All-Time Results: 1980-1989 - University of Tennessee Athletics

All-Time Results: 1980-1989

July 15, 2003 | Football

All-Time Football Results

1891-1899 ?	1900-1909 ?	1910-1919 ?	1920-1929 ?	1930-1939
1940-1949 ?	1950-1959 ?	1960-1969 ?	1970-1979 ?	1980-1989
1990-1999 ?	2000-Present ?	?	?	?

1989 -- Won 11 Lost 1
SEC CHAMPIONS
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 2	Colorado State N	Knoxville	-	17-14	W
Sept. 9	UCLA N	Pasadena	--/6	24-6	W
Sept. 16	Duke N	Knoxville	17/--	28-6	W
Sept. 30	Auburn	Knoxville	12/4	21-14	W
Oct. 7	Georgia N	Knoxville	6/--	17-14	W
Oct. 21	Alabama	Birmingham	6/10	30-47	L
Oct. 28	Louisiana State	Baton Rouge	11/--	45-39	W
Nov. 11	Akron	Knoxville	11/--	52-9	W
Nov. 18	Mississippi	Knoxville	9/--	33-21	W
Nov. 25	Kentucky	Lexington	8/--	31-10	W
Dec. 2	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	8/--	17-10	W
Cotton Bowl
Jan. 1	Arkansas	Dallas	8/10	31-27	W
?	?	?	?	346-217	?

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1988 -- Won 5 Lost 6
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 3	Georgia N	Athens	18/12	17-28	L
Sept. 10	Duke N	Knoxville	-	26-31	L
Sept. 17	Louisiana State	Knoxville	--/9	9-34	L
Sept. 24	Auburn	Auburn	--/4	6-38	L
Oct. 1	Washington State	Knoxville	-	24-52	L
Oct. 15	Alabama	Knoxville	--/20	20-28	L
Oct. 22	Memphis State	Memphis	-	38-25	W
Nov. 5	Boston College	Knoxville	-	10-7	W
Nov. 12	Mississippi	Oxford	-	20-12	W
Nov. 19	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	28-24	W
Nov. 26	Vanderbilt	Nashville	-	14-7	W
?	?	?	?	212-286	?

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1987 -- Won 10 Lost 2 Tied 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Aug. 30	*Iowa	East Rutherford	17/16	23-22	W
Sept. 5	Colorado State N	Knoxville	17/--	49-3	W
Sept. 12	Mississippi State	Starkville	14/--	38-10	W
Sept. 26	Auburn	Knoxville	11/3	20-20	T
Oct. 3	California	Knoxville	10/--	38-12	W
Oct. 17	Alabama N	Birmingham	8/--	22-41	L
Oct. 24	Georgia Tech	Knoxville	13/--	29-15	W
Oct. 31	Boston College	Boston	13/--	18-20	L
Nov. 7	Louisville	Knoxville	19/--	41-10	W
Nov. 14	Mississippi	Knoxville	18/--	55-13	W
Nov. 21	Kentucky	Lexington	15/--	24-22	W
Nov. 28	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	16/--	38-36	W
Peach Bowl
Jan. 2	Indiana	Atlanta	17/--	27-22	W
?	?	?	?	422-246	?
*Kickoff Classic V

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1986 -- Won 7 Lost 5
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 6	New Mexico N	Knoxville	10/--	35-21	W
Sept. 13	Mississippi State	Knoxville	8/--	23-27	L
Sept. 27	Auburn	Auburn	--/8	8-34	L
Oct. 4	Texas-El Paso	Knoxville	-	26-16	W
Oct. 11	Army	Knoxville	-	21-25	L
Oct. 18	Alabama	Knoxville	--/2	28-56	L
Oct. 25	Georgia Tech N	Atlanta	-	13-14	L
Nov. 8	Memphis State	Knoxville	-	33-3	W
Nov. 15	Mississippi	Jackson	--/20	22-10	W
Nov. 22	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	28-9	W
Nov. 29	Vanderbilt	Nashville	-	35-20	W
Liberty Bowl
Dec. 29	Minnesota N	Memphis	-	21-14	W
?	?	?	?	293-249	?

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1985 -- Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 2
SEC CHAMPIONS
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 14	UCLA	Knoxville	--/10	26-26	T
Sept. 28	Auburn	Knoxville	--/1	38-20	W
Oct. 5	Wake Forest	Knoxville	16/--	31-29	W
Oct. 12	Florida	Gainesville	14/7	10-17	L
Oct. 19	Alabama	Birmingham	20/15	16-14	W
Oct. 26	Georgia Tech N	Knoxville	16/--	6-6	T
Nov. 2	Rutgers	Knoxville	19/--	40-6	W
Nov. 9	Memphis State	Memphis	19/--	17-7	W
Nov. 16	Mississippi	Knoxville	18/--	34-14	W
Nov. 23	Kentucky	Lexington	16/--	42-0	W
Nov. 30	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	10/--	30-0	W
Sugar Bowl
Jan. 1	Miami (Fla.) N	New Orleans	8/2	35-7	W
?	?	?	?	325-140	?

