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Peyton Manning, Tennessee (11-1)
Season passing: 287-477-11, 3,819 yards, 36 TDs, 60.2%
completion
percentage
Last week: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29 in SEC championship
Next game: Vs. Nebraska, Orange Bowl, January 2
The skinny: Manning threw for four TDs and 373 yards to lead Tennessee to the SEC title in a 30-29 thriller against Auburn. Six turnovers nearly cost the Vols the game, with Auburn taking a 20-7 lead in the first half, but Manning's 73-yard touchdown to Marcus Nash gave the Vols a one-point win. Despite two interceptions, Manning completed 25 of 43 passes, including scoring strikes from 46, 73, 5 and 40 yards. Along the way, he passed former Georgia QB Eric Zeier to become the SEC's all-time leading passer. Manning also became only the fourth quarterback to pass for 11,000 career yards.
Winning an SEC title had to be one of the main reasons Manning stuck around for his senior year, and another goal -- playing for a national championship -- remains a possibility as the Vols face No. 2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. If the Vols could beat Nebraska and Michigan were to lose in the Rose Bowl, Tennessee could sneak away with a national championship.
His four-touchdown performance -- in a win, no less -- helped his Heisman campaign, which has seen fierce competition from Michigan's Charles Woodson, among others. Manning already has won the Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to the nation's top quarterback, though Woodson won the Walter Camp Award, given to the nation's top player.
See Also: Peyton Manning Info
| Peyton Manning - QB - Tennessee Volunteers | | | Passing | Rushing | | Date | Opponent | W | L | Score | Att | Com | Pct | Yards | Td | Int | Att | Yards | Td | Avg | Aug 30
Sep 06
Sep 20
Oct 04
Oct 11
Oct 18
Nov 01
Nov 08
Nov 15
Nov 22
Nov 29
Dec 06
| Texas Tech
at UCLA
at Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
at Alabama
South Carolina
Southern Miss
at Arkansas
at Kentucky
Vanderbilt
at Auburn
| W
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
| 52-17
30-24
20-33
31-17
38-13
38-21
22-7
44-20
30-22
59-31
17-10
30-29
| 38
49
51
44
40
37
25
53
35
35
27
43
| 26
28
29
25
31
23
8
35
20
25
12
25
| 68.42
57.14
56.86
56.82
77.50
62.16
32.00
66.04
57.14
71.43
44.44
58.14
| 310
341
353
324
343
304
126
399
264
523
159
373
| 5
2
3
2
4
3
0
4
3
5
1
4
| 1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
| 0
6
5
2
5
3
5
2
5
4
8
4
| 0
4
1
6
11
-12
-30
10
4
-15
-11
2
| 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
| 0.0
0.7
0.2
3.0
2.2
-4.0
-6.0
5.0
0.8
-3.8
-1.4
0.5
| | TOTALS | 11-1 | 34.2-20.3 | 477 | 287 | 60.16 | 3819 | 36 | 11 | 49 | -30 | 3 | -0.6 |
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