1995 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1995 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Sophomore Peyton Manning was a member of the team. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach.

1995 Tennessee Volunteers football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 3
1995 record11–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 91,902)[1]
1995 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Division
No. 2 Florida x$ 8 0 0  12 1 0
No. 3 Tennessee 7 1 0  11 1 0
Georgia 3 5 0  6 6 0
South Carolina 2 5 1  4 6 1
Kentucky 2 6 0  4 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 7 0  2 9 0
Western Division
Arkansas x 6 2 0  8 5 0
No. 21 Alabama 5 3 0  8 3 0
No. 22 Auburn 5 3 0  8 4 0
LSU 4 3 1  7 4 1
Ole Miss 3 5 0  6 5 0
Mississippi State 1 7 0  3 8 0
Championship: Florida 34, Arkansas 3
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.East Carolina*No. 8PPVW 27–795,416
September 97:45 p.m.GeorgiaNo. 8
ESPNW 30–2795,797
September 163:30 p.m.at No. 4 FloridaNo. 8ABCL 37–6285,105
September 233:30 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 15
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
ABCW 52–1495,232
September 304:00 p.m.Oklahoma State*No. 12
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 31–095,319
October 72:00 p.m.at No. 18 ArkansasNo. 10PPVW 49–3152,728
October 147:30 p.m.at No. 12 AlabamaNo. 6ESPNW 41–1483,091
October 2812:30 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 6
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPSW 56–2195,426
November 41:00 p.m.Southern Miss*No. 5
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 42–093,433
November 1812:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 4JPSW 34–3152,300
November 2512:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 5
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
JPSW 12–792,274
January 11:00 p.m.vs. No. 4 Ohio State*No. 3ABCW 20–1470,797

Roster

1995 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 16 Peyton Manning So
RB 25 Jay Graham Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 99 Eric Brown So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jason LaymanTackle248Houston Oilers
DeRon JenkinsDefensive back255Baltimore Ravens
Shane BurtonDefensive end5150Miami Dolphins
Nilo SilvanWide receiver6180Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Scott GalyonLinebacker6182New York Giants
Steve WhiteDefensive end6194Philadelphia Eagles
Leslie RatliffeTackle7213Denver Broncos
Jeff SmithCenter7241Kansas City Chiefs

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References

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