American college football season
The 1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season . Phillip Fulmer was the head coach. Freshman Peyton Manning began the season as Tennessee's third-string quarterback , but injuries to Todd Helton and Jerry Colquitt forced him into the lineup in a game against Mississippi State , which the Volunteers lost 24–21. In his first start the following week against Washington State , the Vols won, 10–9. They lost only one more game the rest of the season, finishing 8–4 with a 45–23 victory over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 3 8:00 p.m. at No. 14 UCLA * No. 13 ABC L 23–2555,169 [ 4] September 10 7:00 p.m. at No. 23 Georgia No. 19 ESPN W 41–2386,117 [ 5] September 17 6:30 p.m. No. 1 Florida No. 15 ESPN L 0–3196,656 [ 6] September 24 12:30 p.m. at Mississippi State No. 23 JPS L 21–2441,071 [ 7] October 1 4:00 p.m. No. 17 Washington State * Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN W 10–995,556 [ 8] October 8 1:00 p.m. Arkansas Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN PPV W 38–2194,997 [ 9] October 15 6:30 p.m. No. 10 Alabama ESPN L 13–1796,856 [ 10] October 29 1:00 p.m. at South Carolina PPV W 31–2274,200 [ 11] November 12 1:00 p.m. Memphis * Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN W 24–1394,690 [ 12] November 19 12:30 p.m. Kentucky Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) JPS W 52–095,066 [ 13] November 26 12:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt JPS W 65–038,816 [ 14] December 30 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech * TBS W 45–2362,200 [ 15] *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 19 Mose Phillips Sr FB 20 Chester Ford So C 52 Mark Holland Sr C 59 Sam Pinner Fr C 71 Bubba Miller Jr G 73 Trey Peterson Jr G 74 Jeff Smith Jr G 67 Kevin Mays (C) Sr G 70 Trey Teague Fr OT 66 Jason Laymon Jr OT 72 Jarvis Reado Fr OT 65 Robert Poole Fr OT 75 Leslie Ratliffe Jr OT 79 Brad Lampley Fr QB 2 Todd Helton Jr QB 6 Brandon Stewart Fr QB 14 Jerry Colquit Sr QB 16 Peyton Manning Fr RB 5 Eric Lane So RB 19 Mark Levine Fr RB 24 Aaron Hayden Sr RB 25 Jay Graham So RB 33 James Stewart Sr TE 82 David Horn Jr TE 86 Dustin Moore So TE 87 John Sartelle So TE 89 Scott Pfeiffer Jr WR Greg Kyler So WR 11 Joey Kent So WR 12 Marcus Nash Fr WR 21 Maurice Staley Jr WR 80 Billy Williams Sr WR 81 Benjie Shuler So WR 88 Andy McCullough Fr WR 83 Nilo Silvan Jr
Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Ronald Davis Sr CB 13 Terry Fair Fr CB 18 DeRon Jenkins Jr CB 23 Shawn Summers Jr CB 26 Shane Begnaud Fr CB 34 Steve Johnson Fr CB 36 Troy Edge Fr CB 41 Troy Pratt So DE 46 John Emery Jr DE 90 Ben Talley (C) Sr DE 64 Steve White Jr DE 91 Jonathan Brown Fr DE 94 Billy Beron So DT 50 Bill Duff Fr DT 57 Leland Taylor Sr DT 77 Richard Howard Jr DT 84 Shane Burton Jr DT 91 Brent Gibson So FS 7 Jason Parker Jr FS 9 Tori Noel So LB 38 Greg Johnson So LB 44 Craig King So LB 45 Nick Jester So LB 47 Tyrone Hines So LB 3 Ronnie Pillow So LB 14 Quincy Prigmore Jr LB 22 Jesse Sanders Jr LB 42 George Kidd Jr LB 85 Anthony Hampton So LB 93 Scott Galyon Jr SS 28 Raymond Austin So SS 30 Cory Gaines Fr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 43 Tom Hutton Sr PK 10 John Becksvoort Sr KR/PR Nilo Silvan
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
Team players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] [ 17]
^ "Vols Lose Quarterback, A Place in Top-25 Poll Key to Upset: Six Turnovers in Second Half". San Jose Mercury News . San Jose. September 25, 1994. p. 5C. ^ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia . ESPN Books. p. 845. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1 . ^ "Vols in Sync, Leave Hokies Flattened". The Washington Post . January 1, 1995. ^ "Tennessee loses quarterback, game" . Star Tribune . September 4, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Tennessee's ground game mows down Georgia in 41–23 tuneup" . The Courier-Journal . September 11, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Gators add Vols to impressive wins list" . The News and Observer . September 18, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Mississippi State topples Tennessee" . The Charlotte Observer . September 25, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Cougs can't stop Tennessee, suffer first loss of season" . The Bellingham Herald . October 2, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Vols high on Hogs" . The Jackson Sun . October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Vols stall against Tide again" . The Tennessean . October 16, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Vols fly past Gamecocks" . The Knoxville News-Sentinel . October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Vols thwart Memphis's rally" . The Commercial Appeal . November 13, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Curry's nightmare over; Vols put Cats out of misery" . The Paducah Sun . November 20, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Volunteers break record with 65–0 win over Vandy" . The Atlanta Journal & Constitution . November 27, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Vols romp in the Swamp" . The Tampa Tribune . December 31, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1994 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2024 . ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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