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2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2014 Tennessee Volunteers football
UT Volunteers logo.svg
TaxSlayer Bowl champion
TaxSlayer Bowl, W 45–28 vs. Iowa
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
2014 record 7–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach Butch Jones (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian (2nd year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator John Jancek (2nd year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,455)
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#14 Missouri x   7 1         11 3  
#9 Georgia   6 2         10 3  
Florida   4 4         7 5  
Tennessee   3 5         7 6  
South Carolina   3 5         7 6  
Kentucky   2 6         5 7  
Vanderbilt   0 8         3 9  
Western Division
#4 Alabama x$^   7 1         12 2  
#11 Mississippi State   6 2         10 3  
#17 Ole Miss   5 3         9 4  
#22 Auburn   4 4         8 5  
LSU   4 4         8 5  
Texas A&M   3 5         8 5  
Arkansas   2 6         7 6  
Championship: Alabama 42, Missouri 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the 118th overall season, 81st as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and its 23rd within the SEC Eastern Division. The team was coached by Butch Jones in his second season with Tennessee, and played its home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

The Vols finished the regular season at 6–6, 3–5 in the SEC, making them bowl-eligible for the first time since 2010. On December 7, 2014, it was announced that the Vols would face the Iowa Hawkeyes (7–5) in the TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 2, 2015. In that game, the Vols, with Joshua Dobbs leading the team as the quarterback, struck quickly and hammered away at the Hawkeyes to secure a 45–28 win, marking Tennessee's first winning season since 2009. The bowl victory was the Vols' first since 2007.

Tennessee came into the 2013 season un-ranked and on a streak of three consecutive losing seasons. 2013 fared no better for the Volunteers under new head coach Butch Jones. The season started with a 45–0 victory over Austin Peay that gave Tennessee its 800th win in school history. Tennessee became only the eighth school to ever win 800 games in football. In week two UT beat the WKU Hilltoppers 52–20. In week three Tennessee was beat by #2 Oregon 59–14 and a 31–17 loss to rival #19 Florida in week 4.

By mid-October, Tennessee was in position to qualify for a bowl game after a 23–21 victory over #11 South Carolina, the first win for Tennessee over an AP Top 25 team since 2009, however Tennessee went on a four-game losing skid that included 45–10 loss to #1 Alabama, 31–3 #10 Missouri, homecoming loss to #7 Auburn, and any chance of a bowl game was dashed in a 14–10 loss to in-state rival Vanderbilt. A 27–14 victory over Kentucky in week 14 left Tennessee with a 5–7 record and gave Tennessee its fourth straight seven-loss season.


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