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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  <-- 1997 <- 1998 -> 1999 --> 2024
1998 Season Highlights
 Phillip Fulmer enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Tennessee.
 The Volunteers won the Southeastern Conference Championship.
 The Volunteers won the Southeastern Conference East Championship.
 The Volunteers won the National Championship.
 
1998 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 5  @ Syracuse  34   33   W       
 Sat., Sep. 19  vs. Florida  20   17   W       
 Sat., Sep. 26  vs. Houston  42   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 3  @ Auburn  17   9   W       
 Sat., Oct. 10  @ Georgia  22   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  vs. Alabama  35   18   W       
 Sat., Oct. 31  @ South Carolina  49   14   W       
 Sat., Nov. 7  vs. Alabama Birmingham  37   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  vs. Arkansas  28   24   W       
 Sat., Nov. 21  vs. Kentucky  59   21   W       
 Sat., Nov. 28  @ Vanderbilt  41   0   W       
 Sat., Dec. 5  vs. Mississippi State  24   14   W    @ Atlanta, GA   
 Mon., Jan. 4   Florida State  23   16   W    @ Tempe, AZ   Fiesta Bowl
 
1998 Season Totals
  Record13-0
  Points Scored431
  Scoring Average33.2
  Points Allowed189
  Defense Average14.5
  Opponents Record82-71
  Conference Record8-0
  Home Record7-0
  Away Record5-0
1998 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
113-0-0 AP
113-0-0 Coaches
113-0-0 USA Today/ESPN
  
1998 Southeastern-East Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Tennessee 13-0431189Won  23-168-0271106  Phillip Fulmer
Florida 10-2380165Won  31-107-1246112  Steve Spurrier
Georgia 9-3292222Won  35-336-2166156  Jim Donnan
Kentucky 7-5431375Lost  14-264-4266281  Hal Clay Mumme
Vanderbilt 2-9142369 1-766290  Woody Widenhofer
South Carolina 1-10207330 0-8129258  Brad Scott

1998 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1998 All Southeastern Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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