1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 369 points while the defense allowed 194 points. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the team to a 9-3 record. After securing an undefeated national championship in the previous season, Tennessee lost to SEC East arch-rival Florida, and saw Arkansas get revenge for their loss in Knoxville in 1998, beating the Vols by the exact same score of 28-24. Tennessee also lost to Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.

1999 Tennessee Volunteers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis (5th season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Captains	Chad Clifton Dwayne Goodrich Tee Martin Billy Ratliff Spencer Riley Darwin Walker
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	6
South Carolina		0	–	8					0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					5	–	6
LSU		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	7:00 pm	Wyoming*	No. 3	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN2	W 42–17	107,597
September 18	8:00 pm	at No. 4 Florida	No. 2	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	CBS	L 21–23	85,707
September 25	4:00 pm	Memphis*	No. 7	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	W 17–16	107,261
October 2	7:45 pm	Auburn	No. 7	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 24–0	106,424
October 9	7:00 pm	No. 10 Georgia	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 37–20	107,247
October 23	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Alabama	No. 5	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	W 21–7	86,869
October 30	1:00 pm	South Carolina	No. 4	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	W 30–7	105,941
November 6	7:45 pm	No. 24 Notre Dame*	No. 4	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 38–14	107,619
November 13	12:30 pm	at Arkansas	No. 3	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	JPS	L 24–28	52,815
November 20	12:30 pm	at Kentucky	No. 7	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	JPS	W 56–21	71,022
November 27	12:00 pm	Vanderbilt	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–10	105,781
January 2	8:00 pm	vs. No. 3 Nebraska*	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	L 21–31	71,526
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1999 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 14 Cedrick Wilson Sr. Sr QB 17 Tee Martin Sr RB 20 Travis Henry Sr RB 31 Jamal Lewis Jr G 52 Cosey Coleman Jr G 53 Toby Champion Jr C 55 Clay Bostic So OT 67 Chad Clifton Sr G 70 Fred Weary So OT 71 Reggie Coleman So WR 80 Eric Parker So TE 84 Neil Johnson Jr WR 87 David Martin Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 7 Deon Grant Jr DB 23 Dwayne Goodrich Sr LB 28 Dominique Stevenson Jr DB 29 Mikki Allen Sr DB 30 Andre Lott Jr LB 46 Raynoch Thompson Sr LB 47 Matt Blankenship Sr LB 56 Bernard Jackson So DE 90 Will Overstreet So DE 93 Shaun Ellis Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Phillip Fulmer Coordinators/assistant coaches Randy Sanders – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Woody McCorvey – Running backs Pat Washington – Wide receivers Mark Bradley – Tight ends/assistant offensive line Mike Barry – Offensive line John Chavis – Defensive coordinator/linebackers Dan Brooks – Defensive line/recruiting coordinator Larry Slade – Defensive backs Steve Caldwell – Special teams/defensive ends Ryan Held – Graduate assistant Shawn Quinn – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	2 (15)	3 (13)	3 (11)	2 (13)	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	7	6	6	6	9
Coaches Poll	2 (13)	2^	3	2 (8)	7	8	6	5	5	4	4	3 (1)	7	6	6	5	9
BCS	Not released									4	5	2	5	4	5	5	Not released

Team players drafted into the NFL

The Tennessee Volunteers had nine players selected in the 2000 NFL draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jamal Lewis	Running back	1	5	Baltimore Ravens
Shaun Ellis	Defensive end	1	12	New York Jets
Raynoch Thompson	Linebacker	2	41	Arizona Cardinals
Chad Clifton	Tackle	2	44	Green Bay Packers
Dwayne Goodrich	Defensive back	2	49	Dallas Cowboys
Cosey Coleman	Guard	2	51	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Deon Grant	Defensive back	2	57	Carolina Panthers
Darwin Walker	Defensive tackle	3	71	Arizona Cardinals
Tee Martin	Quarterback	5	163	Pittsburgh Steelers

External links

• Season summary at Sports Reference