1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1983 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 seventh year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and a victory over Maryland in the Florida Citrus Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 282 points while the defense allowed 165 points.

1983 Tennessee Volunteers football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1983 record9–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWalt Harris (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Marmie (1st season)
CaptainReggie White
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1983 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Auburn $ 6 0 0  11 1 0
No. 4 Georgia 5 1 0  10 1 1
No. 6 Florida 4 2 0  9 2 1
Tennessee 4 2 0  9 3 0
No. 15 Alabama 4 2 0  8 4 0
Ole Miss 4 2 0  6 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  6 5 1
Mississippi State 1 5 0  3 8 0
LSU 0 6 0  4 7 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3No. 10 Pittsburgh*L 3–1395,824
September 10New Mexico*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 31–689,792
September 24No. 11 Auburn
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 14–3795,185
October 1The Citadel*W 45–620,351
October 8LSU
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
TBSW 20–694,478
October 15at No. 11 AlabamaW 41–3477,237
October 22Georgia Tech*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 37–394,478
October 29at Rutgers*W 7–019,201
November 12Ole Miss
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
TBSL 10–1395,585
November 19at KentuckyCBSW 10–057,985
November 26Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
CBSW 34–2493,426
December 17vs. No. 16 Maryland*MizlouW 30–2350,185
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Lenny Taylor Sr
QB 6 Alan Cockrell Jr
WR 24 Clyde Duncan Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 92 Reggie White Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 4 Fuad Reveiz Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft:

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Clyde DuncanWide Receiver117St. Louis Cardinals
Mark StudawayDefensive End485Houston Oilers
Curt SingerTackle6167Washington Redskins
Randall MorrisFullback10270Seattle Seahawks
Lenny TaylorWide Receiver12313Green Bay Packers
Glenn StrenoCenter12327Detroit Lions

The following players were selected in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft:

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Reggie WhiteDefensive End14Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1980–89". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. "1984 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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