1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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).

1978 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1978 record5–5–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coachJohnny Majors (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorJoe Avezzano (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBobby Roper (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1978 Southeastern Conference 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16No. 9 UCLA*L 0–1385,897
September 23Oregon State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
T 13–1382,048
September 30at AuburnABCL 10–2950,136
October 7Army*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 31–1381,887
October 21No. 4 Alabama
L 17–3085,436
October 28vs. Mississippi StateL 21–3440,879
November 4Duke*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 34–083,098
November 11at No. 14 Notre Dame*L 14–3159,075
November 18Ole Miss
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 41–1783,210
November 24Kentucky
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel)
W 29–1484,926
December 2at VanderbiltW 41–15
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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