1986 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1986 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1986 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 tenth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and with a victory over Minnesota in the Liberty Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 293 points while the defense allowed 249 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	New Mexico*	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 35–21	93,875	[1]
September 13	Mississippi State	No. 8	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	TBS	L 27–23	89,897	[2]
September 27	at No. 8 ABC	L 8–34	72,500	[3]
October 4	UTEP*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 26–16	92,824	[4]
October 11	Army*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 21–25	91,343	[5]
October 18	No. 2 Alabama		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	ABC	L 28–56	95,115	[6]
October 25	at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	TBS	L 13–14	28,432	[7]
November 8	Memphis State*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 33–3	89,815	[8]
November 15	at No. 20 Ole Miss		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	TBS	W 22–10	35,000	[9]
November 22	Kentucky		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 28–9	90,747	[10]
November 29	at Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 35–20	41,572	[11]
December 29	vs. Minnesota*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	Raycom	W 21–14	51,357	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Vs. Minnesota (Liberty Bowl)

Team players drafted into the NFL

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References

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