1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1994 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 45–23 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 18
AP No. 22
1994 record 8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach Phillip Fulmer
Offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinator Larry Marmie
Captain Kevin Mays
Captain Ben Talley
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 91,902)[1]
1994 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$ 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –1
No. 22 Tennessee 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
South Carolina 4 –4 –0  7 –5 –0
Georgia 3 –4 –1  6 –4 –1
Vanderbilt 2 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Kentucky 0 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x 8 –0 –0  12 –1 –0
No. 9 Auburn 6 –1 –1  9 –1 –1
No. 24 Mississippi State 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
LSU 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Arkansas 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Ole Miss 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach. Freshman Peyton Manning began the season as Tennessee's third-string quarterback, but injuries to Todd Helton and Jerry Colquitt forced him into the lineup in a game against Mississippi State, which the Volunteers lost 24–21. In his first start the following week against Washington State, the Vols won, 10–9. They lost only one more game the rest of the season, finishing 8–4 with a 45–23 victory over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl.[2][3][4]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 3:30 PM at No. 14 UCLA* No. 13 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California ABC L 23–25   55,169
September 10 7:00 PM at No. 23 Georgia No. 19 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Rivalry) ESPN W 41–23   86,117
September 17 6:30 PM No. 1 Florida No. 15 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in September) ESPN L 0–31   96,656
September 24 12:30 PM at Mississippi State No. 23 Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi JPS L 21–24   41,071
October 1 4:00 PM No. 17 Washington State*dagger Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 10–9   95,556
October 8 1:00 PM Arkansas Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee PPV W 38–21   94,997
October 15 6:30 PM No. 10 Alabama Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) ESPN L 13–17   96,856
October 29 1:00 PM at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina PPV W 31–22   74,200
November 12 1:00 PM Memphis* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee W 24–13   94,690
November 19 12:30 PM Kentucky Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) JPS W 52–0   95,066
November 26 12:30 PM at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) JPS W 65–0   38,816
December 30 8:00 PM vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech* Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida (Gator Bowl) TBS W 45–23   62,200
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
James StewartRunning back119Jacksonville Jaguars
Ron DavisDefensive back241Atlanta Falcons
Aaron HaydenRunning back4104San Diego Chargers
Ben TalleyLinebacker4133New York Giants
Eli HerringTackle6190Oakland Raiders
Billy WilliamsWide receiver7212Arizona Cardinals

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References

  1. ↑ "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Vols Lose Quarterback, A Place in Top-25 Poll Key to Upset: Six Turnovers in Second Half". San Jose Mercury News. San Jose. September 25, 1994. p. 5C.
  3. ↑ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. p. 845. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.
  4. ↑ "Vols in Sync, Leave Hokies Flattened". The Washington Post. January 1, 1995.
  5. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1995.htm
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