1974 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1974 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, three losses and two ties (7–3–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the SEC). At season's end, Tennessee won the Liberty Bowl over Maryland. For the season, the Volunteers offense scored 211 points while the defense allowed 181 points.

1974 Tennessee Volunteers football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 7–3 vs. Maryland
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 20
1974 record7–3–2 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRay Trail
Defensive coordinatorLarry Jones
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1974 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Alabama $ 6 0 0  11 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 4 2 0  10 2 0
Georgia 4 2 0  6 6 0
No. 17 Mississippi State 3 3 0  9 3 0
No. 15 Florida 3 3 0  8 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0  6 5 0
No. 20 Tennessee 2 3 1  7 3 2
Vanderbilt 2 3 1  7 3 2
LSU 2 4 0  5 5 1
Ole Miss 0 6 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 7No. 12 UCLA*No. 16ABCT 17–1757,560
September 21Kansas*No. 17
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 17–371,610
September 28at AuburnNo. 14L 0–2164,293
October 5Tulsa*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 17–1067,256
October 12at LSUL 10–2067,907
October 19No. 4 Alabama
L 6–2874,286
October 26Clemson*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 29–2866,334
November 9Memphis State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 34–6
November 16Ole MissW 29–1750,515
November 23Kentucky
W 24–772,828
November 30at VanderbiltT 21–2135,300
December 16vs. Maryland*
ABCW 7–351,284
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1974 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 59 Dave Brady So
T 79 Mike Caldwell Jr
WR 81 Tim Fitchpatrick Jr
G 54 Joe Mills Sr
C 52 Paul Johnson Jr
G 67 Mickey Marvin So
WR 21 Stanley Morgan So
QB 4 Pat Ryan So
TE 23 Tommy West Jr
WR 17 John Yarbrough Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 14 Bill Cole Jr
DE 39 Kevin Davis So
DB 10 Mike Mauck So
DE 57 Ron McCartney Jr
DT 72 David Page Jr
DB 30 David Parsons So
LB 45 Steve Poole Jr
DB 29 Russ Rabenstein Jr
LB 50 Andy Spiva So
DB 40 Ernie Ward Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Team players drafted into the NFL

Despite being drafted by the National Football League, Condredge Holloway opted to play in the Canadian Football League. Holloway signed a contract with the Ottawa Rough Riders.[2]

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Neil ClaboPunter10258Minnesota Vikings
Condredge HollowayQuarterback12306New England Patriots
Ricky TownsendKicker13314New York Giants
Paul CareathersRunning back15389Oakland Raiders

References

  1. "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1970–79". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  2. Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.132, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
  3. "1975 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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