2009 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#3 Florida x%		8	–	0		13	–	1
Georgia		4	–	4		8	–	5
Tennessee		4	–	4		7	–	6
Kentucky		3	–	5		7	–	6
South Carolina		3	–	5		7	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8		2	–	10
Western Division
#1 Alabama x$#		8	–	0		14	–	0
#17 LSU		5	–	3		9	–	4
#20 Ole Miss		4	–	4		9	–	4
Arkansas		3	–	5		8	–	5
Auburn		3	–	5		8	–	5
Mississippi State		3	–	5		5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Kentucky	0	0	7	0	7
• Tennessee	0	28	7	28	63

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Game start: 12:21 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:06
Game attendance: 98,761
Game weather: 78 Degrees (Sunny and Clear)
Referee: Hubert Owens
Television network: SEC Network

	1	2	3	4	Total
• UCLA	3	7	9	0	19
Tennessee	10	0	0	5	15

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:14
Game attendance: 102,239
Game weather: 82 (Mostly Sunny)
Referee: Matt Moore
Television network: ESPN

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	3	3	0	7	13
• #1 Florida	3	10	10	0	23

Location: Gainesville, Florida
Game start: 3:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 2:54
Game attendance: 90,894
Game weather: 89 Degrees (Partly Cloudy)
Referee: Penn Wagers
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play–by–play), Gary Danielson (color commentator), Tracy Wolfson (sideline reporter)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio	14	3	3	3	23
• Tennessee	14	10	7	3	34

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Game start: 7:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 95,535
Game weather: 66 Degrees (Overcast)
Referee: Marc Curles
Television network: Vols PPV

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Auburn	6	7	3	10	26
Tennessee	0	6	0	16	22

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Game start: 7:45 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:38
Game attendance: 102,941
Game weather: 65 Degrees (Clear)
Referee: Tom Ritter
Television network: ESPN

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	12	7	0	19
• Tennessee	0	21	17	7	45

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Game start: 12:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:13
Game attendance: 103,261
Game weather: 59 Degrees (Cloudy)
Referee: Steve Shaw
Television network: SEC Network

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	0	3	0	7	10
• #1 Alabama	3	6	0	3	12

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 2:40 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:17
Game attendance: 92,012
Game weather: 61 Degrees (Partly Cloudy)
Referee: Matt Austin
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 South Carolina	0	3	10	0	13
• Tennessee	14	7	7	3	31

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Game start: 7:52 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:22
Game attendance: 96,263
Game weather: 53 Degrees (Light Rain)
Referee: Matt Austin
Television network: ESPN

The 2009 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Lane Kiffin. The 2009 season was Kiffin's first and only at Tennessee; he left to take the head coaching job at the University of Southern California (USC) on January 12, 2010. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the SEC. The Vols finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play, and lost in the Chick-fil-A Bowl 37–14 to Virginia Tech.

Sources:

Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin's tenure on Rocky Top is off to a smooth start. Jonathan Crompton threw five touchdown passes Saturday, leading the Volunteers to a 63–7 rout of Football Bowl Subdivision newcomers Western Kentucky and their largest margin of victory in nine years. "This is the way that we expect to play," Kiffin said. "We have high expectations here. I just talked to them about understanding that was one game and it's over. We've got to find a way to play better next week." In its first two drives, Tennessee looked as if it hadn't learned much under Kiffin, the youngest active coach in the division. Crompton threw a pass over the middle that was easily tipped by Thomas Majors and intercepted by Jamal Forrest, and Montario Hardesty fumbled after a hard hit. The Vols settled down after the first quarter, and Hardesty carried for 18 and 22 yards to help set up a 2-yard touchdown run by freshman Bryce Brown early in the second quarter. Bobby Rainey fumbled on the Hilltoppers' next play, and LaMarcus Thompson recovered for Tennessee. Crompton connected with Luke Stocker on his first of two TD catches to make it 14–0 only 7 seconds later.

Tennessee's defense looked every bit the stalwart it was in 2008, while the offense found the composure it was missing in last year's 5–7 season. Running backs broke through the line of scrimmage, wide receivers ran sound routes and Crompton threw accurately. "We really just tried to get our personality as a team on film. We wanted to be physical but smart. The game we just played is part of our resume, and we want to build that resume and send it out to our opponents," Vols safety Eric Berry said. The receiving corps hardly looked depleted by injuries, with Stocker, Marsalis Teague, Quintin Hancock and Brandon Warren each catching scoring strikes. Crompton, who was pulled with 12:26 left in the game, finished 21 of 28 with two picks, and his five TD passes was one more than his output last season. Hardesty finished with 160 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries, and Brown had 104 yards rushing and a touchdown on 11 attempts. The Hilltoppers couldn't capitalize on the early turnovers and had minus-21 yards after their first 19 plays. Tennessee finished with 657 yards compared to Western Kentucky's 83.

...
Wikipedia