1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1993 Tennessee Volunteers football
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
1993 record10–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinatorLarry Marmie
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 91,902)[1]
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 1 0 11 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee* x 6 1 1 9 2 1
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 6 0
Georgia 2 6 0 5 6 0
South Carolina* 2 6 0 4 7 0
Vanderbilt* 1 7 0 4 7 0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn 8 0 0 11 0 0
No. 14 Alabama* x 5 2 1 9 3 1
Arkansas* 3 4 1 5 5 1
LSU 3 5 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss* 3 5 0 5 6 0
Mississippi State* 2 5 1 3 6 2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation.
    * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 484 points while the defense allowed 175 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the club to an appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 44:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 10PPVW 50–095,106[2]
September 117:30 p.m.No. 22 GeorgiaNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPNW 38–696,228
September 183:30 p.m.at No. 9 FloridaNo. 5ABCL 34–4185,247
September 2512:30 p.m.LSUNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPSW 42–2095,931
October 24:00 p.m.Duke*daggerNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 52-1996,173
October 912:30 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 11JPSW 28–1454,150
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 AlabamaNo. 10ABCW 17–17 (Alabama forfeit)83,091
October 3012:30 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPSW 55–394,791
November 63:30 p.m.No. 13 Louisville*No. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
ABCW 45–1094,826
November 207:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 7
ESPNW 48–057,878
November 2712:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
JPSW 62–1494,225
January 11:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 Penn State*No. 6ABCL 13–3172,456
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  • Alabama was forced to forfeit the 17–17 tie per NCAA sanctions.

Roster[]

1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 12 Cory Fleming Sr
RB 33 James Stewart Jr
QB 21 Heath Shuler Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Heath Shuler Quarterback 1 3 Washington Redskins
Charlie Garner Running back 2 42 Philadelphia Eagles
Cory Fleming Wide receiver 3 87 San Francisco 49ers
Shane Bonham Defensive tackle 3 93 Detroit Lions
Horace Morris Linebacker 5 152 New York Jets

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Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Vols find comfortable point". The Tennessean. September 5, 1993. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
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