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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 866-414-54
 Winning Pct. 68%
 Vacated Wins 11
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 866-414-54
 Winning Pct. 68%
 National Championships 2
 Conference Titles 0
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 349-233-20
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 598-192-29
 Away Record 234-197-25
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 129
 Winning Seasons (#1) 97
 Losing Seasons (#1)28
 Most Wins in A Season 13 (1998)
 Most Loses in A Season 8 (2017)
 10 Win Seasons 20
 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 1/1/2024
 Last Time Shutout 9/30/2017
 Shutouts All-Time 297
 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  29-19
 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
 9/14/2024 (Sat)  
 Kent State in a Non-Conference Game
Last Meeting: Tennessee and Kent State have never met in a game.
 
     
 
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  
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Oklahoma  
 Sat., Sep. 28  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Arkansas  
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Florida  
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Alabama  
 Sat., Oct. 26  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Kentucky  
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Mississippi State  
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Georgia  
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Texas El Paso  
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Vanderbilt  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record2-0
  Scoring120-13
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record1-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2024 Southeastern  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Alabama 2-0
Arkansas 1-1
Auburn 1-1
Florida 1-1
Georgia 2-0
Kentucky 1-10-1
Louisiana State 1-1
Mississippi 2-0
Mississippi State 1-1
Missouri 2-0
Oklahoma 2-0
South Carolina 2-0
Tennessee 2-0
Texas 2-0
Texas A&M 1-1
Vanderbilt 2-0
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Tennessee & Kentucky have played 118 games.
Tennessee has won 83 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 167-103
 20 or more  151-49
 30 or more 115-13
 40 or more 69-3
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 43-1
 10 or more 124-124
 20 or more 64-109
 30 or more 20-79
 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

Field goals in college football were originally worth five points. This was decreased to four points in 1904 and three points in 1909.