1977 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1977 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1977 record 4–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Majors (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Joe Avezzano (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Bobby Roper (1st season)
Captain Pert Jenkins
Captain Greg Jones
Captain Brent Watson
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
1977 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Auburn 4 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his first year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 10 California* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee L 17–27   84,421
September 17 Boston College* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 24–18   83,263
September 24 Auburn Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee L 12–14   84,084
October 1 Oregon State* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 41–10   82,865
October 8 Georgia Tech* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee L 8–24   82,631
October 15 at No. 4 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) L 10–24   71,000
October 22 at No. 19 Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (Rivalry) L 17–27   67,711
November 5 Memphis State*dagger Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 27–14   82,573
November 12 vs. Ole Miss Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee L 14–43   50,259
November 19 at No. 7 Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) L 17–21   57,914
November 26 Vanderbilt Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 42–7   83,146
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Craig ColquittPunter376Pittsburgh Steelers
Jesse TurnbowDefensive tackle8205Cleveland Browns
Russ WilliamsDefensive back9250Dallas Cowboys
Brent WatsonTackle10261Cleveland Browns
Pat RyanQuarterback11281New York Jets

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

Specific

  1. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 125
  2. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 101
  3. ↑ "1978 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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