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2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2016 Tennessee Volunteers football
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Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 38–24 vs. Nebraska
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 24
AP No. 22
CFP No. 21
2016 record 9–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach Butch Jones (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Mike DeBord (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Bob Shoop (1st year)
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,455)
Seasons
« 2015 2017 »
2016 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
No. 14 Florida xy   6 – 2         9 – 4  
No. 22 Tennessee   4 – 4         9 – 4  
Georgia   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Kentucky   4 – 4         7 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Vanderbilt   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Missouri   2 – 6         4 – 8  
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^   8 – 0         14 – 1  
No. 24 Auburn   5 – 3         8 – 5  
No. 13 LSU   5 – 3         8 – 4  
Texas A&M   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Arkansas   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Mississippi State   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Ole Miss   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of February 16, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 OT Total
Appalachian State 7 6 0 0 0 13
• #9 Tennessee 3 0 3 7 7 20
  • Location:
    Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Game start: 7:36 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:29
  • Game attendance: 100,074
  • Game weather: Temperature: 76 °F (24 °C) • Wind: 6 mph (9.7 km/h) • Weather: partly cloudy
  • Referee: Marc Curles • Umpire: Brent Sowell • Linesman: Gary Jayroe • Line judge: Chris Conway • Back judge: Scott Vaughan • Field judge: Wes Booker • Side judge: Chuck Russ • Center judge: Wayne Winkler
  • TV announcers (SECN): Brent Musburger (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (color), Laura Rutledge (sidelines)
  • Sources:
Battle at Bristol
1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia Tech 14 0 3 7 24
• #17 Tennessee 0 24 7 14 45
  • Location: Bristol, Tennessee
  • Game start: 8:23 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:39
  • Game attendance: 156,990
  • Game weather: Temperature: 84 °F (29 °C) • Wind: 4 mph (6.4 km/h) • Weather: Cloudy
  • Referee: Daniel Capron • Umpire: Steven Woods • Linesman: John Wiercinski • Line judge: Brian Bolinger • Back judge: Kevin Schwarzel • Field judge: Jeffrey Noggle • Side judge: Bobby Sagers • Center judge: Brent Durbin
  • TV announcers (ABC): Rece Davis (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color), Samantha Ponder (sidelines)
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio 6 6 7 0 19
• #15 Tennessee 7 7 7 7 28
  • Location:
    Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Game start: 12:02 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:32
  • Game attendance: 101,362
  • Game weather: Temperature: 83 °F (28 °C) • Wind: 3 mph (4.8 km/h) • Weather: sunny
  • Referee: James Carter • Umpire: Rick Lowe • Linesman: Johnny Crawford • Line judge: Tim Beard • Back judge: Dax Hill • Field judge: J. Taylor • Side judge: A. Jeffries • Center judge: Chris Garner
  • TV announcers (SECN): Tom Hart (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cole Cubelic (sidelines)
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Florida 7 14 0 7 28
• #14 Tennessee 0 3 14 21 38
  • Location:
    Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Game start: 3:39 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:46
  • Game attendance: 102,455
  • Game weather: Temperature: 91 °F (33 °C) • Wind: 5 mph (8.0 km/h) • Weather: sunny
  • Referee: Matt Loeffler • Umpire: Stan Weihe • Linesman: Tim Sistrunk • Line judge: Michael Shirey • Back judge: Tony Josselyn • Field judge: Bobby Ables • Side judge: Jesse Dupuy • Center judge: Chris Snead
  • TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Allie LaForce (sidelines)
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The 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team represents the University of Tennessee in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This is the program's 120th overall season, 83rd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 25th within the SEC Eastern Division. The Volunteers play their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and are led by fourth-year head coach Butch Jones.

The 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team started off their season with a 59–30 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons. They then took on the 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners at Neyland Stadium where they gave up 17 unanswered points and lost in double overtime 31–24. Following a 55–10 win over Western Carolina, Tennessee traveled down to Gainesville, Florida, blew a 13-point lead in the second half, failed to convert a walk-off field goal and lost to the Florida Gators 28–27 for the 11th consecutive season. The following week back home, the Vols fell to the Arkansas Razorbacks 24–20. Despite trailing by 21-points to #19 Georgia in the 2nd quarter, Tennessee rallied back to go ahead of the Bulldogs in the 3rd quarter, score the winning touchdown with less than six minutes in the game and prevented Georgia from reaching the end zone to score their first victory over their SEC East opponent since 2009. After a bye week, Tennessee traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to take on bitter rivals Alabama. In a low scoring defensive battle, the eighth ranked Crimson Tide scored the winning touchdown drive with just over two minutes remaining in the contest and Tennessee fell 19–14. Evan Berry tied a school record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a single season in the Volunteers 52–21 beatdown of the Kentucky Wildcats. After allowing 21 unanswered points in the 3rd quarter against the South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee kicked a go-ahead field goal with ten minutes remaining in the contest. With less than a minute left in play, the Gamecocks had driven the ball to Tennessee's 13-yard line when Malik Foreman forced a fumble. It was recovered by Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Tennessee won the game 27–24. Despite a sluggish offensive performance, Tennessee's defense held North Texas to just 199 total yards in a 24–0 victory over the Mean Green and became bowl eligible, it was also their first time shutting out an FCS opponent since 2011. The following week, Tennessee beat eastern division opponent Missouri for the first time in a 19–8 victory in Missouri coach Gary Pinkel's final home game. Tennessee finished the regular season 8–4 with a 53–28 thrashing of in-state rival Vanderbilt. The Vols were invited to play in the 2016 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida against the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten. Tennessee defeated the Wildcats 45–6, finishing their 2015 season at 9–4.


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