1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1989 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record11–1 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPhillip Fulmer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDoug Mathews (1st season)
CaptainEric Still
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Tennessee + 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 9 Alabama + 6 1 0 10 2 0
No. 6 Auburn + 6 1 0 10 2 0
Florida 4 3 0 7 5 0
Ole Miss 4 3 0 8 4 0
Georgia 4 3 0 6 6 0
Kentucky 2 5 0 6 5 0
LSU 2 5 0 4 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0 5 6 0
Vanderbilt 0 7 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 6–1 in the SEC), as SEC co-champion, and with a victory over Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. The Volunteers offense scored 346 points while the defense allowed 217 points.


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