We're officially less than two weeks until football time in Tennessee! The number 13, as it relates to Tennessee football history:
-13 times, a Vol has finished in the top 10 of voting for the Heisman Trophy, including four runner-ups:
- 1938 - TB George Cafego - 7th
- 1939 - TB George Cafego - 4th
- 1940 - G Bob Suffridge - 6th
- 1951 - TB Hank Lauricella - 2nd
- 1956 - TB Johnny Majors - 2nd
- 1964 - MG Steve DeLong - 8th
- 1967 - C Bob Johnson - 6th
- 1967 - QB Dewey Warren - 8th
- 1969 - LB Steve Kiner - 9th
- 1993 - QB Heath Shuler - 2nd
- 1995 - QB Peyton Manning - 6th
- 1996 - QB Peyton Manning - 8th
- 1997 - QB Peyton Manning - 2nd
-Marcus Nash caught 13 touchdowns in 1997, a UT single-season record.
-Tennessee's defense set a single-game record with 13 sacks vs. Wyoming in 1999.
-13 marks the fewest fumbles the Vols have had in a single season (1990 & 2004).
-The Vols gave up a school-record low 13 yards at Vanderbilt in 1952.
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