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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 872-416-54
 Winning Pct. 68%
 Vacated Wins 11
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 872-416-54
 Winning Pct. 68%
 National Championships 2
 Conference Titles 0
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 354-233-20
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 603-192-29
 Away Record 235-199-25
 
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 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 9/14/2024
 Last Time Shutout 9/30/2017
 Shutouts All-Time 298
 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  35-21
 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
 11/23/2024 (Sat)  
 Texas El Paso in a Non-Conference Game
Last Meeting: Tennessee and Texas El Paso 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  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  
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Vanderbilt  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record8-2
  Scoring355-144
  Conference Record5-0
  Home Record6-0
  Away Record1-2
 
2024 Southeastern  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Georgia 8-25-0
Tennessee 8-25-0
Texas A&M 8-25-1
Alabama 8-23-0
Florida 5-53-1
Missouri 7-23-0
Texas 9-13-1
Mississippi 8-22-1
South Carolina 7-32-2
Arkansas 5-51-4
Vanderbilt 6-41-3
Auburn 4-6
Kentucky 4-60-4
Louisiana State 7-3
Mississippi State 2-80-3
Oklahoma 5-50-2
 
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 173-105
 20 or more  157-49
 30 or more 117-13
 40 or more 70-3
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 44-1
 10 or more 129-126
 20 or more 64-110
 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

While playing for the University of Hawaii from 2000 to 2004, quarterback Timmy Chang set an NCAA passing record with 17,072 yards.