2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2007 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Outback Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, L 14–21 vs. LSU
Outback Bowl, W 21–17 vs. Wisconsin
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record10–4 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe (8th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis (13th season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy   6 2     10 4  
No. 2 Georgia x%   6 2     11 2  
No. 13 Florida   5 3     9 4  
South Carolina   3 5     6 6  
Kentucky   3 5     8 5  
Vanderbilt   2 6     5 7  
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#   6 2     12 2  
No. 15 Auburn   5 3     9 4  
Arkansas   4 4     8 5  
Mississippi State   4 4     8 5  
Alabama   4 4     7 6  
Ole Miss   0 8     3 9  
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4).
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They won the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference before falling to the eventual national champion LSU Tigers in the SEC Championship Game. The Vols capped off the season by defeating the Wisconsin Badgers in the Outback Bowl to finish with a record of 10–4.

The team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 2007 season was the last at Tennessee for four assistants on the staff. Offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe left to be head coach at Duke, taking assistants Matt Luke and Kurt Roper with him, while wide receivers coach Trooper Taylor accepted a co-offensive coordinator's position at Oklahoma State.


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