1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1983
5-2
CaptainReggie White
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
1983 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Auburn $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Georgia 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 1
No. 6 Florida 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 1
Mississippi State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
LSU 0 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1983 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 seventh year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and a victory over Maryland in the Florida Citrus Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 282 points while the defense allowed 165 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3No. 10 Pittsburgh*
L 3–1395,824[1]
September 10New Mexico*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 31–689,792[2]
September 24No. 11 Auburn
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 14–3795,185[3]
October 1vs. The Citadel*
W 45–620,351[4]
October 8LSU
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
TBSW 20–694,478[5]
October 15at No. 11 Alabama
W 41–3477,237[6]
October 22Georgia Tech*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 37–394,478[7]
October 29at Rutgers*
W 7–019,201[8]
November 12Ole Missdagger
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
TBSL 10–1395,585[9]
November 19at Kentucky
CBSW 10–057,985[10]
November 26Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
CBSW 34–2493,426[11]
December 17vs. No. 16 Maryland*
MizlouW 30–2350,185[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Lenny Taylor Sr
QB 6 Alan Cockrell Jr
WR 24 Clyde Duncan Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 92 Reggie White Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 4 Fuad Reveiz Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were selected in the

1984 NFL Draft
:

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Clyde Duncan
 Wide Receiver 1 17 St. Louis Cardinals
Mark Studaway Defensive End 4 85 Houston Oilers
Curt Singer Tackle 6 167 Washington Redskins
Randall Morris Fullback 10 270 Seattle Seahawks
Lenny Taylor Wide Receiver 12 313 Green Bay Packers
Glenn Streno Center 12 327 Detroit Lions

The following players were selected in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft:

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Reggie White Defensive End 1 4 Philadelphia Eagles

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