1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1993 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
Record10–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Marmie (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 1 0 11 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee* x 6 1 1 9 2 1
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 6 0
Georgia 2 6 0 5 6 0
South Carolina* 2 6 0 4 7 0
Vanderbilt* 1 7 0 4 7 0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn 8 0 0 11 0 0
No. 14 Alabama* x 5 2 1 9 3 1
Arkansas* 3 4 1 5 5 1
LSU 3 5 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss* 3 5 0 5 6 0
Mississippi State* 2 5 1 3 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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 44:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 10PPVW 50–095,106[1]
September 117:30 p.m.No. 22 GeorgiaNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
ESPNW 38–696,228[2]
September 183:30 p.m.at No. 9 FloridaNo. 5ABCL 34–4185,247[3]
September 2512:30 p.m.LSUNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
JPSW 42–2095,931[4]
October 24:00 p.m.Duke*daggerNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
PPVW 52–1996,173[5]
October 912:30 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 11JPSW 28–1454,150[6]
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 AlabamaNo. 10ABCW 17–17 (Alabama forfeit)83,091[7][8]
October 3012:30 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 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 KentuckyNo. 7ESPNW 48–057,878[11]
November 2712:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
JPSW 62–1494,225[12]
January 11:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 Penn State*No. 6ABCL 13–3172,456[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1993 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 12 Cory Fleming Sr
RB 33 James Stewart Jr
QB 21 Heath Shuler Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 99 Paul Yatkowski Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Heath Shuler Quarterback 1 3 Washington Redskins
Charlie Garner Running back 2 42 Philadelphia Eagles
Cory Fleming Wide receiver 3 87 San Francisco 49ers
Shane Bonham Defensive tackle 3 93 Detroit Lions
Horace Morris Linebacker 5 152 New York Jets

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Awards and honors

Heath Shuler won the 1993 SEC Player of the Year and was Heisman Runner Up to Florida State's Charlie Ward.

References

  1. ^ "Vols find comfortable point". The Tennessean. September 5, 1993. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vols dominate Georgia 38–6". Bristol Herald Courier. September 12, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gators outlast Vols". News-Press. September 19, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Shuler's 3 TD passes spark Vols". The Charlotte Observer. September 26, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Duke didn't volunteer for this". The News and Observer. October 3, 1993. Retrieved November 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Shuler boosts Vols past Hogs". The Commercial Appeal. October 10, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "It's hard '2' believe". The Tennessean. October 17, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "NCAA busts Bama". The Anniston Star. August 3, 1995. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fast starting Vols romp USC". The Daily News-Journal. October 31, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tennessee waltzes on Cardinals' toes, 45–10". The Courier-Journal. November 7, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tennessee smashes the Wildcats". Messenger-Inquirer. November 21, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Beast to the East". The Tennessean. November 28, 1993. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Efficient Penn State buries sloppy Tennessee, 31–13". The Pensacola News-Journal. January 2, 1994. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1993 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  15. ^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2018.