1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team
| 1981 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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Garden State Bowl Champions | |
Garden State Bowl, W 28–21 vs. Wisconsin | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| 1981 record | 8–4 (3–3 SEC) |
| Head coach | Johnny Majors |
| Offensive coordinator | Bill Pace |
| Defensive coordinator | Bobby Jackson |
| Captain | James Berry |
| Captain | Lemont Holt Jeffers |
| Captain | Lee North |
| Home stadium | Neyland Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 Alabama + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Georgia + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1981 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 fifth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 3–3 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 244 points while the defense allowed 265 points.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 5 | at No. 10 Georgia | Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA | L 0–44 | 79,600 | |||||
| September 12 | at No. 5 USC* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | L 7–43 | 62,147 | |||||
| September 19 | Colorado State* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 42–0 | 93,972 | |||||
| September 26 | Auburn | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 10–7 | 92,612 | |||||
| October 10 | Georgia Tech* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 10–7 | 94,478 | |||||
| October 17 | at No. 15 Alabama | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) | L 19–38 | 78,550 | |||||
| October 24 | at Memphis State* | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN | W 28–9 | 51,668 | |||||
| November 7 | Wichita State* |
Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 24–21 | 94,155 | |||||
| November 14 | Ole Miss | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 28–20 | 90,955 | |||||
| November 21 | at Kentucky | Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) | L 10–21 | 54,604 | |||||
| November 28 | Vanderbilt | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 38–34 | 92,824 | |||||
| December 13 | vs. Wisconsin* | Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl) | Mizlou | W 28–21 | 53,220 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
- Reference:[1]
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Anthony Hancock | Wide Receiver | 1 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Brian Ingram | Linebacker | 4 | 111 | New England Patriots |
| LeMont Holt Jeffers | Linebacker | 6 | 153 | Washington Redskins |
| Terry Daniels | 10 | 265 | Washington Redskins | |
- References:[2]
References
- ↑ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1980–89". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ↑ "1982 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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