1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1999 Tennessee Volunteers football
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
Fiesta Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Nebraska
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Randy Sanders (1st as OC; 11th overall season)
Defensive coordinator John Chavis (5th as DC; 12th overall season)
Captains
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,854) [1]
Seasons
  1998
2000  
1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x  7 1   9 4  
No. 9 Tennessee  6 2   9 3  
No. 16 Georgia  5 3   8 4  
Kentucky  4 4   6 6  
Vanderbilt  2 6   5 6  
South Carolina  0 8   0 11  
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$  7 1   10 3  
No. 13 Mississippi State  6 2   10 2  
No. 22 Ole Miss  4 4   8 4  
No. 17 Arkansas  4 4   8 4  
Auburn  2 6   5 6  
LSU  1 7   3 8  
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 369 points while the defense allowed 194 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the team to an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 pm Wyoming *No. 3 ESPN2 W 42–17107,597
September 188:00 pmat No. 4 Florida No. 2 CBS L 21–2385,707
September 254:00 pm Memphis *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPV W 17–16107,261
October 27:45 pm Auburn No. 7
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPN W 24–0106,424
October 97:00 pmNo. 10 Georgia No. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPNW 37–20107,247
October 233:30 pmat No. 10 Alabama No. 5CBSW 21–786,869
October 301:00 pm South Carolina No. 4
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
PPVW 30–7105,941
November 67:45 pmNo. 24 Notre Dame *No. 4
ESPNW 38–14107,619
November 1312:30 pmat Arkansas No. 3 JPS L 24–2852,815
November 2012:30 pmat Kentucky No. 7JPSW 56–2171,022
November 2712:00 pm Vanderbilt No. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
CBSW 38–10105,781
January 28:00 pmvs. No. 3 Nebraska *No. 6 ABC L 21–3171,526
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 14 Cedrick Wilson Sr. Sr
QB 17 Tee Martin Sr
RB 20 Travis Henry Sr
RB 31 Jamal Lewis Jr
G 52 Cosey Coleman Jr
G 53Toby ChampionJr
C 55Clay BosticSo
OT 67 Chad Clifton Sr
G 70Fred WearySo
OT 71Reggie ColemanSo
WR 80 Eric Parker So
TE 84Neil JohnsonJr
WR 87 David Martin Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 7 Deon Grant Jr
DB 23 Dwayne Goodrich Sr
LB 28 Dominique Stevenson Jr
DB 29Mikki AllenSr
DB 30 Andre Lott Jr
LB 46 Raynoch Thompson Sr
LB 47Matt BlankenshipSr
DE 90 Will Overstreet So
DE 93 Shaun Ellis Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Randy Sanders Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Woody McCorvey Running backs
  • Pat Washington Wide receivers
  • Mark Bradley Tight ends/assistant offensive line
  • Mike Barry Offensive line
  • John Chavis Defensive coordinator/linebackers
  • Dan Brooks Defensive line/recruiting coordinator
  • Larry Slade Defensive backs
  • Steve Caldwell Special teams/defensive ends
  • Ryan Held Graduate assistant
  • Shawn Quinn Graduate assistant

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

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP 2 (15)3 (13)3 (11)2 (13)7766544376669
Coaches Poll 2 (13)2^32 (8)78655443 (1)76659
BCS Not released4525455Not released

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jamal Lewis Running back15 Baltimore Ravens
Shaun Ellis Defensive end112 New York Jets
Raynoch Thompson Linebacker241 Arizona Cardinals
Chad Clifton Tackle244 Green Bay Packers
Dwayne Goodrich Defensive back249 Dallas Cowboys
Cosey Coleman Guard251 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Deon Grant Defensive back257 Carolina Panthers
Darwin Walker Defensive tackle371 Arizona Cardinals
Tee Martin Quarterback5163 Pittsburgh Steelers

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  2. "2000 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.