2004 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2004 Tennessee Volunteers football

SEC Eastern Division champion Cotton Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, L 28–38 vs. Auburn
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 38–7 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
2004 record	10–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 104,079)

2004 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#13 Tennessee x		7	–	1		10	–	3
#7 Georgia		6	–	2		10	–	2
Florida		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	4		6	–	5
Kentucky		1	–	7		2	–	9
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	9
Western Division
#2 Auburn x$		8	–	0		13	–	0
#16 LSU		6	–	2		9	–	3
Alabama		3	–	5		6	–	6
Arkansas		3	–	5		5	–	6
Ole Miss		3	–	5		4	–	7
Mississippi State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT", or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division, the team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer, in his twelfth full year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and three losses (10–3 overall, 7–1 in the SEC), as the SEC Eastern Division champions and as champions of the Cotton Bowl Classic after they defeated Texas A&M.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 PM	UNLV*	No. 14	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 42–17	108,625
September 18	8:00 PM	No. 11 Florida	No. 13	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in September)	CBS	W 30–28	109,061‡
September 25	7:00 PM	Louisiana Tech*	No. 11	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	PPV	W 42–17	104,257
October 2	7:45 PM	No. 8 Auburn	No. 10	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	L 10–34	107,828
October 9	3:30 PM	at No. 3 Georgia	No. 17	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)	CBS	W 19–14	92,746
October 16	9:00 PM	at Ole Miss	No. 13	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	ESPN2	W 21–17	62,028
October 23	3:30 PM	Alabama	No. 11	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	W 17–13	107,017
October 30	12:30 PM	at South Carolina	No. 11	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JP	W 43–29	81,400
November 6	3:30 PM	Notre Dame*	No. 9	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 13–17	107,266
November 20	12:30 PM	at Vanderbilt	No. 15	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	JP	W 38–33	32,312
November 27	12:30 PM	Kentucky	No. 15	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)	JP	W 37–31	102,453
December 4	6:00 PM	vs. No. 3 Auburn	No. 15	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	L 28–38	74,892
January 1, 2005	11:00 AM	vs. No. 22 Texas A&M	No. 15	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 38–7	75,704
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

Specific

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Shields-Watkins Field (1921-1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Hail Mary between the Hedges

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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