1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1994 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 45–23 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 22
1994 record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	David Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinator	Larry Marmie
Captains	Kevin Mays Ben Talley
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 91,902)[1]
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

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. 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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 p.m.	at No. 14 UCLA*	No. 13	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	ABC	L 23–25	55,169
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Georgia	No. 19	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	ESPN	W 41–23	86,117
September 17	6:30 p.m.	No. 1 Florida	No. 15	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in September)	ESPN	L 0–31	96,656
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 23	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	JPS	L 21–24	41,071
October 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 17 Washington State*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 10–9	95,556
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	PPV	W 38–21	94,997
October 15	6:30 p.m.	No. 10 Alabama		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October)	ESPN	L 13–17	96,856
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 31–22	74,200
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Memphis*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 24–13	94,690
November 19	12:30 p.m.	Kentucky		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	W 52–0	95,066
November 26	12:30 p.m.	at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	W 65–0	38,816
December 30	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (Gator Bowl)	TBS	W 45–23	62,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

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Awards and honors[]

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