1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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.^[2][3][4]

1994 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 45–23 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 22
Record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	David Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinator	Larry Marmie
Captains	Kevin Mays Ben Talley
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 91,902)^[1]
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
No. 22 Tennessee	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Auburn	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Mississippi State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 p.m.	at No. 14 UCLA*	No. 13	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	ABC	L 23–25	55,169
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Georgia	No. 19	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	ESPN	W 41–23	86,117
September 17	6:30 p.m.	No. 1 Florida	No. 15	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in September)	ESPN	L 0–31	96,656
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 23	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	JPS	L 21–24	41,071
October 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 17 Washington State*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 10–9	95,556
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	PPV	W 38–21	94,997
October 15	6:30 p.m.	No. 10 Alabama		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October)	ESPN	L 13–17	96,856
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 31–22	74,200
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Memphis*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 24–13	94,690
November 19	12:30 p.m.	Kentucky		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	W 52–0	95,066
November 26	12:30 p.m.	at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	W 65–0	38,816
December 30	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (Gator Bowl)	TBS	W 45–23	62,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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 Phillip Fulmer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
James Stewart	Running back	1	19	Jacksonville Jaguars
Ron Davis	Defensive back	2	41	Atlanta Falcons
Aaron Hayden	Running back	4	104	San Diego Chargers
Ben Talley	Linebacker	4	133	New York Giants
Eli Herring	Tackle	6	190	Oakland Raiders
Billy Williams	Wide receiver	7	212	Arizona Cardinals

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Awards and honors

References

1. . utsports.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
2. "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.
3. MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. p. 845. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.
4. "Vols in Sync, Leave Hokies Flattened". The Washington Post. January 1, 1995.
5. . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.