1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 22
1994 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$ 7 1 0 10 2 1
No. 22 Tennessee 5 3 0 8 4 0
South Carolina 4 4 0 7 5 0
Georgia 3 4 1 6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 6 0 5 6 0
Kentucky 0 8 0 1 10 0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x 8 0 0 12 1 0
No. 9 Auburn 6 1 1 9 1 1
No. 24 Mississippi State 5 3 0 8 4 0
LSU 3 5 0 4 7 0
Arkansas 2 6 0 4 7 0
Ole Miss 2 6 0 4 7 0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach.

Season

Freshman Peyton Manning began the season as Tennessee's third-string quarterback, but injuries to Todd Helton and Jerry Colquitt forced him into the lineup in a game against Mississippi State, which the Volunteers lost 24–21. In his first start the following week against Washington State, the Vols won, 10–9. They lost only one more game the rest of the season, finishing 8–4 with a 45–23 victory over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl.[2][3][4]

Schedule

September 33:30 PMat No. 14 UCLA*No. 13

ABCL 23–25 55,169 September 107:00 PMNo. 23 GeorgiaNo. 19

ESPNW 41–23 86,117 September 176:30 PMNo. 1 FloridaNo. 15

ESPNL 0–31 96,656 September 2412:30 PMat Mississippi StateNo. 23

JPSL 21–24 41,071 October 14:00 PMNo. 17 Washington State*dagger

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 10–9 95,556 October 81:00 PMArkansas

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

PPVW 38–21 94,997 October 156:30 PMNo. 10 Alabama

ESPNL 13–17 96,856 October 291:00 PMat South Carolina

PPVW 31–22 74,200 November 121:00 PMMemphis*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 24–13 94,690 November 1912:30 PMKentucky

JPSW 52–0 95,066 November 2612:30 PMat Vanderbilt

JPSW 65–0 38,816 December 308:00 PMvs. No. 17 Virginia Tech*

TBSW 45–23 62,200

Template:CFB Schedule End[5]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
James Stewart Running Back 1 19 Jacksonville Jaguars
Ron Davis Defensive Back 2 41 Atlanta Falcons
Aaron Hayden Running Back 4 104 San Diego Chargers
Ben Talley Linebacker 4 133 New York Giants
Eli Herring Tackle 6 190 Oakland Raiders
Billy Williams Wide Receiver 7 212 Arizona Cardinals

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Vols Lose Quarterback, A Place in Top-25 Poll Key to Upset: Six Turnovers in Second Half". San Jose Mercury News. San Jose. September 25, 1994. p. 5C.
  3. ^ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. p. 845. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.
  4. ^ "Vols in Sync, Leave Hokies Flattened". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. January 1, 1995.
  5. ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=341&season=1994
  6. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1995.htm