1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1999 Tennessee Volunteers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Nebraska
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 9
AP No. 9
1999 record 9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach Phillip Fulmer
Offensive coordinator Randy Sanders
Defensive coordinator John Chavis
Captain Chad Clifton
Captain Dwayne Goodrich
Captain Tee Martin
Captain Billy Ratliff
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,854)[1]
1999 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 9 Tennessee  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 16 Georgia  5 –3     8 –4  
Kentucky  4 –4     6 –6  
Vanderbilt  2 –6     5 –6  
South Carolina  0 –8     0 –11  
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 13 Mississippi State  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 22 Ole Miss  4 –4     8 –4  
No. 17 Arkansas  4 –4     8 –4  
Auburn  2 –6     5 –6  
LSU  1 –7     3 –8  
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 369 points while the defense allowed 194 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the club to an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 7:00 PM Wyoming* No. 2 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 W 42–17   107,597
September 18 8:00 PM at No. 4 Florida No. 2 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida (Third Saturday in September) CBS L 21–23   85,707
September 25 4:00 PM Memphis*dagger No. 7 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee PPV W 17–16   107,261
October 2 7:45 PM Auburn No. 8 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN W 24–0   106,424
October 9 7:00 PM No. 9 Georgia No. 6 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) ESPN W 37–20   107,247
October 23 3:30 PM at No. 12 Alabama No. 5 Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) CBS W 21–7   86,869
October 30 1:00 PM South Carolina No. 4 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee PPV W 30–7   105,941
November 6 7:45 PM Notre Dame* No. 4 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN W 38–14   107,619
November 13 12:30 PM at Arkansas No. 3 Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas JPS L 24–28   52,815
November 20 12:30 PM at Kentucky No. 7 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) JPS W 56–21   71,022
November 27 12:00 PM Vanderbilt No. 7 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) CBS W 38–10   105,781
January 2 8:00 PM vs. No. 3 Nebraska* No. 6 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl) ABC L 21–31   71,526
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jamal LewisRunning back15Baltimore Ravens
Shaun EllisDefensive end112New York Jets
Raynoch ThompsonLinebacker241Arizona Cardinals
Chad CliftonTackle244Green Bay Packers
Dwayne GoodrichDefensive back249Dallas Cowboys
Cosey ColemanGuard251Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Deon GrantDefensive back257Carolina Panthers
Darwin WalkerDefensive tackle371Arizona Cardinals
Tee MartinQuarterback5163Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. ↑ "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2000.htm
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