1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 484 points while the defense allowed 175 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the club to an appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl.

1993 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
1993 record10–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coachPhillip Fulmer (1st full season)
Offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinatorLarry Marmie
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 91,902)[1]
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 1 0  11 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee 7 1 0  10 2 0
Kentucky 4 4 0  6 6 0
South Carolina 3 5 0  5 6 0
Georgia 2 6 0  5 6 0
Vanderbilt 2 6 0  5 6 0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn 8 0 0  11 0 0
Arkansas 4 3 1  6 4 1
Ole Miss 4 4 0  6 5 0
Mississippi State 3 4 1  4 5 2
LSU 3 5 0  5 6 0
No. 14 Alabama x 0* 8 0  1* 12 0
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Auburn had the best division record, but did not participate in postseason play due to NCAA probation.
    *Alabama (9–3–1, 5–2–1) later forfeited all 1993 regular season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 44:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 10PPVW 50–095,106
September 117:30 p.m.No. 22 GeorgiaNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPNW 38–696,228
September 183:30 p.m.at No. 9 FloridaNo. 5ABCL 34–4185,247
September 2512:30 p.m.LSUNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPSW 42–2095,931
October 24:00 p.m.Duke*No. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 52-1996,173
October 912:30 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 11JPSW 28–1454,150
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 AlabamaNo. 10ABCW 17–17 (Alabama forfeit)83,091
October 3012:30 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPSW 55–394,791
November 63:30 p.m.No. 13 Louisville*No. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
ABCW 45–1094,826
November 207:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 7
ESPNW 48–057,878
November 2712:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
JPSW 62–1494,225
January 11:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 Penn State*No. 6ABCL 13–3172,456
  • Alabama was forced to forfeit the 17–17 tie per NCAA sanctions.

Roster

1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 33 James Stewart Jr
QB 21 Heath Shuler Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Heath ShulerQuarterback13Washington Redskins
Charlie GarnerRunning back242Philadelphia Eagles
Cory FlemingWide receiver387San Francisco 49ers
Shane BonhamDefensive tackle393Detroit Lions
Horace MorrisLinebacker5152New York Jets

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Awards and honors

References

  1. "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
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