1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1978 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1978 record 5–5–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Majors (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Joe Avezzano (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Bobby Roper (2nd season)
Captain Robert Shaw
Captain Dennis Wolfe
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
1978 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 16 Georgia 5 –0 –1  9 –2 –1
Auburn 3 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
LSU 3 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –1
Florida 3 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Kentucky 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –1
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his second year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 3–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 No. 9 UCLA* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–13   85,897
September 23 Oregon State* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee T 13–13   82,048
September 30 at Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ABC L 10–29   50,136
October 7 Army* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 31–13   81,887
October 21 No. 4 Alabama Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) L 17–30   85,436
October 28 vs. Mississippi State Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee L 21–34   40,879
November 4 Duke* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 34–0   83,098
November 11 at No. 14 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana L 14–31   59,075
November 18 Ole Missdagger Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 41–17   83,210
November 24 Kentucky Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 29–14   84,926
December 2 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 41–15    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Robert ShawCenter127Dallas Cowboys
Jeff MooreWide receiver358Los Angeles Rams
Kelsey FinchRunning back12311New Orleans Saints

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. ↑ "1979 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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