Updated: September 16, 1999, 1:35 PM ET

Ground game a key for Volunteers

By Mike Griffith
Scripps Howard News Service
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Beating Florida has never seemed so simple for Tennessee.

Simple math: The Vols have won 33 consecutive games when their tailback rushes for 100 or more yards.

Simple game plan: Give the ball to Jamal.

UT tailback Jamal Lewis has hit the century mark in 11 of his 14 career starts. Lewis, who missed the last nine games of the 1998 season with a knee injury, had 25 carries for 159 yards and three touchdowns against Wyoming in UT's opener ...

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