1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at No. 10 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 0–44	79,600	[1]
September 12	at No. 5 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 7–43	62,147	[2]
September 19	Colorado State*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 42–0	93,972	[3]
September 26	Auburn	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 10–7	92,612	[4]
October 10	Georgia Tech*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 10–7	94,478	[5]
October 17	at No. 15 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)		L 19–38	78,550	[6]
October 24	at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 28–9	51,668	[7]
November 7	Wichita State*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 24–21	94,155	[8]
November 14	Ole Miss	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 28–20	90,955	[9]
November 21	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 10–21	54,604	[10]
November 28	Vanderbilt	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 38–34	92,824	[11]
December 13	vs. Wisconsin*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl)	Mizlou	W 28–21	53,220	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Game summaries

At USC

Team players drafted into the NFL

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References

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