East Tennessee State 24, VMI 14
VMI Touchdown, 10 plays
1:45Ewan Johnson kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
1:451st & 10 at own 25Ivan Thorpe run for no gain to the VMI 25
1:452nd & 10 at own 25Collin Shannon pass incomplete
1:453rd & 10 at own 25Collin Shannon pass complete to Ivan Thorpe for 8 yds to the VMI 33
1:454th & 2 at own 33East Tennessee State Penalty, Offsides (Ewan Johnson) to the VMI 38 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 38Rashad Raymond run for 1 yd to the VMI 39
Q4 15:002nd & 9 at own 39QB Keeper SHANNON, Collin rush up the middle for a gain of 8 yards to the VMI47 (HOSKINS, Jordan). PENALTY VMI Holding enforced 10 yards from the VMI39 to the VMI29 [NH]. NO PLAY (replay the down).
Q4 15:002nd & 19 at own 29Collin Shannon pass incomplete
Q4 15:003rd & 19 at own 29Collin Shannon pass complete to Aidan Twombly for 22 yds to the ETSU 49 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 49Collin Shannon pass incomplete
Q4 15:002nd & 10 at opp 49Rashad Raymond run for 4 yds to the ETSU 45
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 30Rashad Raymond run for 18 yds to the ETSU 12 for a 1ST down
Q4 12:231st & 10 at opp 12Collin Shannon pass complete to Ivan Thorpe for 12 yds for a TD (Caden Beck KICK)East Tennessee State 24, VMI 21
4th quarter2 drives, then VMI 31, East Tennessee State 24
East Tennessee State Fumble, 2 plays
12:15Jack Culbreath kickoff for 58 yds
12:151st & 10 at own 29Trey Foster run for 2 yds to the ETSU 31
12:152nd & 8 at own 31East Tennessee State Penalty, False Start (Braxton Shipp) to the ETSU 26
11:062nd & 13 at own 26William Riddle pass complete to Xavier Gaillardetz for 6 yds Xavier Gaillardetz fumbled, recovered by VMI Alex Oliver [NHSG] RIDDLE, William pass short to the left complete for 6 yards to GAILLARDETZ, Xavier caught at the ETS30, GAILLARDETZ, Xavier fumbled at ETS30 forced by RANKIN, Eric, recovered by VMI OLIVER, Alex at the ETS32, returned 0 yards to the ETS32, End of Play, clock 11:06.
VMI Field goal, 4 plays
11:061st & 10 at opp 32Hunter Rice run for no gain to the ETSU 32
11:062nd & 10 at opp 32Collin Shannon pass complete to Ivan Thorpe for 5 yds to the ETSU 27
11:063rd & 5 at opp 27Collin Shannon pass incomplete
9:494th & 5 at opp 27Caden Beck 46 yd FG GOODTied at 24

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

East Tennessee State leads 7–⁠4 in 11 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2025East Tennessee State 45, VMI 10
2024East Tennessee State 16, VMI 9
2023VMI 31, East Tennessee State 24
2022East Tennessee State 44, VMI 21
2021East Tennessee State 27, VMI 20
2020East Tennessee State 24, VMI 20

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