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American college football season
The 1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1991 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 15th 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, 5–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 352 points while the defense allowed 263 points.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 8:00 p.m. | at Louisville* | No. 11 | | ESPN | W 28–11 | 40,457 | [1] |
September 14 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 21 UCLA* | No. 11 | | TBS | W 30–16 | 97,117 | [2] |
September 21 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 23 Mississippi State | No. 6 | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, TN
| TBS | W 26–24 | 95,974 | [3] |
September 28 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 13 Auburn | No. 5 | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, TN
| ESPN | W 30–21 | 97,731 | [4] |
October 12 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 10 Florida | No. 4 | | ESPN | L 18–35 | 85,135 | [5] |
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 14 Alabama | No. 8 | | ABC | L 19–24 | 86,293 | [6] |
November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | Memphis State* | No. 14 | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, TN
| PPV | W 52–24 | 96,664 | [7] |
November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Notre Dame* | No. 13 | | NBC | W 35–34 | 59,075 | [8] |
November 16 | 4:00 p.m. | Ole Miss | No. 10 | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
| PPV | W 36–25 | 95,937 | [9] |
November 23 | 12:30 p.m. | at Kentucky | No. 10 | | TBS | W 16–7 | 57,125 | [10] |
November 30 | 12:30 p.m. | SPS | W 45–0 | 94,976 | [11] |
January 1 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Penn State* | No. 10 | | NBC | L 17–42 | 71,133 | [12] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Roster
1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Class
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Joey Chapman
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So
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Rankings
Team players drafted into the NFL
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- ^ "1991 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "1992 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
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