Dylan Sampson scored his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 8 Tennessee a 23-17 victory over Florida on Saturday night.
The Volunteers 5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference went to overtime for only the second time. The first was in 1998 when they won the national title.
Trey Smack missed a 47-yard field goal try for Florida 3-3, 1-2 on the first overtime possession.
"Once Florida missed the field goal, I knew we would win," Sampson said.
"After the miss, we were going to run the football and be sound in doing it," said Tennessee coach Josh Heupel. "Sampson always has great vision, great pace. He's always been good running between the tackles."
