1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1978 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–5–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Majors (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Avezzano (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bobby Roper (2nd season)
Captains	Robert Shaw Dennis Wolfe
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium

1978 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Georgia	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1978 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 second year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 3–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	No. 9 UCLA*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		L 0–13	85,897
September 23	Oregon State*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		T 13–13	82,048
September 30	at Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	ABC	L 10–29	50,136
October 7	Army*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 31–13	81,887
October 21	No. 4 Alabama	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October)		L 17–30	85,436
October 28	vs. Mississippi State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee		L 21–34	40,879
November 4	Duke*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 34–0	83,098
November 11	at No. 14 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana		L 14–31	59,075
November 18	Ole Miss	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 41–17	83,210
November 24	Kentucky	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel)		W 29–14	84,926
December 2	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee		W 41–15
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Robert Shaw	Center	1	27	Dallas Cowboys
Jeff Moore	Wide receiver	3	58	Los Angeles Rams
Kelsey Finch	Running back	12	311	New Orleans Saints

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References

General

• 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

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