1996 Tennessee Volunteers football team
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The 1996 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee
in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
. The offense scored 437 points and the defense allowed only 185 points. Quarterback
Peyton Manning
was in his junior year and Phillip Fulmer
was the head coach of the team.
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped....
. The offense scored 437 points and the defense allowed only 185 points. Quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League . Manning holds the record for most NFL MVP awards with four. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998 after a standout college football career with the...
was in his junior year and Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer is a TV college football analyst and the former head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, who compiled a 152–52 record from 1992–2008 as head coach, but was fired during a 5–7 season in 2008...
was the head coach of the team.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Volunteers points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | Aug. 31 | Win | 62 | 3 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Sept. 7 | Win | 35 | 20 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Sept. 21 | Florida 1996 Florida Gators football team The 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's seventh season under head coach Steve Spurrier... |
Loss | 29 | 35 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Oct. 3 | Win | 41 | 3 | 3–1 | |
| 5 | Oct. 12 | @ Georgia | Win | 29 | 17 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Oct. 26 | Alabama 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama for the 1996–97 college football season, competing in the Western Division in the Southeastern Conference. Gene Stallings led the Crimson Tide to a 10–3 record in his final year with the program... |
Win | 20 | 13 | 5–1 |
| 7 | Nov. 2 | @ South Carolina 1996 South Carolina Gamecocks football team The 1996 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the college football 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Brad Scott and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in... |
Win | 31 | 14 | 6–1 |
| 8 | Nov. 9 | @ | Loss | 17 | 21 | 6–2 |
| 9 | Nov. 16 | Arkansas | Win | 55 | 14 | 7–2 |
| 10 | Nov. 23 | Kentucky 1996 Kentucky Wildcats football team The 1996 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Wildcats scored 138 points while allowing 322 points; they opened the season with 1 win and 6 losses, and then after the firing of head coach Bill Curry was announced,... |
Win | 56 | 10 | 8–2 |
| 11 | Nov. 30 | @ | Win | 14 | 7 | 9–2 |
Team players drafted into in the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Joey Kent Joey Kent Joey Kent is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.... |
Wide Receiver | 2 | 46 | Tennessee Oilers 1997 Tennessee Oilers season The 1997 season was the Tennessee Oilers 38th season and their 28th in the NFL. The Oilers finished the season with 8 wins and 8 losses, and did not qualify for the playoffs. The head coach was Jeff Fisher, and the team played their home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium... |
| Jay Graham Jay Graham Jay Graham is a former running back, Tennessee Volunteers. Graham rushed for 2,609 yards in his career , ranking sixth on the Vols all-time rushing list. He is second on the all-time carries list with 540 and he scored 25 touchdowns in his four-year career as a Volunteer... |
Running Back | 3 | 64 | Baltimore Ravens 1997 Baltimore Ravens season The 1997 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's second year in the National Football League. While the Ravens failed to finished above 5th in AFC Central they improved from 4–12–0 in 1996 to 6–9–1.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Roster:-Staff:-References:... |