During this uniform change the checkerboard pattern was removed from the uniforms altogether and the orange pants were also removed from the uniform options as an alternative. This look consists of the iconic gloss white helmet with a single wide orange strip down the middle, with the orange power T logo on both sides, the updated Nike Orange and White home and away jerseys, solid white pants and white socks, and black Nike cleats. When Phillip Fulmer was hired as athletic director, the uniforms were changed to resemble the 1998 uniforms which the University of Tennessee won the first BCS National Championship in. The three new Mach Speed uniforms, which are part of a department-wide contract with Nike that was announced in 2014, introduces a taller, sleeker number font and striping that is half-checkerboard-matching the famous end-zone art at Neyland Stadium.
On October 5, 2013, the team debuted its "Smokey Gray" uniforms in an overtime loss to the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium. The Volunteers had originally worn black uniforms from 1911 to 1920.
In 2009, the Volunteers wore black jerseys with orange pants on Halloween night against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Lane Kiffin wore the orange pants full-time on the road, except for the 2009 season finale vs. Memphis, the 2007 SEC Championship game vs. The orange pants were worn three times under Fulmer: in the 1999 homecoming game vs. His successor, Phillip Fulmer, discarded the pants upon becoming Major's full-time replacement in 1993. The Volunteers began wearing orange pants in 1977 under coach Johnny Majors. : 273–275 YearĪs winners of the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division, Tennessee has made five appearances in the SEC Championship Game, with the most recent coming in 2007. Tennessee has won a total of 16 conference championships through the 2021 season, including 13 SEC championships. Tennessee has also been awarded national championships by various notable organizations in six additional years of 1914, 1931, 1939, 1956, 1985, and 1989, though the school claims none.
Yearīerryman, Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, College Football Researchers Association, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)īillingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)Īssociated Press, Litkenhous, United Press International (coaches), WilliamsonĪssociated Press, BCS, FW, National Football Foundation, USA Today The 19 championships, while not AP titles, were recognized by a majority and a plurality of overall selectors/polls, respectively. 1 Vols lost in the Sugar Bowl following the 1951 season after being named AP and UPI national champions due to the polls being conducted before the bowl season prior to 19 respectively. The Associated Press (AP) has selected Tennessee as national champions twice, in 19. : 112–115 Tennessee claims all six national championships. Tennessee has been selected as national championships six times from NCAA-designated major selectors, including twice (2) from major wire-services: AP Poll and Coaches Poll. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1896–1920)Ĭhampionships National championships.See also: List of Tennessee Volunteers football seasons Conference affiliations Additionally, its 101,915 seat capacity makes Neyland the nation's seventh largest and third largest in the Southeastern Conference. The Vols play at Neyland Stadium on the university's campus in Knoxville, where Tennessee has won 485 games, the highest home-field total in college football history for any school in the nation at its current home venue. They have won 16 conference championships and claim six national titles, including two ( 1951, 1998) from major wire-service: AP Poll and Coaches' Poll in their history. Their all-time ranking in bowl appearances is fifth (54) and eighth in all-time bowl victories (29), most notably four Sugar Bowls, three Cotton Bowls, two Orange Bowls, a Fiesta Bowl, and a Peach Bowl. 672 and by-victories list for college football programs as well as second on the all-time win/loss list of SEC programs 405-273-33.
The Vols have played football for 130 seasons, starting in 1891 their combined record of 867–410–53 ranks them eleventh on the list of all-time win–loss percentage records. The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Tennessee", "Vols", "UT", or "Big Orange") represents the University of Tennessee (UT). Football team of the University of Tennessee
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