1973 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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Ranking
AP	No. 19
Captain	Eddie Brown

1973 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Alabama $	8	-	0	-	0			11	-	1	-	0
No. 13 LSU	5	-	1	-	0			9	-	3	-	0
Ole Miss	4	-	3	-	0			6	-	5	-	0
No. 19 Tennessee	3	-	3	-	0			8	-	4	-	0
Georgien	3	-	4	-	0			7	-	4	-	1
Florida	3	-	4	-	0			7	-	5	-	0
Kentucky	3	-	4	-	0			5	-	6	-	0
Auburn	2	-	5	-	0			6	-	6	-	0
Mississippi State	2	-	5	-	0			4	-	5	-	2
Vanderbilt	1	-	5	-	0			5	-	6	-	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1973 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and a loss to Texas Tech in the 1973 Gator Bowl.

Zeitplan

September 15Duke*No. 9

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

W 21–1770,787 September 22at Army*No. 10

• Michie Stadium
• West Point, NY

W 37–1839,942 September 29No. 11 AuburnNo. 9

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

W 21–071,656 October 6Kansas*No. 9

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

W 28–2743,716 October 13Georgia Tech*No. 8

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

W 20–1470,616 October 20at No. 2 AlabamaNo. 10

• Legion Field
• Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)

ABCL 21–4272,226 October 27TCU*No. 14

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

W 39–766,356 November 3GeorgienNo. 11

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

L 31–3570,812 November 17at Ole MissNo. 16

• Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
• Jackson, MS

ABCL 18–2839,500 November 24at Kentucky

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)

W 16–1454,000 December 1VanderbiltNo. 19

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

W 20–17  December 29vs. No. 11 Texas TechNo. 20

• Gator Bowl Stadium
• Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)

ABCL 19–2862,109

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Game notes

Army

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Tennessee	6	7	7	17	37
Army	3	0	3	12	18

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

• Date: Saturday, September 22
• Game attendance: 39,942
• Recap

Game information

First Quarter ARMY - Barclay 25-yard field goal TEN - Townsend 37-yard field goal TEN - Townsend 26-yard field goal Second Quarter TEN - Stanback 1-yard run (Townsend kick) Third Quarter ARMY - Barclay 38-yard field goal TEN - Chancey 10-yard run (Townsend kick) Fourth Quarter TEN - Townsend 26-yard field goal ARMY - Simons 1-yard run (pass failed) TEN - Morgan 28-yard pass from Holloway (Townsend kick) ARMY - Armstrong 25-yard pass from Fink (pass failed) TEN - Yarborough 42-yard pass from Valbuena (Townsend kick)

Condredge Holloway set up Tennessee touchdowns with a 52-yard pass and a 48-yard run as Tennessee won its second straight while Army dropped its third consecutive season opener. Holloway fumbled at his own 12 on the second play of the game, which set up an Army field goal. The slippery QB came back to engineer two first-quarter field goals by Ricky Townsend. Midway through the second period, Holloway evaded the rush and found Emmon Love for a nine-yard gain to the 33. On the next play, he found Stanley Morgan deep down the left sideline for a long bomb to the Army 15.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bill Rudder	Running Back	3	59	San Diego Chargers
Haskel Stanback	Running Back	5	114	Cincinnati Bengals
Eddie Brown	Defensive Back	8	199	Cleveland Browns
Gary Valbuena	Quarterback	10	260	Miami Dolphins
Gene Killian	Guard	16	413	Dallas Cowboys

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References

Allgemein

• 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

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