1973 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1973 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl, L 19–28 vs. Texas Tech
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jim Wright
Captain Eddie Brown
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
Seasons
  1972
1974  
1973 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Alabama $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 13 LSU 5 1 09 3 0
Ole Miss 4 3 06 5 0
No. 19 Tennessee 3 3 08 4 0
Georgia 3 4 07 4 1
Florida 3 4 07 5 0
Kentucky 3 4 05 6 0
Auburn 2 5 06 6 0
Mississippi State 2 5 04 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 05 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and a loss to Texas Tech in the 1973 Gator Bowl.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15 Duke *No. 9W 21–1770,787 [1]
September 22at Army *No. 10W 37–1839,942 [2]
September 29No. 11 Auburn No. 9
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 21–071,656 [3]
October 6 Kansas *No. 9W 28–2742,842–43,716 [4]
October 13 Georgia Tech *No. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 20–1470,616 [5]
October 20at No. 2 Alabama No. 10 ABC L 21–4272,226 [6]
October 27 TCU *No. 14
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 39–766,356 [7]
November 3 Georgia Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 31–3570,812 [8]
November 17at Ole Miss No. 16ABCL 18–2839,500 [9]
November 24at Kentucky W 16–1454,000 [10]
December 1 Vanderbilt No. 19
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 20–1766,702 [11]
December 29vs. No. 11 Texas Tech *No. 20ABCL 19–2862,109 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1973 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Condredge Holloway
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Army

Period1234Total
#10 Tennessee6771737
Army3031218

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

  • Date: September 22
  • Game attendance: 39,942
  • Recap
Game information
First Quarter
  • ARMY - Barclay 25-yard field goal
  • TEN - Townsend 37-yard field goal
  • TEN - Townsend 26-yard field goal
Second Quarter
  • TEN - Stanback 1-yard run (Townsend kick)
Third Quarter
  • ARMY - Barclay 38-yard field goal
  • TEN - Chancey 10-yard run (Townsend kick)
Fourth Quarter
  • TEN - Townsend 26-yard field goal
  • ARMY - Simons 1-yard run (pass failed)
  • TEN - Morgan 28-yard pass from Holloway (Townsend kick)
  • ARMY - Armstrong 25-yard pass from Fink (pass failed)
  • TEN - Yarborough 42-yard pass from Valbuena (Townsend kick)

Condredge Holloway set up Tennessee touchdowns with a 52-yard pass and a 48-yard run as Tennessee won its second straight while Army dropped its third consecutive season opener. Holloway fumbled at his own 12 on the second play of the game, which set up an Army field goal. The slippery QB came back to engineer two first-quarter field goals by Ricky Townsend. Midway through the second period, Holloway evaded the rush and found Emmon Love for a nine-yard gain to the 33. On the next play, he found Stanley Morgan deep down the left sideline for a long bomb to the Army 15. [13]

Draft picks

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bill RudderRunning Back359 San Diego Chargers
Haskel Stanback Running Back5114 Cincinnati Bengals
Defensive Back8]
Gary ValbuenaQuarterback10260 Miami Dolphins
Gene KillianGuard16413 Dallas Cowboys

[14]

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