1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1978 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1978 record	5–5–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Majors
Offensive coordinator	Joe Avezzano
Defensive coordinator	Bobby Roper
Captain	Robert Shaw
Captain	Dennis Wolfe
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium

1978 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#16 Georgia	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his second year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 3–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	#9 UCLA*	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		L 0–13	85,897
September 23	Oregon State*	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		T 13–13	82,048
September 30	at Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ABC	L 10–29	50,136
October 7	Army*	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 31–13	81,887
October 21	#4 Alabama	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)		L 17–30	85,436
October 28	vs. Mississippi State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		L 21–34	40,879
November 4	Duke*	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 34–0	83,098
November 11	at #14 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN		L 14–31	59,075
November 18	Ole Miss	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 41–17	83,210
November 24	Kentucky	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)		W 29–14	84,926
December 2	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 41–15
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Reference:^[1]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Robert Shaw	Center	1	27	Dallas Cowboys
Jeff Moore	Wide Receiver	3	58	Los Angeles Rams
Kelsey Finch	Running Back	12	311	New Orleans Saints

References:^[2]^[3]

References

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

Specific

↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 125
↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 101
↑ "1979 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Neyland Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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