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1982 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1982 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Georgia $ 6 0 0 11 1 0
No. 11 LSU 4 1 1 8 3 1
No. 14 Auburn 4 2 0 9 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 8 4 0
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 5 1
Alabama 3 3 0 8 4 0
Florida 3 3 0 8 4 0
Mississippi State 2 4 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss 0 6 0 4 7 0
Kentucky 0 6 0 0 10 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1982 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 sixth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, five losses and one tie (6–5–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Iowa in the Peach Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 281 points while the defense allowed 239 points.

Schedule

September 4Duke*

L 24–2595,223 September 11Iowa State*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 23–2190,201 September 25at Auburn

L 14–2473,600 October 2Washington State*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 10–391,744 October 9at No. 18 LSU

T 24–2477,448 October 16No. 2 Alabama

W 35–2895,342 October 23at Georgia Tech*

ABCL 21–3143,182 November 6, 1982Memphis State*dagger

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 29–394,903 November 13at Ole Miss

W 30–1742,274 November 20Kentucky

W 28–793,689 November 27at Vanderbilt

L 21–2841,683 December 31vs. Iowa*

CBSL 22–2850,134

Template:CFB Schedule End

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Willie Gault Wide Receiver 1 18 Chicago Bears
Darryal Wilson Wide Receiver 2 47 New England Patriots
Mike Cofer Defensive End 3 67 Detroit Lions
Mike Miller Defensive Back 4 104 Green Bay Packers
Lee Jenkins Defensive Back 11 281 New York Giants
Ken Jones Tackle 12 315 Kansas City Chiefs

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1980–89". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "1983 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.