1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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.

1999 Tennessee Volunteers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
1999 record9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coachPhillip Fulmer (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorRandy Sanders
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,854)[1]
1999 Southeastern Conference 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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 PMWyoming*No. 3
ESPN2W 42–17107,597
September 188:00 PMat No. 4 FloridaNo. 2
CBSL 21–2385,707
September 254:00 PMMemphis*No. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 17–16107,261
October 27:45 PMAuburnNo. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
ESPNW 24–0106,424
October 97:00 PMNo. 10 GeorgiaNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPNW 37–20107,247
October 233:30 PMat No. 10 AlabamaNo. 5
CBSW 21–786,869
October 301:00 PMSouth CarolinaNo. 4
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 30–7105,941
November 67:45 PMNo. 24 Notre Dame*No. 4
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (College GameDay)
ESPNW 38–14107,619
November 1312:30 PMat ArkansasNo. 3
JPSL 24–2852,815
November 2012:30 PMat KentuckyNo. 7
JPSW 56–2171,022
November 2712:00 PMVanderbiltNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
CBSW 38–10105,781
January 28:00 PMvs. No. 3 Nebraska*No. 6
ABCL 21–3171,526
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings
See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 2 (15) 3 (13) 3 (11) 2 (13) 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 3 7 6 6 6 9 
Coaches Poll 2 (13) 2^ 3 2 (8) 7 8 6 5 5 4 4 3 (1) 7 6 6 5 9 
BCS Not released 4 5 2 5 4 5 5 Not released

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. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2000.htm
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