1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1993 Tennessee Volunteers football
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
Record10–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Larry Marmie (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
Seasons
←  1992
1994  →
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 –1 –011 –2 –0
No. 12 Tennessee* x 6 –1 –19 –2 –1
Kentucky 4 –4 –06 –6 –0
Georgia 2 –6 –05 –6 –0
South Carolina* 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Vanderbilt* 1 –7 –04 –7 –0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn† 8 –0 –011 –0 –0
No. 14 Alabama* x 5 –2 –19 –3 –1
Arkansas* 3 –4 –15 –5 –1
LSU 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Ole Miss* 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Mississippi State* 2 –5 –13 –6 –2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation.
    * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 484 points while the defense allowed 175 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the club to an appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 44:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech *No. 10
 PPV W 50–095,106 [1]
September 117:30 p.m.No. 22 Georgia No. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
 ESPN W 38–696,228 [2]
September 183:30 p.m.at No. 9 Florida No. 5
 ABC L 34–4185,247 [3]
September 2512:30 p.m. LSU No. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
 JPS W 42–2095,931 [4]
October 24:00 p.m. Duke *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
PPVW 52–1996,173 [5]
October 912:30 p.m.at Arkansas No. 11
JPSW 28–1454,150 [6]
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 Alabama No. 10
ABCW 17–17 (Alabama forfeit)83,091 [7] [8]
October 3012:30 p.m. South Carolina No. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
JPSW 55–394,791 [9]
November 63:30 p.m.No. 13 Louisville *No. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
ABCW 45–1094,826 [10]
November 207:30 p.m.at Kentucky No. 7
ESPNW 48–057,878 [11]
November 2712:30 p.m. Vanderbilt No. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
JPSW 62–1494,225 [12]
January 11:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 Penn State *No. 6
ABCL 13–3172,456 [13]

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Roster

1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 12 Cory Fleming Sr
RB 33 James Stewart Jr
QB 21 Heath Shuler Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 99 Paul Yatkowski Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Heath Shuler Quarterback13 Washington Redskins
Charlie Garner Running back242 Philadelphia Eagles
Cory Fleming Wide receiver387 San Francisco 49ers
Shane Bonham Defensive tackle393 Detroit Lions
Horace MorrisLinebacker5152 New York Jets

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Awards and honors

The 1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team did not win they SEC East, nor did they win their respective bowl game. The proud tradition of Alabama football took a severe hit later that when the NCAA put the Crimson Tide on probation for three years, including a ban on postseason games after this season, and forced the school to forfeit eight victories and a tie from 1993.

You may be wondering. How does this effect The Tennessee Volunteers? Well it’s simple. One of the Vols games that year was a tie with Alabama, who which we know now, forfeited 10 of their victories and the tie with Tennessee. So after the subtraction of that one tie, the Tennessee Volunteers were tied with the Florida Gators for a SEC co-championship after this discovery.

There were later findings that Cornerback Antonio Langham's signing with an agent hours after Alabama clinched that sixth championship with a victory over Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl led to one of the infractions cited by the NCAA. Another infraction involved former defensive back Gene Jelks, who received $24,400 in improper loans from August 1989 through May 1990.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Vols dominate Georgia 38–6". Bristol Herald Courier. September 12, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  4. ↑ "Shuler's 3 TD passes spark Vols". The Charlotte Observer. September 26, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  13. ↑ "Efficient Penn State buries sloppy Tennessee, 31–13". The Pensacola News-Journal. January 2, 1994. Retrieved November 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  15. ↑ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
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