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1984 -- Won 7 Lost 4 Tied 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 1	Washington State N	Knoxville	-	34-27	W
Sept. 15	Utah N	Knoxville	-	27-21	W
Sept. 22	Army	Knoxville	-	24-24	T
Sept. 29	Auburn	Auburn	--/20	10-29	L
Oct. 13	Florida	Knoxville	--/18	30-43	L
Oct. 20	Alabama	Knoxville	-	28-27	W
Oct. 27	Georgia Tech	Atlanta	-	24-21	W
Nov. 10	Memphis State	Knoxville	-	41-9	W
Nov. 17	Mississippi	Jackson	-	41-17	W
Nov. 24	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	12-17	L
Dec. 1	Vanderbilt	Nashville	-	29-13	W
Sun Bowl
Dec. 22	Maryland	El Paso	--/12	27-28	L
?	?	?	?	327-276	?

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1983 -- Won 9 Lost 3
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 3	Pittsburgh N	Knoxville	-	3-13	L
Sept. 10	New Mexico N	Knoxville	-	31-6	W
Sept. 24	Auburn	Knoxville	--/11	14-37	L
Oct. 1	The Citadel	Memphis	-	45-6	W
Oct. 8	Louisiana State N	Knoxville	-	20-6	W
Oct. 15	Alabama	Birmingham	--/11	41-34	W
Oct. 22	Georgia Tech	Knoxville	-	37-3	W
Oct. 29	Rutgers	East Rutherford	-	7-0	W
Nov. 12	Mississippi N	Knoxville	-	10-13	L
Nov. 19	Kentucky	Lexington	-	10-0	W
Nov. 26	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	-	34-24	W
Florida Citrus Bowl
Dec. 17	Maryland N	Orlando	--/16t	30-23	W
?	?	?	?	282-165	?

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1982 -- Won 6 Lost 5 Tied 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 4	Duke N	Knoxville	-	24-25	L
Sept. 11	Iowa State N	Knoxville	-	23-21	W
Sept. 25	Auburn	Auburn	-	14-24	L
Oct. 2	Washington State	Knoxville	-	10-3	W
Oct. 9	Louisiana State N	Baton Rouge	--/18	24-24	T
Oct. 16	Alabama	Knoxville	--/2	35-28	W
Oct. 23	Georgia Tech	Atlanta	-	21-31	L
Nov. 6	Memphis State	Knoxville	-	29-3	W
Nov. 13	Mississippi	Jackson	-	30-17	W
Nov. 20	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	28-7	W
Nov. 27	Vanderbilt	Nashville	-	21-28	L
Peach Bowl
Dec. 31	Iowa	Atlanta	-	22-28	L
?	?	?	?	281-239	?

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1981 -- Won 8 Lost 4
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 5	Georgia	Athens	--/10	0-44	L
Sept. 12	Southern California N	Los Angeles	--/5	7-43	L
Sept. 19	Colorado State N	Knoxville	-	42-0	W
Sept. 26	Auburn	Knoxville	-	10-7	W
Oct. 10	Georgia Tech	Knoxville	-	10-7	W
Oct. 17	Alabama	Birmingham	--/15	19-38	L
Oct. 24	Memphis State	Memphis	-	28-9	W
Nov. 7	Wichita State	Knoxville	-	24-21	W
Nov. 14	Mississippi	Knoxville	-	28-20	W
Nov. 21	Kentucky	Lexington	-	10-21	L
Nov. 28	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	-	38-34	W
Garden State Bowl
Dec. 13	Wisconsin	East Rutherford	-	28-21	W
?	?	?	?	244-265	?

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1980 -- Won 5 Lost 6
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 6	Georgia N	Knoxville	--/16	15-16	L
Sept. 13	Southern California N	Knoxville	--/5	17-20	L
Sept. 20	Washington State	Knoxville	-	35-23	W
Sept. 27	Auburn	Auburn	--/18	42-0	W
Oct. 11	Georgia Tech	Atlanta	-	23-10	W
Oct. 18	Alabama	Knoxville	--/1	0-27	L
Oct. 25	Pittsburgh	Knoxville	--/12	6-30	L
Nov. 1	Virginia	Knoxville	-	13-16	L
Nov. 15	Mississippi	Memphis	-	9-20	L
Nov. 22	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	45-14	W
Nov. 29	Vanderbilt	Nashville	-	51-13	W
?	?	?	?	256-189	?

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