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Tennessee Football Team History


Tennessee Volunteers
University of Tennessee
 Knoxville, TN
Founded: 1794
Stadium: Neyland Stadium
Capacity: 104,079
Colors: Orange & White
Coach: Phillip Fulmer
Conference: Southeastern-East

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1891  <-- 2000 <- 2001 -> 2002 --> 2024
2001 Season Highlights
 Phillip Fulmer enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Tennessee.
 The Volunteers won the Southeastern Conference East Championship.
 
2001 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Syracuse  33   9   W       
 Sat., Sep. 8  @ Arkansas  13   3   W       
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Louisiana State  26   18   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. Georgia  24   26   L       
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Alabama  35   24   W       
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. South Carolina  17   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Notre Dame  28   18   W       
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Memphis  49   28   W       
 Sat., Nov. 17  @ Kentucky  38   35   W       
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Vanderbilt  38   0   W       
 Sat., Dec. 1  @ Florida  34   32   W       
 Sat., Dec. 8  vs. Louisiana State  20   31   L    @ Atlanta, GA   
 Tue., Jan. 1   Michigan  45   17   W    @ Orlando, FL   Capital One Bowl
 
2001 Season Totals
  Record11-2
  Points Scored400
  Scoring Average30.8
  Points Allowed251
  Defense Average19.3
  Opponents Record93-62
  Conference Record7-1
  Home Record5-2
  Away Record5-0
2001 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
4 11-2-0 AP
4 11-2-0 Coaches
4 11-2-0 USA Today/ESPN
  
2001 Southeastern-East Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Tennessee 11-2400251Won  45-177-1225148  Phillip Fulmer
Florida 10-2538178Won  56-236-2341122  Steve Spurrier
South Carolina 9-3310230Won  31-285-3189160  Lou Holtz
Georgia 8-4331228Lost  16-204-3169152  Mark Richt
Kentucky 2-9259367 1-7206285  Guy Morriss
Vanderbilt 2-9226402 0-8128315  Woody Widenhofer

2001 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

2001 All Southeastern Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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