1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1989 Tennessee Volunteers football
1989 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC co-champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 31–27 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	11–1 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Majors (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Phillip Fulmer (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Doug Mathews (1st season)
Captain	Eric Still
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1989 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 13th year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 6–1 in the SEC), as SEC co-champion, and with a victory over Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.^[1] The Volunteers offense scored 346 points while the defense allowed 217 points.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Colorado State*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 17–14	93,652	^[2]
September 9	at No. 6 UCLA*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	PPV	W 24–6	54,316	^[3]
September 16	Duke*	No. 17	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 28–6	93,659	^[4]
September 30	No. 4 Auburn	No. 12	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	W 21–14	95,341	^[5]
October 7	Georgia	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 17–14	96,058	^[6]
October 21	at No. 10 Alabama	No. 6	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	L 30–47	75,962	^[7]
October 28	at LSU	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	TBS	W 45–39	71,634	^[8]
November 11	Akron*	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 52–9	91,833	^[9]
November 18	Ole Miss	No. 9	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	W 33–21	93,851	^[10]
November 25	at Kentucky	No. 8	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–10	55,237	^[11]
December 2	Vanderbilt	No. 8	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	TBS	W 17–10	92,975	^[12]
January 1, 1990	vs. No. 10 Arkansas*	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 31–27	74,358	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1989 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Tennessee +	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Alabama +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Auburn +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Florida	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll