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| Tennessee Volunteers football | |||
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| First season | 1891; 133 years ago[a] | ||
| Athletic director | Danny White | ||
| Head coach | Josh Heupel 4th season, 36–14 (.720) | ||
| Stadium | Neyland Stadium (capacity: 101,915) | ||
| Field | Shields-Watkins Field | ||
| Year built | 1921 | ||
| Field surface | Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid | ||
| Location | Knoxville, Tennessee | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Southeastern Conference | ||
| Past conferences | SIAA (1896–1920) SoCon (1921–1932) | ||
| All-time record | 870–415–53 (.670) | ||
| Bowl record | 30–25 (.545) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 6 (1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998) | ||
| Unclaimed national titles | 6 (1914, 1931, 1939, 1956, 1985, 1989) | ||
| National finalist | 2 (1997, 1998) | ||
| Conference titles | 16 (13 SEC, 2 SoCon, 1 SIAA) | ||
| Division titles | 6 (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007) | ||
| Rivalries | Alabama (rivalry) Auburn (rivalry) Florida (rivalry) Georgia (rivalry) Georgia Tech (rivalry) Kentucky (rivalry) South Carolina (rivalry) Vanderbilt (rivalry) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 41[1] | ||
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| Colors | Tennessee Orange, White, and Smokey Gray | ||
| Fight song | Down the Field (Official) Rocky Top (Unofficial) Dixieland Delight (Unofficial) | ||
| Mascot | Smokey XI | ||
| Marching band | Pride of the Southland Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | UTSports.com | ||
The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Vols," "UT" and "Big Orange") represents the University of Tennessee (UT).
The Vols have played football for 132 seasons, starting in 1891; their combined record of 870–415–53 (.670) ranks them fourteenth on the all-time win list for NCAA football programs.[2][3] Their all-time ranking in bowl appearances is fifth (55) and eighth in all-time bowl victories (30), most notably four Sugar Bowls, three Cotton Bowls, two Orange Bowls, a Fiesta Bowl, and a Peach Bowl. They have won 16 conference championships and claim six national titles, including two (1951, 1998) from the major wire-service: AP Poll and/or Coaches' Poll in their history.
The Vols play at Neyland Stadium on the university's campus in Knoxville, where Tennessee has won 485 games, the highest home-field total in college football history for any school in the nation at its current home venue. Additionally, its 101,915 seat capacity makes Neyland the nation's sixth largest and third largest in the Southeastern Conference.
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- ^ "Award Winners" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ "Football bowl subdivision records" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org.
- ^ "University of Tennessee Athletics – Football". Utsports.Com. October 27, 2008. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.