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1991 Tennessee

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Johnny Majors, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1991, game by game: won at Louisville 28–11; won vs. No. 21 UCLA 30–16; won vs. No. 23 Mississippi State 26–24; won vs. No. 13 Auburn 30–21; lost at No. 10 Florida 18–35; lost at No. 14 Alabama 19–24; won vs. Memphis 52–24; won at No. 5 Notre Dame 35–34; won vs. Ole Miss 36–25; won at Kentucky 16–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 45–0; lost vs. No. 6 Penn State 17–42+45−25Won 28–11 at Louisville+17LouisvilleWon 30–16 vs. No. 21 UCLA+14No. 21 UCLAWon 26–24 vs. No. 23 Mississippi State+2No. 23 Mississippi Sta…Won 30–21 vs. No. 13 Auburn+9No. 13 AuburnLost 18–35 at No. 10 Florida-17No. 10 FloridaLost 19–24 at No. 14 Alabama-5No. 14 AlabamaWon 52–24 vs. Memphis+28MemphisWon 35–34 at No. 5 Notre Dame+1No. 5 Notre DameWon 36–25 vs. Ole Miss+11Ole MissWon 16–7 at Kentucky+9KentuckyWon 45–0 vs. Vanderbilt+45VanderbiltLost 17–42 vs. No. 6 Penn State-25No. 6 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atLouisvilleW 28–⁠1147%
Sep 14vs21UCLAW 30–⁠1675%
Sep 21vs23Mississippi StateW 26–⁠2475%
Sep 28vs13AuburnW 30–⁠2163%
Oct 12at10FloridaL 18–⁠3545%
Oct 19at14AlabamaL 19–⁠2449%
Nov 2vsMemphisW 52–⁠2481%
Nov 9at5Notre DameW 35–⁠3430%
Nov 16vsOle MissW 36–⁠2576%
Nov 23atKentuckyW 16–⁠781%
Nov 30vsVanderbiltW 45–⁠087%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs6Penn StateFiesta BowlL 17–⁠4244%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 42–⁠17 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 4
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Wk 9: 15
  10. Wk 10: 14
  11. Wk 11: 13
  12. Wk 12: 10
  13. Wk 13: 10
  14. Wk 14: 9
  15. Wk 15: 10
  16. Final: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1991.

Consensus All-AmericanDale Carter, DB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 4
Points
352–⁠263
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1683 +43 this season
SP+ rating
19.2 No. 13 of 104; offense No. 15, defense No. 36
SRS
13.5 No. 15 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Phillip Fulmer
Defensive coordinator
Larry Lacewell
Captains
Earnest Fields and John Fisher

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 1Dale Carter DBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 1Chris Mims DESan Diego Chargers
Rd 2Carl Pickens WRCincinnati Bengals
Rd 2Chuck Smith DEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 3Jeremy Lincoln DBChicago Bears
Rd 4Tom Myslinski OGDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

7 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Andy KellyQBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida7–⁠010–⁠27
Alabama6–⁠111–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠29–⁠314
Georgia4–⁠39–⁠317
Mississippi State4–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠6
LSU3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠55–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠65–⁠6
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.