1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1989 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record11–1 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPhillip Fulmer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDoug Mathews (1st season)
CaptainEric Still
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Tennessee + 6 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Alabama + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Auburn + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Florida 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Georgia 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1989 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 13th year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 6–1 in the SEC), as SEC co-champion, and with a victory over Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. The Volunteers offense scored 346 points while the defense allowed 217 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 2Colorado State*
W 17–1493,652[1]
September 9at No. 6 UCLA*
PPVW 24–654,316[2]
September 16Duke*No. 17
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 28–693,659[3]
September 30No. 4 AuburnNo. 12
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
CBSW 21–1495,341[4]
October 7GeorgiadaggerNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
ESPNW 17–1496,058[5]
October 21at No. 10 AlabamaNo. 6
CBSL 30–4775,962[6]
October 28at LSUNo. 11
TBSW 45–3971,634[7]
November 11Akron*No. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 52–991,833[8]
November 18Ole MissNo. 9
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
PPVW 33–2193,851[9]
November 25at KentuckyNo. 8
ESPNW 31–1055,237[10]
December 2VanderbiltNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
TBSW 17–1092,975[11]
January 1, 1990vs. No. 10 Arkansas*No. 8
CBSW 31–2774,358[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Reggie Cobb Running Back 2 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Marion Hobby Defensive End 3 74 Minnesota Vikings
Eric Still Guard 4 99 Houston Oilers
Tracy Hayworth Linebacker 7 174 Detroit Lions
Kent Elmore Punter 7 190 Los Angeles Rams
Thomas Woods Wide Receiver 8 205 Miami Dolphins

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  13. ^ "1989 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "1990 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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