1988 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1988 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWalt Harris (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorKen Donahue (4th season)
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 LSU + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 8 Auburn + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Georgia 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Florida 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1988 season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his 12th year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–4 in the SEC). The Vols' offense scored 212 points while the defense allowed 286 points.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3at No. 12 GeorgiaNo. 18
ESPNL 17–2882,122[1]
September 10Duke*
L 26–3193,144[2]
September 17No. 9 LSU
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
TBSL 9–3492,849[3]
September 24at No. 4 Auburn
CBSL 6–3883,687[4]
October 1Washington State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 24–5292,276[5]
October 15No. 20 Alabama
L 20–2893,025[6]
October 22at Memphis State*
W 38–2555,173[7]
November 5Boston College*dagger
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 10–790,030[8]
November 12at Ole Miss
W 20–1227,686[9]
November 19Kentucky
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 28–2490,353[10]
November 26at Vanderbilt
W 14–741,404[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Keith DeLong Linebacker 1 28 San Francisco 49ers
Jeff Francis Quarterback 6 140 Los Angeles Raiders

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Giles, Georgia hand Vols loss". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 4, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Duke stuns Tennessee". The Charlotte Observer. September 11, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "LSU cruises over struggling UT". The Jackson Sun. September 18, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Vols lose to Auburn". Bristol Herald Courier. September 25, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rosenbach, Cougars rip Vols, 52–24". The Spokesman-Review. October 2, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sputtering UT slips again". The Tennessean. October 16, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Vols finally have celebration". The Commercial Appeal. October 23, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Penalty stops Eagles, 10–7". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Vols win again, stuff Rebels, 20–12". Kingsport Times-News. November 13, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "UK ends year of near-misses with 28–24 loss to Tennessee". The Courier-Journal. November 20, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Davis sparks UT victory". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 27, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1988 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "1989 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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