2004 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 2004 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT", or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division, the team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer, in his twelfth full year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and three losses (10–3 overall, 7–1 in the SEC), as the SEC Eastern Division champions and as champions of the Cotton Bowl Classic after they defeated Texas A&M.

2004 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC Eastern Division champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 13
2004 record10–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRandy Sanders
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 104,079)
2004 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 13 Tennessee x  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 7 Georgia  6 –2     10 –2  
Florida  4 –4     7 –5  
South Carolina  4 –4     6 –5  
Kentucky  1 –7     2 –9  
Vanderbilt  1 –7     2 –9  
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn x$  8 –0     13 –0  
No. 16 LSU  6 –2     9 –3  
Alabama  3 –5     6 –6  
Arkansas  3 –5     5 –6  
Ole Miss  3 –5     4 –7  
Mississippi State  2 –6     3 –8  
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 58:00 pmUNLV*No. 14
ESPNW 42–17108,625
September 188:00 pmNo. 11 FloridaNo. 13
CBSW 30–28109,061‡
September 257:00 pmLouisiana Tech*No. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
PPVW 42–17104,257
October 27:45 pmNo. 8 AuburnNo. 10
ESPNL 10–34107,828
October 93:30 pmat No. 3 GeorgiaNo. 17
CBSW 19–1492,746
October 169:00 pmat Ole MissNo. 13
ESPN2W 21–1762,028
October 233:30 pmAlabamaNo. 11
CBSW 17–13107,017
October 3012:30 pmat South CarolinaNo. 11
JPW 43–2981,400
November 63:30 pmNotre Dame*No. 9
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
CBSL 13–17107,266
November 2012:30 pmat VanderbiltNo. 15
JPW 38–3332,312
November 2712:30 pmKentuckyNo. 15
JPW 37–31102,453
December 46:00 pmvs. No. 3 AuburnNo. 15
CBSL 28–3874,892
January 1, 200511:00 amvs. No. 22 Texas A&MNo. 15
FOXW 38–775,704
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Reference:[1]
  • ‡ New Neyland Stadium Attendance Record

Personnel
2004 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Erik Ainge Fr
QB Rick Clausen Jr
WR C.J. Fayton Jr
RB Cedric Houston
WR Robert Meacham Fr
OL Michael Munoz
RB Gerald Riggs Jr. Jr
QB Brent Schaeffer Fr
WR Jayson Swain So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Robert Boulware
LB Kevin Burnett Sr
LB Omar Gaither Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Dustin Colquitt Sr
K James Wilhoit So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

at Vanderbilt
See also: 2004 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
#15 Tennessee Volunteers (7–2) at Vanderbilt Commodores (2–8)
1 2 34Total
Tennessee 14 14 10038
Vanderbilt 6 14 01333

at Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Date: November 20
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Box Score

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Kevin BurnettLinebacker242Dallas Cowboys
Dustin ColquittPunter399Kansas City Chiefs
Cedric HoustonRunning Back6182New York Jets

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. 128
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 102
  3. "2005 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
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