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1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 0 0 11 1 0
No. 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 (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

September 16No. 9 UCLA*

L 0–13  September 23Oregon State*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

T 13–13  September 30at Auburn

ABCL 10–29  October 7Army*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 31–13  October 21No. 4 Alabama

L 17–30  October 28vs. Mississippi State

L 21–34  November 4Duke*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 34–0  November 11at No. 14 Notre Dame*

L 14–31  November 18Ole Missdagger

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 41–17  November 24Kentucky

W 29–14  December 2at Vanderbilt

W 41–15 

Template:CFB Schedule End

Team players drafted into in 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

General

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

Specific

  1. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 125
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 101
  3. ^ "1979 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.