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.[1][2][3]

1994 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 45–23 vs. Virginia Tech
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 22
Record8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinatorLarry Marmie
Captains
  • Kevin Mays
  • Ben Talley
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1994 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$ 7 –1 –010 –2 –1
No. 22 Tennessee 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
South Carolina 4 –4 –07 –5 –0
Georgia 3 –4 –16 –4 –1
Vanderbilt 2 –6 –05 –6 –0
Kentucky 0 –8 –01 –10 –0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x 8 –0 –012 –1 –0
No. 9 Auburn 6 –1 –19 –1 –1
No. 24 Mississippi State 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
LSU 3 –5 –04 –7 –0
Arkansas 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Ole Miss 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 38:00 p.m.at No. 14 UCLA*No. 13
ABCL 23–2555,169[4]
September 107:00 p.m.at No. 23 GeorgiaNo. 19
ESPNW 41–2386,117[5]
September 176:30 p.m.No. 1 FloridaNo. 15
ESPNL 0–3196,656[6]
September 2412:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 23
JPSL 21–2441,071[7]
October 14:00 p.m.No. 17 Washington State*dagger
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 10–995,556[8]
October 81:00 p.m.Arkansas
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
PPVW 38–2194,997[9]
October 156:30 p.m.No. 10 Alabama
ESPNL 13–1796,856[10]
October 291:00 p.m.at South Carolina
PPVW 31–2274,200[11]
November 121:00 p.m.Memphis*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 24–1394,690[12]
November 1912:30 p.m.Kentucky
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
JPSW 52–095,066[13]
November 2612:30 p.m.at Vanderbilt
JPSW 65–038,816[14]
December 308:00 p.m.vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech*
TBSW 45–2362,200[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster
1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
P 43 Tom Hutton Sr
PK 10 John Becksvoort Sr
KR/PR Nilo Silvan
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • David Cutcliffe – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Randy Sanders – Running backs/recruiting coordinator
  • Kippy Brown – Wide receivers/assistant head coach
  • Mark Bradley – Tight ends
  • Steve Marshall – Offensive line
  • Larry Marmie – Defensive coordinator
  • Dan Brooks – Defensive line
  • John Chavis – Linebackers
  • Lovie Smith – Defensive backs
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
James StewartRunning back119Jacksonville Jaguars
Ron DavisDefensive back241Atlanta Falcons
Aaron HaydenRunning back4104San Diego Chargers
Ben TalleyLinebacker4133New York Giants
Eli HerringTackle6190Oakland Raiders
Billy WilliamsWide receiver7212Arizona Cardinals

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References
  1. "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.
  2. MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. p. 845. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.
  3. "Vols in Sync, Leave Hokies Flattened". The Washington Post. January 1, 1995.
  4. "Tennessee loses quarterback, game". Star Tribune. September 4, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tennessee's ground game mows down Georgia in 41–23 tuneup". The Courier-Journal. September 11, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Gators add Vols to impressive wins list". The News and Observer. September 18, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Mississippi State topples Tennessee". The Charlotte Observer. September 25, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Cougs can't stop Tennessee, suffer first loss of season". The Bellingham Herald. October 2, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Vols high on Hogs". The Jackson Sun. October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Vols stall against Tide again". The Tennessean. October 16, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Vols fly past Gamecocks". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Vols thwart Memphis's rally". The Commercial Appeal. November 13, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Curry's nightmare over; Vols put Cats out of misery". The Paducah Sun. November 20, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Volunteers break record with 65–0 win over Vandy". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 27, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Vols romp in the Swamp". The Tampa Tribune. December 31, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "1994 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  17. "1995 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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