The Tennessee Volunteers college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Tennessee in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Since the establishment of the team in 1891, Tennessee has appeared in 56 bowl games with a 31–25 overall record.Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 18 Included in these games are 17 combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange) and two Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances.Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 28
Through the history of the program, eight separate coaches have led the Volunteers to bowl games with Phillip Fulmer having the most appearances with 15. Fulmer also led Tennessee to the Bowl Alliance national championship game in the 1998 Orange Bowl and the first BCS national championship game in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl.
With the expansion of the College Football Playoff in 2024, Tennessee has indicated they will not include first round games under their listed bowl games. Instead they will, “create an overarching ‘postseason record’ to take the expanded CFP into account”.
Key +General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance § Denotes College Football Playoff game * Denotes national championship game
+ Results W Win L Loss
Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 33Head coach0New York Charity Game1931New York UniversityNew York City40,6841Orange Bowl1938OklahomaMiami32,1912Rose Bowl1939USCRose BowlPasadena92,2003Sugar Bowl1940Boston CollegeTulane StadiumNew Orleans73,1814Sugar Bowl1942TulsaTulane StadiumNew Orleans70,0005Rose Bowl1944USCRose BowlPasadena68,0006Orange Bowl1946RiceMiami36,1527Cotton Bowl Classic1950TexasCotton BowlDallas75,3498Sugar Bowl1951MarylandTulane StadiumNew Orleans82,0009Cotton Bowl Classic1952TexasCotton BowlDallas75,50410Sugar Bowl1956BaylorTulane StadiumNew Orleans81,00011Gator Bowl1957Texas A&MGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville41,16012Bluebonnet Bowl1965TulsaRice StadiumHouston40,00013Gator Bowl1966SyracuseGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville60,31214Orange Bowl1967OklahomaMiami77,99315Cotton Bowl Classic1968TexasCotton BowlDallas72,00016Gator Bowl1969FloridaGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville72,24817Sugar Bowl1970Air ForceTulane StadiumNew Orleans78,65518Liberty Bowl1971ArkansasMemphis51,41019Bluebonnet Bowl1972LSUHouston AstrodomeHouston52,96120Gator Bowl1973Texas TechGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville62,10921Liberty Bowl1974MarylandMemphis51,28422Bluebonnet Bowl1979PurdueHouston AstrodomeHouston40,54223Garden State Bowl1981WisconsinGiants StadiumEast Rutherford38,78224Peach Bowl1982IowaAtlanta–Fulton County StadiumAtlanta50,13425Florida Citrus Bowl1983MarylandCitrus BowlOrlando50,18326Sun Bowl1984MarylandSun Bowl StadiumEl Paso50,12627Sugar Bowl1985MiamiLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans77,43228Liberty Bowl1986MinnesotaMemphis51,32729Peach Bowl1987IndianaAtlanta–Fulton County StadiumAtlanta58,73730Cotton Bowl Classic1989ArkansasCotton BowlDallas74,35831Sugar Bowl1990VirginiaLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans77,45232Fiesta Bowl1991Penn StateSun Devil StadiumTempe71,133331992Boston CollegeTampa StadiumTampa52,05634Florida Citrus Bowl1993Penn StateCitrus BowlOrlando72,45635Gator Bowl1994Virginia TechBen Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville62,20036Florida Citrus Bowl1995Ohio StateCitrus BowlOrlando70,79737Florida Citrus Bowl1996NorthwesternCitrus BowlOrlando63,46738 Orange Bowl*1997NebraskaPro Player StadiumMiami Gardens74,00239 Fiesta Bowl*1998Florida StateSun Devil StadiumTempe80,47040Fiesta Bowl1999NebraskaSun Devil StadiumTempe71,52641Cotton Bowl Classic2000Kansas StateCotton BowlDallas63,46542Florida Citrus Bowl2001MichiganCitrus BowlOrlando59,65343Peach Bowl2002MarylandGeorgia DomeAtlanta68,33044Peach Bowl2003ClemsonGeorgia DomeAtlanta75,12545Cotton Bowl Classic2004Texas A&MCotton BowlDallas75,70446Outback Bowl2006Penn StateRaymond James StadiumTampa65,60147Outback Bowl2007WisconsinRaymond James StadiumTampa60,121482009Virginia TechGeorgia DomeAtlanta73,77749Music City Bowl2010North CarolinaLP FieldNashville69,14350TaxSlayer Bowl2014IowaEverBank FieldJacksonville56,31051Outback Bowl2015NorthwesternRaymond James StadiumTampa53,20252Music City Bowl 2016NebraskaNissan StadiumNashville68,49653 Gator Bowl2019IndianaTIAA Bank FieldJacksonville61,78954 Music City Bowl2021PurdueNissan StadiumNashville69,48955 Orange Bowl2022ClemsonHard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens63,91256 Citrus Bowl2023IowaCamping World StadiumOrlando43,86157 Music City Bowl2025IllinoisNissan StadiumNashville52,815
Notes
The NCAA vacated Tennessee's win as part of a disciplinary action affecting the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
References General
External links Program bowl game history at Sports Reference
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