2005 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2005 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
2005 record 5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach Phillip Fulmer
Offensive coordinator Randy Sanders
Defensive coordinator John Chavis
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 104,079)[1]
2005 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$  6 –2     10 –3  
South Carolina  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 12 Florida  5 –3     9 –3  
Vanderbilt  3 –5     5 –6  
Tennessee  3 –5     5 –6  
Kentucky  2 –6     3 –8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 14 Auburn x  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 8 Alabama  6 –2     10 –2  
Arkansas  2 –6     4 –7  
Mississippi State  1 –7     3 –8  
Ole Miss  1 –7     3 –8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT", or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division, the team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer, in his thirteenth full year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–5 in the SEC), and failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time during Fulmer's tenure as head coach and the first time overall since 1988.

Tennessee entered their 2005 season ranked as the number three team in the nation and as a favorite to win the Eastern Division and compete for the SEC championship.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 12:30 PM UAB* No. 3 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee JPS W 17–10   107,529
September 17 8:00 PM at No. 6 Florida No. 5 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida (Third Saturday in September) CBS L 7–16   90,716
September 26 7:30 PM at No. 4 LSU No. 10 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPN2 W 30–27 OT  91,986
October 1 12:30 PM Ole Miss No. 10 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee JPS W 27–10   107,709
October 8 3:30 PM No. 5 Georgia No. 8 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) CBS L 14–27   108,470
October 22 3:30 PM at No. 5 Alabama No. 17 Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) CBS L 3–6 double-dagger   81,018
October 29 7:45 PM South Carolina No. 23 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 L 15–16   107,716
November 5 2:30 PM at No. 8 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana NBC L 21–41   80,795
November 12 2:00 PM Memphis*dagger Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee PPV W 20–16   106,647
November 19 12:30 PM Vanderbilt Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) JPS L 24–28   107,487
November 26 12:30 PM at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) JPS W 28–7   61,924
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

[3][4]

double-dagger As part of their penalty for NCAA violations, Alabama has retroactively vacated its 2005 victory over Tennessee. However, the penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected game or award a victory to the opponent, therefore Tennessee still considers the game a loss in their official records.[6]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jason AllenCornerback116Miami Dolphins
Parys HaralsonDefensive end5140San Francisco 49ers
Omar GaitherLinebacker5168Philadelphia Eagles
Jesse MahelonaDefensive tackle5169Tennessee Titans
Kevin SimonLinebacker7250Washington Redskins

References

General

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

Specific

  1. ↑ "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/072905aaf.html
  3. ↑ "2005-2006 Schedule". utsports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ "CBS SPORTS' 2005 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE OFFERS BEST". CBS Press Express. CBS. June 13, 2005. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 128
  6. ↑ Low, Chris (June 16, 2009). "What does vacating wins really mean?". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 102
  8. ↑ "2006 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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