1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 484 points while the defense allowed 175 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the club to an appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl.
1993 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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SEC Eastern Division co-champion | |
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 13–31 vs. Penn State | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 11 |
AP | No. 12 |
Record | 10–2 (7–1 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | David Cutcliffe |
Defensive coordinator | Larry Marmie |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 91,902)[1] |
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No. 5 Florida x$ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Tennessee* x | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina* | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt* | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 4 Auburn† | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Alabama* x | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas* | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss* | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State* | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | 4:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech* | No. 10 | PPV | W 50–0 | 95,106 | [2] | |
September 11 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 22 Georgia | No. 8 |
| ESPN | W 38–6 | 96,228 | |
September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 9 Florida | No. 5 | ABC | L 34–41 | 85,247 | ||
September 25 | 12:30 p.m. | LSU | No. 11 |
| JPS | W 42–20 | 95,931 | |
October 2 | 4:00 p.m. | Duke* | No. 11 |
| PPV | W 52-19 | 96,173 | |
October 9 | 12:30 p.m. | at Arkansas | No. 11 | JPS | W 28–14 | 54,150 | ||
October 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Alabama | No. 10 | ABC | W 17–17 (Alabama forfeit) | 83,091 | ||
October 30 | 12:30 p.m. | South Carolina | No. 8 |
| JPS | W 55–3 | 94,791 | |
November 6 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Louisville* | No. 7 |
| ABC | W 45–10 | 94,826 | |
November 20 | 7:30 p.m. | at Kentucky | No. 7 | ESPN | W 48–0 | 57,878 | ||
November 27 | 12:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt | No. 6 |
| JPS | W 62–14 | 94,225 | |
January 1 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Penn State* | No. 6 | ABC | L 13–31 | 72,456 | ||
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- Alabama was forced to forfeit the 17–17 tie per NCAA sanctions.
Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Heath Shuler | Quarterback | 1 | 3 | Washington Redskins |
Charlie Garner | Running back | 2 | 42 | Philadelphia Eagles |
Cory Fleming | Wide receiver | 3 | 87 | San Francisco 49ers |
Shane Bonham | Defensive tackle | 3 | 93 | Detroit Lions |
Horace Morris | Linebacker | 5 | 152 | New York Jets |
Awards and honors
The 1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team did not win they SEC East, nor did they win their respective bowl game. The proud tradition of Alabama football took a severe hit later that when the NCAA put the Crimson Tide on probation for three years, including a ban on postseason games after this season, and forced the school to forfeit eight victories and a tie from 1993.
You may be wondering. How does this effect The Tennessee Volunteers? Well it’s simple. One of the Vols losses that year was to Alabama, who which we know now, forfeited 11 of their victories. So after the subtraction of that one loss Tennessee Volunteers were tied with the Florida Gators for a SEC co-championship after this discovery.
There were later findings that Cornerback Antonio Langham's signing with an agent hours after Alabama clinched that sixth championship with a victory over Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl led to one of the infractions cited by the NCAA. Another infraction involved former defensive back Gene Jelks, who received $24,400 in improper loans from August 1989 through May 1990.
References
- "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- "Vols find comfortable point". The Tennessean. September 5, 1993. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2018.