1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1979 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1979 record 7–5 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Majors (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Joe Avezzano (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Frank Emanuel (1st season)
Captain Roland James
Captain Craig Puki
Captain Jimmy Streater
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
1979 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
Georgia 5 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
No. 16 Auburn 4 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  7 –5 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –0  7 –5 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 3 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
Florida 0 –6 –0  0 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1979 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 third year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and a loss against Purdue in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 15 at Boston College* Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA W 28–16   30,150
September 22 Utah* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 51–18   85,783
September 29 Auburn Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 35–17   85,936
October 6 vs. Mississippi State No. 19 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN L 9–28   48,820
October 13 Georgia Tech* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 31–0   85,524
October 20 at No. 1 Alabama No. 18 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) L 17–27   77,665
November 3 Rutgers*dagger No. 17 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 7–13   84,265
November 10 No. 13 Notre Dame* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 40–18   86,489
November 17 at Ole Miss No. 19 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS L 20–44   55,760
November 24 at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) W 20–17   57,950
December 1 Vanderbilt Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) W 31–10   84,142
December 31 vs. No. 12 Purdue* Houston Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl) Mizlou L 22–27   40,542
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Kentucky

1 234Total
• Tennessee 3 773 20
Kentucky 0 1403 17

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Roland JamesDefensive Back114New England Patriots
Craig PukiLinebacker377San Francisco 49ers

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

Specific

  1. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 125
  2. ↑ "Late Field Goal Lifts Tennessee." Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 25.
  3. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 101
  4. ↑ "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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