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1994 Tennessee

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Phillip Fulmer, finished No. 22 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1994, game by game: lost at No. 14 UCLA 23–25; won at No. 23 Georgia 41–23; lost vs. No. 1 Florida 0–31; lost at Mississippi State 21–24; won vs. No. 17 Washington State 10–9; won vs. Arkansas 38–21; lost vs. No. 10 Alabama 13–17; won at South Carolina 31–22; won vs. Memphis 24–13; won vs. Kentucky 52–0; won at Vanderbilt 65–0; won vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech 45–23+65−31Lost 23–25 at No. 14 UCLA-2No. 14 UCLAWon 41–23 at No. 23 Georgia+18No. 23 GeorgiaLost 0–31 vs. No. 1 Florida-31No. 1 FloridaLost 21–24 at Mississippi State-3Mississippi Sta…Won 10–9 vs. No. 17 Washington State+1No. 17 Washington StateWon 38–21 vs. Arkansas+17ArkansasLost 13–17 vs. No. 10 Alabama-4No. 10 AlabamaWon 31–22 at South Carolina+9South CarolinaWon 24–13 vs. Memphis+11MemphisWon 52–0 vs. Kentucky+52KentuckyWon 65–0 at Vanderbilt+65VanderbiltWon 45–23 vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech+22No. 17 Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at14UCLAL 23–⁠2548%
Sep 10at23GeorgiaW 41–⁠2350%
Sep 17vs1FloridaL 0–⁠3152%
Sep 24atMississippi StateL 21–⁠2462%
Oct 1vs17Washington StateW 10–⁠961%
Oct 8vsArkansasW 38–⁠2173%
Oct 15vs10AlabamaL 13–⁠1750%
Oct 29atSouth CarolinaW 31–⁠2259%
Nov 12vsMemphisW 24–⁠1371%
Nov 19vsKentuckyW 52–⁠090%
Nov 26atVanderbiltW 65–⁠064%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs17Virginia TechGator BowlW 45–⁠2360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 45–⁠23 in the Gator Bowl; No. 22 in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 15
  5. Wk 5: 23
  6. Final: 22

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 1994.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 22 peak No. 13
Points
363–⁠208
Coach
Phillip Fulmer
Elo
1706 +60 this season
SP+ rating
18.3 No. 14 of 106; offense No. 22, defense No. 16
SRS
13.6 No. 14 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
David Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinator
Larry Marmie
Captains
Kevin Mays and Ben Talley
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 1James Stewart RBJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 2Ronald Davis DBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 4Aaron Hayden RBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 4Ben Talley LBNew York Giants
Rd 6Jerry Colquitt QBCarolina Panthers
Rd 7Billy Williams WRArizona Cardinals

All-SEC

1 first team, 6 second team

First team

  • Kevin MaysOGAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠012–⁠15
Florida7–⁠110–⁠2–⁠17
Auburn6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠19
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠422
Mississippi State5–⁠38–⁠424
South Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠64–⁠7
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠81–⁠10

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