2018_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team

2018 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2018 Tennessee Volunteers football team

American college football season


The 2018 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by first-year head coach Jeremy Pruitt.[2] They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Eastern Division.

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Preseason

2018 recruiting class

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Award watch lists

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SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on July 20, 2018, with the Volunteers predicted to finish in sixth place in the East Division.

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Preseason All-SEC teams

The Volunteers had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.

Schedule

Tennessee announced its 2018 football schedule on September 19, 2017. The 2018 schedule consisted of 7 home games,[7] 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Volunteers hosted SEC foes Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, and Missouri, and traveled to Georgia, Auburn, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt.[8]

The Volunteers hosted three of its four non–conference games which were against ETSU from the Southern Conference, UTEP and Charlotte, both of whom competed in the Conference USA. They traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Belk Kickoff against West Virginia from the Big 12 Conference.

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Personnel

Roster and staff

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Current depth chart

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Game summaries

Vs. West Virginia

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ETSU

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UTEP

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Florida

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At No. 2 Georgia

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At Auburn

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Alabama

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At South Carolina

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Charlotte

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At Vanderbilt

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References

  1. Journal, Logan Lowery Daily. "MSU fires Moorhead after two seasons". Daily Journal. All eight of Moorhead's victories in 2018 had to be vacated after 10 football players were reprimanded by the NCAA for academic misconduct involving a former part-time tutor and an online chemistry class.
  2. "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. "2018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. Cooper, J. A. (January 2, 2020). "Making orange green? A critical carbon footprinting of Tennessee football gameday tourism". Journal of Sport & Tourism. 24 (1): 31–51. doi:10.1080/14775085.2020.1726802. ISSN 1477-5085. S2CID 213782143.
  6. "Tennessee Football Announces 2018 Schedule" (Press release). Birmingham, Alabama: Southeastern Conference. September 19, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  7. "2018 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  8. Terry Lambert, "Tennessee Releases First Depth Chart of 2018," Rocky Top Talk, August 27, 2018.
  9. "West Virginia vs. Tennessee – Game Summary". ESPN. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  10. "ETSU vs. Tennessee – Game Summary". ESPN. September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  11. Adams, John (September 15, 2018). "UT Vols football shows 4–8 potential in victory over UTEP". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  12. Sallee, Barrett (September 22, 2018). "Florida vs. Tennessee score: Gators romp over Volunteers to give Dan Mullen first SEC win". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  13. Adams, John (October 14, 2018). "Underdog UT Vols football plays like favorites vs Auburn in possibly season-changing win". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  14. Adams, John (November 3, 2018). "On this UT Vols football homecoming, Tennessee fans who stayed home made wise choice". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  15. Toppmeyer, Blake (November 10, 2018). "Tennessee 24, Kentucky 7: Jarrett Guarantano, Vols defense fuel upset of Wildcats". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

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