1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1981 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 fifth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 3–3 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 244 points while the defense allowed 265 points.

1981 Tennessee Volunteers football
Garden State Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1981 record8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coachJohnny Majors (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorBill Pace (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBobby Jackson (2nd season)
Captains
  • James Berry
  • Lemont Holt Jeffers
  • Lee North
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1981 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Georgia + 6 0 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Alabama + 6 0 0  9 2 1
Mississippi State 4 2 0  8 4 0
Tennessee 3 3 0  8 4 0
Florida 3 3 0  7 5 0
Auburn 2 4 0  5 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  3 8 0
LSU 1 4 1  3 7 1
Ole Miss 1 5 1  4 6 1
Vanderbilt 1 5 0  4 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5at No. 10 GeorgiaL 0–4479,600
September 12at No. 5 USC*L 7–4362,147
September 19Colorado State*W 42–093,972
September 26Auburn
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 10–792,612
October 10Georgia Tech*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 10–794,478
October 17at No. 15 AlabamaL 19–3878,550
October 24at Memphis State*W 28–951,668
November 7Wichita State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 24–2194,155
November 14Ole Miss
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 28–2090,955
November 21at Kentucky
L 10–2154,604
November 28Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 38–3492,824
December 13vs. Wisconsin*MizlouW 28–2153,220
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Lenny Taylor So
QB 6 Alan Cockrell Fr
WR 24 Clyde Duncan So
WR 26 Willie Gault Jr
WR 28 Anthony Hancock Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 40 Bill Bates Jr
DE 92 Reggie White So
DE 93 Mike Cofer Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 4 Fuad Reveiz Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

at USC

Tennessee at USC
1 234Total
Volunteers 0 070 7
Trojans 6 20107 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 1980 L 17–20

vs. Wisconsin (Garden State Bowl)

Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Anthony HancockWide Receiver111Kansas City Chiefs
Brian IngramLinebacker4111New England Patriots
LeMont Holt JeffersLinebacker6153Washington Redskins
Terry Daniels10265Washington Redskins

References

  1. "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1980–89". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. "1982 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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