1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1969 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC champion
Gator Bowl, L 14–13 vs. Florida
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 15
Record9–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Tennessee $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 10 LSU 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 20 Auburn 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Florida 3 – 1 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Ole Miss 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Vanderbilt 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Alabama 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Florida in the Gator Bowl.

Tennessee's defense featured

guard
on the offensive line.

Florida Gators coach Ray Graves' final game saw his club beat the SEC champion Volunteers, 14–13, in the Gator Bowl. The game, which marked the Gator Bowl's silver anniversary had added drama because two days before kickoff word leaked out that Volunteers head coach Doug Dickey, the SEC Coach of the Year, would return to Florida, his alma mater, after the game.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 20Chattanooga*No. 15
W 31–048,942[1]
September 27No. 17 AuburnNo. 19
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
ABCW 45–1957,826[2]
October 4at
Memphis Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
    		• W 55–1650,164[3]
    October 11Georgia Tech*No. 10
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		W 26–863,171[4]
    October 18at No. 20 AlabamaNo. 7
    		W 41–1472,443[5]
    November 1at No. 11 GeorgiaNo. 3
    		W 17–359,781[6]
    November 8South Carolina*daggerNo. 3
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		W 29–1462,868[7]
    November 15at No. 18 Ole MissNo. 3
    		L 0–3847,220[8]
    November 22at KentuckyNo. 9
    		W 31–2636,500[9]
    November 29VanderbiltNo. 10
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		W 40–2760,672[10]
    December 27vs. No. 14 FloridaNo. 11
    		NBCL 13–1472,248[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    • OG #65 Phillip Fulmer, So.
    • LB #57 Steve Kiner, Sr.
    • DB Bobby Majors, So.
    • LB Jack Reynolds, Sr.

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Rounds Pick Overall NFL Team
    Jack Reynolds
    		 Linebacker 1 22 Los Angeles Rams
    Steve Kiner Linebacker 3 73 Dallas Cowboys
    Herman Weaver Punter 9 227 Detroit Lions

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