1997 Football

August 31

Texas Tech 17 at Tennessee 52

After the game:
• Tennessee 1-0; Texas Tech 0-1
  
• Attendance: 106,285
  
• What happened?
  
• See the cartoon!
  
• Eleven UT Freshmen debut:
  Deon Grant
  Austin Kemp
  Jarrod Hayden
  DeAngelo Lloyd
  Cedrick Wilson
  Cosey Coleman
  Travis Henry (2 rushes for 4 yards)
  Jamal Lewis (6 rushes for 24 yards)
  Kenny Smith
  Travis Stephens (5 rushes for 28 yards)
  Chris Ramsuer
  
• Marcus Nash moved to 9th place in career receptions with 110
• Peyton tied school record with 5 touchdown passes in one game

September 6

Tennessee 30 at UCLA 24

After the game:
• Tennessee 2-0; UCLA 0-2
  
• Attendance: 62,619
  
• What happened?
  
• See the cartoon!
  

September 20

Tennessee 20 at Florida 33

After the game:
• Tennessee 2-1; Florida 3-0
  
• Leonard Little moved to 2nd place on Vols all-time sack list
  
• Marcus Nash moved to 4th place in Vol all-time receptions with 122
  
• Attendance: 85,714 (Florida record attendance)
  
• Game recap
  
• See the cartoon
  

October 4

Mississippi 17 at Tennessee 31

After the game:
• Tennessee 3-1; Mississippi 3-2
  
• Attendance: 106,229
  
• What happened?
  
• See the cartoon!
  
• Marcus Nash moved to 2nd place in career receptions with 132
• Marcus also moved to 6th in career yardage with 1,727 yds receiving
• Peyton moved to 5th in SEC career completions AND yardage (683 for 8,680yds)

October 11

Georgia 13 at Tennessee 38

After the game:
• Tennessee 4-1; Georgia 4-1
  
• Attendance: 106,656 (3rd largest UT)
  
• What happened?
  
• See the cartoon!
  
• See the gameday cartoon!
  
• Vols set team record for 35 first downs in a single game
• Jamal Lewis set freshman rushing record with 232 yards on 22 carries
• Peyton moved to 3rd in SEC career touchdown passes with 69

October 18

Tennessee 38 at Alabama 21

After the game:
• Tennessee 5-1; Alabama 3-3
  
• Attendance: 83,091
  
• Game recap
  
• See the cartoon
  
• Peyton moved to 2nd in SEC career completions with 738
  
• He also moved to 3rd place in SEC career passing yardage with 9,357
  
• Peyton is first SEC quarterback to beat Alabama three times
  
• He is also the first player to ever beat Bama and then
  lead the band in "Rocky Top"
  
• Marcus Nash moved to 5th in career yardage with 1,863
  
• The Vols have a 10-game winning streak in October
  
  Other things I learned while in Alabama:
  
  
• They keep piles of cow manure on the sidelines
  to keep the flies off the cheerleaders.
  
• People that graduate from Alabama hang their
  diploma in the back window of their car so
  they can park in handicapped spaces.
  
• All the birds fly upside-down in Alabama
  because even birds know there is
  nothing worth sh**ing on there.
  

November 1

South Carolina 7 at Tennessee 22

After the game:
• Tennessee 6-1; South Carolina 5-4
  
• Attendance: 106,301
  
• What happened?
  
• See the cartoon!
  
• Vols set a team record by making eight sacks in one game
• Jamal is 4th UT back to ever get two 200 yard games in one season

November 8

Southern Mississippi 20 at Tennessee 44

After the game:
• Tennessee 7-1; Southern Mississippi 6-3
  
• Attendance: 107,073 (2nd largest in history)
  
• What happened?
  
• See the cartoon!
  
• Peyton's 4 TD passes moves him to 2nd place all-time SEC with 76
• He's 3rd QB in SEC history with 20+ TD passes three years in a row
• Marcus Nash moved to 3rd in all-time receiving with 1,979 yards
• Jamal is on track to become the 1st true freshman to get 1,000yds
• Coach Fulmer got his 50th career victory in only 60 games

November 15

Tennessee 30 at Arkansas 22

After the game:
• Tennessee 8-1; Arkansas 3-6
  
• Attendance: 53,235
  
• Game recap
  
• See the cartoon
  
• Peyton became the 12th QB in history to pass for over 10,000 yards
  
• He needs 18 passes to break SEC completion record of 838
  
• Be sure to watch Peyton on David Letterman, December 8
  
• Jeff Hall moved to 4th in UT career scoring with 245 points
  
• The SEC is currently 30-3 against non-SEC teams
  with only losses coming from:
  LSU to Notre Dame
  Alabama to Louisiana Tech
  Arkansas to SMU
  



November 22



Tennessee 59 at Kentucky 31



After the game:
• Tennessee 9-1; Kentucky 5-6
  
• Attendance: 61,076 (Kentucky record)
  
• Game recap
  
• See the cartoon
  
• School record 695 yards of offense
  
• Peyton got Tennessee record of 523 single-game passing yards
  
• Peyton tied Tennessee record 5TD passes in one game
  
• He completed 12 passes in a row for school record
  
• He is 5th in the NCAA all-time passing with 10,669yds
  
• Jamal Lewis is first freshman in UT history to get 1,000yds
  
• Jamal is first in UT history with 100yds rushing and catching
  
• Jamal also tied school record with 4 TDs in one game
  
• Vols set season record for catches by running backs with 61
  
• Terry Fair ranks 8th in UT career interceptions with 12
  
  
  
  November 29
  
  

  Vanderbilt 10 at Tennessee 17

  
  
  After the game:
  • Tennessee 10-1; Vanderbilt 3-8
    
  • Attendance: 106,683
    
  • Game recap
    
  • See the cartoon
    
  • Peyton ties record for SEC career completions with 838
    
  • He moved to second in SEC career offense with 10,645yds
    
  • He is 5th in NCAA with career TD passes with 85
    
  • He has the 4th most passing yards in SEC history with 3,446
    
  • Jamal is 4th place in UT history season rushing with 1,237
    
  • UT averaged a NCAA record attendance of 106,538
    
    
    
    November 29
    
    

    Tennessee 30 - Auburn 29

    
    
    After the game:
    • Tennessee 11-1; Auburn 9-3
      
    • Attendance: 74,896 (SEC Championship game record)
      
    • Game recap
      
    • Peyton set the SEC record with 11,201 career passing yds
      
    • This was Peyton's ninth 300-yd game this season
      
    • Jamal set the title-game rushing record with 127yds
      
    • Jamal is sixth in NCAA history as freshman with 1,364yds
      
    • Vol defense set record 45 sacks this year
      
    • Marcus Nash set single-season record for 76 catches
      
    • He also set single-season record for 1,170yds
      
    • Tennessee has won 10 in a row from West Division teams
      
      
      
      January 2, 1998
      
      

      Tennessee 17 - Nebraska 42

      
      
      After the game:
      • Tennessee 11-2; Nebraska 13-0
        
      • Attendance: 72,385
        
      • Game recap
        
        Conference Records in Bowl Games:
      • SEC: 5-1
      • PAC-10: 4-1
      • ACC: 3-1
      • Conference USA: 2-0
      • Big-12: 2-3
      • Big-10: 2-5
      • WAC: 1-2
      • Big West: 0-1
      • Mid American: 0-1
      • Big East: 0-4
        
        What a great year! Thanks for the memories, Vols.

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