1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1969 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC champion
Gator Bowl, L 13–14 vs. Florida
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 15
Record9–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
Seasons
←  1968
1970  →
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Tennessee $ 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 10 LSU 4 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 20 Auburn 5 –2 –08 –3 –0
No. 14 Florida 3 –1 –19 –1 –1
No. 8 Ole Miss 4 –2 –08 –3 –0
Georgia 2 –3 –15 –5 –1
Vanderbilt 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
Alabama 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Kentucky 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Mississippi State 0 –5 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Florida in the Gator Bowl.

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Tennessee's defense featured Jack Reynolds and All-American Steve Kiner while the offense featured quarterback Bobby Scott throwing to end Ken DeLong. Chip Kell was an All-American guard on the offensive line.

Florida Gators coach Ray Graves' final game saw his club beat the SEC champion Volunteers, 14–13, in the Gator Bowl. The game, which marked the Gator Bowl's silver anniversary had added drama because two days before kickoff word leaked out that Volunteers head coach Doug Dickey, the SEC Coach of the Year, would return to Florida, his alma mater, after the game.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Chattanooga *No. 15
W 31–048,942 [1]
September 27No. 17 Auburn No. 19
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
 ABC W 45–1957,826 [2]
October 4at Memphis State *No. 10
W 55–1650,164 [3]
October 11 Georgia Tech *No. 10
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 26–863,171 [4]
October 18at No. 20 Alabama No. 7
W 41–1472,443 [5]
November 1at No. 11 Georgia No. 3
W 17–359,781 [6]
November 8 South Carolina *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 3
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 29–1462,868 [7]
November 15at No. 18 Ole Miss No. 3
L 0–3847,220 [8]
November 22at Kentucky No. 9
W 31–2636,500 [9]
November 29 Vanderbilt No. 10
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 40–2760,672 [10]
December 27vs. No. 14 Florida No. 11
 NBC L 13–1472,248 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundsPick OverallNFL Team
Jack Reynolds Linebacker122 Los Angeles Rams
Steve Kiner Linebacker373 Dallas Cowboys
Herman Weaver Punter9227 Detroit Lions

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