1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1991 Tennessee Volunteers football
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–42 vs. Penn State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 14
1991 record9–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
  • Johnny Majors (15th season)
Offensive coordinatorPhillip Fulmer (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Lacewell (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 91,902)[1]
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Florida $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Alabama 6 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Tennessee 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Georgia 4 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
LSU 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Auburn 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1991 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 15th year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 5–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 352 points while the defense allowed 263 points.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 58:00 p.m.at Louisville*No. 11
ESPNW 28–1140,457
September 1412:30 p.m.No. 21 UCLA*No. 11
TBSW 30–1697,117
September 2112:30 p.m.No. 23 Mississippi StateNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
TBSW 26–2495,974
September 287:30 p.m.No. 13 AuburnNo. 5
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
ESPNW 30–2197,731
October 127:30 p.m.at No. 10 FloridaNo. 4
ESPNL 18–3585,135
October 193:30 p.m.at No. 14 AlabamaNo. 8
ABCL 19-2486,293
November 24:00 p.m.Memphis State*daggerNo. 14
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
PPVW 52–2496,664
November 92:30 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame*No. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
NBCW 35–3459,075
November 164:00 p.m.Ole MissNo. 10
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
PPVW 36–2595,937
November 2312:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 10
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)
TBSW 16–757,125
November 3012:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 9
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
SPSW 45–094,976
January 13:30 p.m.vs. No. 6 Penn State*No. 10
NBCL 17–4271,133
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 81 Mark Adams Sr
T 75 Bernard Dafney Sr
C 51 John Fisher Sr
WR 12 Cory Fleming So
QB 8 Andy Kelly Sr
T 65 Patrick Lenoir Sr
G 58 Tom Myslinski Jr
WR 15 Carl Pickens Jr
RB 33 James Stewart Fr
G 59 Mike Stowell Jr
QB 21 Heath Shuler Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 26 David Bennett Jr
DB 18 Dale Carter Sr
LB 23 Earnest Fields Sr
LB 87 Darryl Hardy Sr
DE 58 Todd Kelly Jr
DB 25 Jeremy Lincoln Sr
DE 93 Chris Mims Sr
DE 56 Chuck Smith Sr
DT 48 J. J. Surlas Jr
DB Dave Thomas Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 20 Joey Chapman So
Head coach
  • Johnny Majors
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings[]

Further information: 1991 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries[]

UCLA[]

See also: 1991 UCLA Bruins football team


at Notre Dame[]

See also: 1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team


vs. Penn State (Fiesta Bowl)[]

#6 Penn State vs. #10 Tennessee
1 234Total
• Nittany Lions 7 01421 42
Volunteers 10 070 17
Main article: 1992 Fiesta Bowl
See also: 1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team


Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Dale Carter Defensive Back 1 20 Kansas City Chiefs
Chris Mims Defensive End 1 23 San Diego Chargers
Carl Pickens Wide Receiver 2 31 Cincinnati Bengals
Chuck Smith Defensive End 2 51 Atlanta Falcons
Jeremy Lincoln Defensive Back 3 80 Cincinnati Bengalsch
Tom Myslinski Guard 4 109 Dallas Cowboys
Shazzon Bradley Defensive Tackle 9 240 Green Bay Packers
Bernard Dafney Guard 9 247 Houston Oilers
Darryl Hardy Linebacker 10 270 Atlanta Falcons

References[]

  1. ^ "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1990–99". University of Tennessee Athletics. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "1992 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
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