2004 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2004 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2004 Tennessee Volunteers football
2004 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC Eastern Division champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
SEC Championship Game, L 28–38 vs. Auburn
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 38–7 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
2004 record	10–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders (6th as OC; 16th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis (10th as DC; 17th overall season)
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium; (Capacity: 104,079)
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT", or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division, the team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer, in his twelfth full year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and three losses (10–3 overall, 7–1 in the SEC), as the SEC Eastern Division champions and as champions of the Cotton Bowl Classic after they defeated Texas A&M.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 pm	UNLV*	No. 14	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 42–17	108,625
September 18	8:00 pm	No. 11 Florida	No. 13	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in September)	CBS	W 30–28	109,061‡
September 25	7:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	W 42–17	104,257
October 2	7:45 pm	No. 8 Auburn	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 10–34	107,828
October 9	3:30 pm	at No. 3 Georgia	No. 17	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	CBS	W 19–14	92,746
October 16	9:00 pm	at Ole Miss	No. 13	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	ESPN2	W 21–17	62,028
October 23	3:30 pm	Alabama	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	W 17–13	107,017
October 30	12:30 pm	at South Carolina	No. 11	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JP	W 43–29	81,400
November 6	3:30 pm	Notre Dame*	No. 9	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 13–17	107,266
November 20	12:30 pm	at Vanderbilt	No. 15	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JP	W 38–33	32,312
November 27	12:30 pm	Kentucky	No. 15	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)	JP	W 37–31	102,453
December 4	6:00 pm	vs. No. 3 Auburn	No. 15	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game) (College GameDay)	CBS	L 28–38	74,892
January 1, 2005	11:00 am	vs. No. 22 Texas A&M	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 38–7	75,704
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Reference:^[1]
‡ New Neyland Stadium Attendance Record

Personnel[]

2004 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`10`	Erik Ainge	Fr
QB	`16`	Rick Clausen	Jr
WR	`17`	C.J. Fayton	Jr
RB	`21`	Cedric Houston
WR	`3`	Robert Meacham	Fr
OL	`77`	Michael Munoz
RB	`31`	Gerald Riggs Jr.	Jr
QB	`7`	Brent Schaeffer	Fr
WR	`1`	Jayson Swain	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`55`	Jesse Mahelona	So
DB	`22`	Robert Boulware
LB	`2`	Kevin Burnett	Sr
LB	`44`	Omar Gaither	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`47`	Dustin Colquitt	Sr
K	`25`	James Wilhoit	So

Head coach

Phillip Fulmer

Coordinators/assistant coaches

John Chavis (DC)
Randy Sanders (OC)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Season summary[]

at Vanderbilt[]

#15 Tennessee Volunteers (7–2) at Vanderbilt Commodores (2–8)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	14	14	10	0	38
Vanderbilt	6	14	0	13	33

at Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

Date: November 20
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

TEN – Cedric Houston 6-yard run (James Wilhoit kick), 12:55. Tennessee 7–0. Drive:
TEN – Cedric Houston 11-yard run (James Wilhoit kick), 7:39. Tennessee 14–0. Drive:
VAN – Marlon White 11-yard pass from Jay Cutler (kick failed), 2:13. Tennessee 14–6. Drive:

Second quarter

TEN – Cedric Houston 5-yard run (James Wilhoit kick), 12:25. Tennessee 21–6. Drive:
TEN – Jayson Swain 20-yard pass from Rick Clausen (James Wilhoit kick), 11:17. Tennessee 28–6. Drive:
VAN – Brandon Smith 80-yard pass from Jay Cutler (pass good), 11:00. Tennessee 28–14. Drive:
VAN – Jeff Jennings 2-yard run (kick failed), 3:02. Tennessee 28–20. Drive:

Third quarter

TEN – James Wilhoit 34-yard field goal, 10:36. Tennessee 31–20. Drive:
TEN – Jayson Swain 5-yard pass from Rick Clausen (James Wilhoit kick), 4:44. Tennessee 38–20. Drive:

Fourth quarter

VAN – Jeff Jennings 10-yard run (pass failed), 14:45. Tennessee 38–26. Drive:
VAN – Dustin Dunning 3-yard pass from Jay Cutler (Abtin Iranmanesh kick), 4:30. Tennessee 38–33. Drive:

Top passers

TEN – Rick Clausen – 19/30, 189 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
VAN – Jay Cutler – 22/33, 314 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

TEN – Gerald Riggs Jr. – 16 rushes, 149 yards
VAN – Norval McKenzie – 9 rushes, 46 yards

Top receivers

TEN – Cory Anderson – 3 receptions, 40 yards
VAN – Brandon Smith – 8 receptions, 160 yards, TD

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Kevin Burnett	Linebacker	2	42	Dallas Cowboys
Dustin Colquitt	Punter	3	99	Kansas City Chiefs
Cedric Houston	Running Back	6	182	New York Jets

References:^[2]^[3]

References[]

General

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

Specific

^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 128
^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 102
^ "2005 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

[t128-1] 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 128

[t102-2] 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 102

[3] "2005 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

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2004 Tennessee Volunteers football

SEC Eastern Division champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
SEC Championship Game, L 28–38 vs. Auburn
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 38–7 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
2004 record	10–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders (6th as OC; 16th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis (10th as DC; 17th overall season)
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 104,079)
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
No. 13 Tennessee x		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 7 Georgia		6	–	2		10	–	2
Florida		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	4		6	–	5
Kentucky		1	–	7		2	–	9
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	9
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn x$		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 16 LSU		6	–	2		9	–	3
Alabama		3	–	5		6	–	6
Arkansas		3	–	5		5	–	6
Ole Miss		3	–	5		4	–	7
Mississippi State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll