And in the span of almost a month, the Vols will go head-to-head with two of the fiercest programs in all of college football, let alone the SEC West. They head to Tuscaloosa four weeks before hosting the LSU Tigers. In their home opener, the #25 Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Indiana State Sycamores in the teams' first-ever meeting. From the opening kickoff, which Tennessee freshman running back Ty Chandler returned 91 yards for a touchdown, the Volunteers scored 28 unanswered points. Indiana State's only touchdown came early in the third quarter. Tennessee scored twice more to win their home-opener, 42–7.
Brady Hoke was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The back half of the schedule sees Tennessee play a stretch of three road games over four weeks, visiting Alabama on the third Saturday of October (Oct. 21) and Kentucky the following week (Oct. 28). The Vols play their final non-conference game on Nov. 4 when the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss come to Knoxville ahead of a final road test at Missouri on Nov. 11. The team finished the season 4–8, 0–8 in SEC play in last place in the Eastern Division and the SEC. They were the first Tennessee team in program history to lose eight games in a season, as well as the first to not win an SEC game since becoming a charter member of the conference in 1932.
Tennessee Volunteers Schedule & Results
Following the game, Chandler was named SEC Freshman of the Week. Tennessee announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season.
With Jacob Eason leading the offense, Georgia will be tough. Two weeks later, a sea of orange and white will flood Gainesville when Tennessee takes on rival Florida. No, the 2017 campaign for Tennessee starts off with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It’s not Bobby Dodd Stadium, but the Vols are technically opening up their season on enemy turf. For only the second time in the last 33 meetings, and despite having a turnover margin of 4–0, the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Tennessee Volunteers by a score of 29–26. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data.
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It starts with a trip to Gainesville — never an easy task to win in The Swamp — and ends with a trip to Tuscaloosa. Sprinkled in between are UMass and a bye week, but if Tennessee isn’t careful, Georgia and South Carolina can do some damage. In his first start as a Volunteer, quarterback Quentin Dormady went 20-for-37 for 221 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns, both to wide receiver Marquez Callaway. Running back John Kelly ran for 128 rushing yards and four touchdowns. After averaging 47 yards on six punts, five of which pinned the Yellow Jackets inside their 20-yard line, punter Trevor Daniel was named Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week.
One week later, Tennessee kicks off a stretch of three consecutive home games when it plays host to UMass on Sept. 23. A home meeting with Georgia follows on Sept. 30 and South Carolina visits Neyland Stadium on Oct. 14, following the Vols' bye week. On the third Saturday of September, Tennessee opens SEC play with a trip to Gainesville to face Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. That date, Sept. 16, marks UT's earliest start to SEC play since 2012 and also heralds the return of the Tennessee-Florida rivalry to its traditionally scheduled date.
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Rankings from AP PollThe 2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference . They were led by fifth-year head coach Butch Jones until his firing on November 12.
The three road games in four weeks starts at Alabama, but beating Kentucky and Missouri is possible, before closing out with LSU and Vanderbilt at home. The Vols won’t be good enough to go unbeaten, or finish 11-1, but they can dream of the East title and a 10-2 record. In a renewed rivalry with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, the Tennessee Volunteers traveled to Atlanta to play in their second Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. The Volunteers never had the lead in regulation play but scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 28 and force overtime. Each team traded touchdowns through two overtimes with Georgia Tech ultimately seeking to win the game on a two-point conversion. However, quarterback TaQuon Marshall could not complete the pass, and Tennessee secured the 42–41 victory.
The Vols play 12 games over 13 weeks in 2017, with the open date coming on Oct. 7, following the completion of Week Five. You’re probably wondering how a team coached by Will Muschamp will walk into Knoxville and beat the Vols without an offense. Muschamp can recruit with the best of them, and the Gamecocks should not be taken lightly as he assembles his defense. The game also comes one week before the Third Saturday in October showdown with Alabama; Tennessee better not get caught looking past the Gamecocks. Below is the complete Tennessee football schedule for 2017, as well as a look at the toughest opponents and stretch.
They’re not going to finish with a losing season, but if the wheels come off, 6-6 is possible. The Tennessee football schedule for 2017 has been released. We rank the toughest games and stretch for the Volunteers next season. This part of the schedule for the Vols is a bit up-and-down, but it will be crucial.
The Volunteers snapped a four-game losing streak in the 24–10 victory over Southern Miss. Running back John Kelly recorded two touchdowns and quarterback Jarrett Guarantano had one rushing touchdown. For the 11th straight time, the Crimson Tide defeated the Volunteers in their annual rivalry game. Tennessee's lone score came on a 97-yard pick-six from Daniel Bituli off of Tua Tagovailoa in the third quarter. In a defensive battle throughout much of the game, the #23 Tennessee Volunteers faced their rivals, the #24 Florida Gators in Gainesville. Down by 10 points in the fourth quarter, Tennessee recovered to allow kicker Aaron Medley to tie the game at 20, after getting stalled in Florida territory with less than a minute to play.
The 2017 season will culminate with the first SEC Championship Game to be played in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, December 2. It will be the 26th edition of the game and the 24th in the city of Atlanta. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Saban’s teams aren’t invincible, but they sure seem like it most of the time.
As time expired, Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks threw a 63-yard pass to open wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland for a touchdown, sealing a 26–20 victory. LSU lands on Tennessee's schedule for the first time since 2011 and will visit Knoxville on Nov. 18. The regular season comes to a close on Nov. 25 with UT playing host to in-state rival Vanderbilt.
There’s no Bristol Motor Speedway written on the schedule for 2017, and Volunteers fans can relax about not playing Appalachian State in back-to-back season openers. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. Yes, it’s at Neyland Stadium, but the Bulldogs are going to be a force in the SEC as long as Kirby Smart is running the program.
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The Volunteers hosted SEC foes Georgia, South Carolina, LSU, and Vanderbilt, and traveled to Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Monday-night season opener and seven games at Neyland Stadium highlight the 2017 Tennessee football schedule as released Tuesday by the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee can’t handle Georgia Tech’s option in the opener, and loses to Florida for a 1-2 start. There’s no Hail Mary this time around, and the loss to Georgia is a killer for the first part of the season. The Vols lose at Alabama, and split the road games against Kentucky and Mizzou before losing to LSU.
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