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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: Josh Heupel
Conference: Southeastern-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Tennessee 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1891  
  1898 - Did not field a team.
  1943 - Did not field a team.
  1992 - Fulmer served as interim coach for the first three games of the 1992 season while Johnny Majors recovered from heart surgery.
  2012 - Dooley was fired after 11 games and Jim Chaney coached the last game of the season.
  2017 - Jones was fired by Tennessee prior to the LSU game and was replaced by Brady Hoke, who coached the final two games of the year.
  2019 - The NCAA vacated all 11 wins from the 2019 and 2020 seasons after ruling that it used ineligible players.
 
Championships
National Championships
1951, 1998
Conference Championships
  1915, 1927, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
1951, 1956, 1967, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1997
1998
Division Championships
  1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 874-416-54
 Winning Pct. 68%
 Vacated Wins 11
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 874-416-54
 Winning Pct. 68%
 National Championships 2
 Conference Titles 0
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 355-235-20
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 604-192-29
 Away Record 236-199-25
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 129
 Winning Seasons (#1) 98
 Losing Seasons (#1)28
 Most Wins in A Season 13 (1998)
 Most Loses in A Season 8 (2017)
 10 Win Seasons 21
 Most Points Scored in a Game 95 (10/4/1913)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 599 (2022)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 70 (11/4/1893)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 428 (2012)
 Largest Margin of Victory 95 (10/4/1913)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 70 (11/4/1893)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 103 (11/3/2012)
 Last Shutout 11/23/2024
 Last Time Shutout 9/30/2017
 Shutouts All-Time 299
 Been Shutout All-Time 128
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 23 (11/25/1937-12/9/1939)
 Longest Losing  14 (11/17/2018-12/19/2020)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 30-24-0
 Rose 0-2-0
 Cotton 3-3-0
 Orange 2-3-0
 Fiesta 1-2-0
 Sugar 4-3-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  37-21
 2010-19  55-62
 2000-09  83-44
 1990-99 98-22
 1980-89 77-37-5
 1970-79 75-39-3
 1960-69 67-32-6
 1950-59 72-31-4
 1940-49 67-19-5
 1930-39 79-17-5
 1920-29 68-18-6
Next Game
 12/21/2024 (Sat)  
@ Ohio State in Playoff1 Bowl
Last Time: Tennessee won 20-14 in 1995.
All-Time:
 Tennessee vs. Ohio State 1-0-0 100.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Chattanooga  69-3 W
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. North Carolina State  51-10 W
 Sat., Sep. 14  vs. Kent State  71-0 W
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Oklahoma  25-15 W
 Sat., Sep. 28  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Arkansas  14-19 L
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Florida  23-17 W
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Alabama  24-17 W
 Sat., Oct. 26  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Kentucky  28-18 W
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Mississippi State  33-14 W
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Georgia  17-31 L
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Texas El Paso  56-0 W
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Vanderbilt  36-23 W
 Sat., Dec. 21  @ Ohio State  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record10-2
  Scoring447-167
  Conference Record6-2
  Home Record7-0
  Away Record2-2
 
2024 Southeastern  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Texas 11-27-1
Georgia 11-26-2
Louisiana State 9-36-2
Tennessee 10-26-2
Alabama 9-35-2
Mississippi 9-35-3
Missouri 9-35-3
South Carolina 9-35-3
Texas A&M 8-45-3
Florida 7-54-4
Arkansas 6-63-5
Vanderbilt 6-63-5
Auburn 5-72-6
Oklahoma 6-62-6
Kentucky 4-81-7
Mississippi State 2-100-8
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Tennessee & Kentucky have played 119 games.
Tennessee has won 84 games.
Kentucky has won 26 games.
with 9 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-22
 10 or more 175-105
 20 or more  159-49
 30 or more 119-13
 40 or more 71-3
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 45-1
 10 or more 130-126
 20 or more 65-110
 30 or more 20-80
 40 or more 7-37
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

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