1974 Tennessee Volunteers football team
| 1974 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 7–3 vs. Maryland | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 20 |
| 1974 record | 7–3–2 (2–3–1 SEC) |
| Head coach | Bill Battle |
| Offensive coordinator | Ray Trail |
| Defensive coordinator | Larry Jones |
| Captain | Condredge Holloway |
| Captain | Jim Watts |
| Home stadium | Neyland Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #5 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #8 Auburn | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #17 Mississippi State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 7 | No. 12 UCLA* | No. 16 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | ABC | T 17–17 | 57,560 | |||
| September 21 | Kansas* | No. 17 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 17–3 | 71,610 | ||||
| September 28 | at Auburn | No. 14 | Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL | L 0–21 | 64,293 | ||||
| October 5 | Tulsa* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 17–10 | 67,256 | |||||
| October 12 | at LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | L 10–20 | 67,907 | |||||
| October 19 | No. 4 Alabama | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) | L 6–28 | 74,286 | |||||
| October 26 | Clemson* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 29–28 | 66,334 | |||||
| November 9 | Memphis State* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 34–6 | ||||||
| November 16 | Ole Miss | Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN | W 29–17 | 50,515 | |||||
| November 23 | Kentucky |
Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) | W 24–7 | 72,828 | |||||
| November 30 | at Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | T 21–21 | 35,300 | |||||
| December 16 | vs. Maryland* | Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) | ABC | W 7–3 | 51,284 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. | |||||||||
- Reference:[1]
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]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Neil Clabo | Punter | 10 | 258 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Condredge Holloway | Quarterback | 12 | 306 | New England Patriots |
| Ricky Townsend | Kicker | 13 | 314 | New York Giants |
| Paul Careathers | Running Back | 15 | 389 | Oakland Raiders |
- Reference:[3]
References
- ↑ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1970–79". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
- ↑ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.132, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
- ↑ "1975 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.