Penalties Erase Three Tennessee Touchdown Passes Against South Carolina

Tennessee saw three touchdown passes called back during its game against South Carolina, a recurring setback that shaped the afternoon for the Vols' offense. Each time Tennessee appeared to have reached the end zone through the air, a penalty wiped the score off the board.

Losing one scoring pass that way is frustrating. Losing three in the same game changes the math of an entire contest, forcing the offense to keep driving after points have already been taken away and putting extra pressure on later possessions to make up the difference.

For Tennessee, the called-back scores became a central storyline of the South Carolina game, regardless of the final result. It is the kind of detail that lingers afterward, because those plays were executed well enough to score before the flags intervened.