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1971 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
CaptainJackie Walker
1971 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Alabama $ 7 0 0 11 1 0
No. 7 Georgia 5 1 0 11 1 0
No. 12 Auburn 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 4 2 0 10 2 0
No. 9 Tennessee 4 2 0 10 2 0
No. 11 LSU 3 2 0 9 3 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 4 6 1
Florida 1 6 0 4 7 0
Kentucky 1 6 0 3 8 0
Mississippi State 1 7 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1971 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his second year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and a victory over Arkansas in the 1971 Liberty Bowl.

Schedule

September 18UC Santa Barbara*No. 8

W 48–665,114 September 25No. 5 AuburnNo. 9

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

ABCL 9–1062,990 October 2at FloridaNo. 12

W 20–1361,112 October 9Georgia Tech*No. 13

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

W 10–663,671 October 16at No. 4 AlabamaNo. 14

L 15–3273,828 October 23Mississippi StateNo. 18

W 10–737,529 October 30Tulsa*No. 16

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

W 38–362,513 November 6South Carolina*daggerNo. 11

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

W 35–663,507 November 20at KentuckyNo. 11

W 21–735,000 November 27VanderbiltNo. 11

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

W 19–756,244 December 4No. 5 Penn State*No. 12

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

ABCW 31–1159,542 December 20vs. No. 18 ArkansasNo. 9

ABCW 14–1351,410

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

  • OG #65 Phillip Fulmer, Sr.
  • DB Bobby Majors, Sr.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Bobby Majors Defensive back 3 76 Philadelphia Eagles
George Hunt Kicker 5 122 Cleveland Browns
Jackie Walker Linebacker 6 148 San Francisco 49ers
Curt Watson Running back 6 150 New Orleans Saints
Ray Nettles Linebacker 6 155 Miami Dolphins
Gary Theiler Tight end 12 308 Baltimore Colts
Joe Balthrop Guard 16 397 New Orleans Saints

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 124
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 101
  3. ^ "1972 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.