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The 2019 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2019 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 second-year head coach Jeremy Pruitt .
Tennessee finished the regular season at 7–5 overall, 5–3 in the SEC, and were bowl eligible for the first time since 2016 . On January 2, the Volunteers won the Gator Bowl over Indiana . However, in July 2023, the NCAA vacated all of Tennessee's wins as part of disciplinary action due to recruiting violations, affecting the 2019 and 2020 seasons.[ 1]
2019 recruiting class [ edit ]
College recruiting information (2019)
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Darnell Wright OT
Huntington, WV
Huntington
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
300 lb (140 kg)
Feb 6, 2019
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Wanya Morris OT
Loganville, GA
Grayson
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
312 lb (142 kg)
May 1, 2018
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Quavaris Crouch ATH
Charlotte, NC
Harding University
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
230 lb (100 kg)
Dec 21, 2018
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Henry To'oTo'o OLB
Concord, CA
De La Salle
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
Feb 6, 2019
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Ramel Keyton WR
Marietta, GA
Marietta
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
May 16, 2018
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Jaylen McCollough S
Powder Springs, GA
Hillgrove
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
194 lb (88 kg)
Aug 17, 2018
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Eric Gray RB
Memphis, TN
Lausanne Collegiate School
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
193 lb (88 kg)
Dec 20, 2018
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Anthony Harris S
Havelock, NC
Havelock
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
171 lb (78 kg)
Jun 8, 2018
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Tyus Fields CB
Cornelius, NC
William Amos Hough
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Jul 28, 2018
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Jackson Lampley OG
Nashville, TN
Montgomery Bell
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
300 lb (140 kg)
Feb 8, 2018
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Jackson Lowe TE
Cartersville, GA
Cartersville
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
Feb 8, 2018
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Roman Harrison DE
Bainbridge, GA
Bainbridge
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
Jul 25, 2018
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Savion Williams DT
Upper Marlboro, MD
Lackawanna C.C.
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
300 lb (140 kg)
Jul 31, 2018
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Melvin McBride OG
Memphis, TN
Whitehaven
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
312 lb (142 kg)
Aug 22, 2018
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Brian Maurer QB
Ocala, FL
Westport
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
199 lb (90 kg)
Jun 27, 2018
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Aaron Beasley ATH
Franklin, GA
Heard County
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Jun 10, 2018
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Warren Burrell CB
Suwanee, GA
Gwinnett
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Jul 27, 2018
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Darel Middleton DT
Scooba, MS
East Mississippi C.C.
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
290 lb (130 kg)
Dec 20, 2018
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Sean Brown TE
Rome, GA
Coosa
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
250 lb (110 kg)
May 12, 2018
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Elijah Simmons DT
Nashville, TN
Pearl Cohn
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
350 lb (160 kg)
Jul 16, 2018
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Chris Akporoghene OT
Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
295 lb (134 kg)
Jul 9, 2018
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Kenney Soloman CB
Myrtle Beach, SC
Socastee
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
172 lb (78 kg)
Feb 6, 2019
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Jerrod Means WR
Hampton, GA
Lovejoy
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
212 lb (96 kg)
Dec 19, 2018
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Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals : 12 247Sports : 12 ESPN : 11
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:
The 2019 SEC Media Days were held July 15–18 in Birmingham, Alabama . In the preseason media poll, Tennessee was projected to finish in fifth in the East Division.[ 2]
Media poll (East Division)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Georgia
1789 (233)
2
Florida
1499 (21)
3
Missouri
1149 (3)
4
South Carolina
883 (1)
5
Tennessee 804 (1)
6
Kentucky
798 (1)
7
Vanderbilt
358
Media poll (SEC Championship)
Place
Team
Votes
1
Alabama
209
2
Georgia
49
3
LSU
3
4
Auburn
1
Florida
1
Mississippi State
1
South Carolina
1
Tennessee 1
Preseason All-SEC teams [ edit ] The Volunteers had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.
Tennessee announced its 2019 football schedule on September 18, 2018.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 3:30 p.m. Georgia State * ESPNU L 30–3885,503 September 7 7:00 p.m. BYU * Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN ESPN L 26–29 2OT 92,475 September 14 12:00 p.m. Chattanooga * Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN SECN W 45–0 (vacated)86,208 September 21 12:00 p.m. at No. 9 Florida ESPN L 3–3482,276 October 5 7:00 p.m. No. 3 Georgia ESPN L 14–4392,709 October 12 12:00 p.m. Mississippi State Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN SECN W 20–10 (vacated)85,462 October 19 9:00 p.m. at No. 1 Alabama ESPN L 13–35101,821 October 26 4:00 p.m. South Carolina Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) SECN W 41–21 (vacated)87,397 November 2 7:00 p.m. UAB * Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN ESPNU W 30–7 (vacated)85,791 November 9 7:30 p.m. at Kentucky SECN W 17–13 (vacated)56,760 November 23 7:30 p.m. at Missouri SECN W 24–20 (vacated)49,348 November 30 4:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) SECN W 28–10 (vacated)87,367 7:00 p.m. vs. Indiana * ESPN W 23–22 (vacated)61,789
Schedule Source: [ 4]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Georgia State
7
7 7 17
38
Tennessee
14
3 3 10
30
Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 3:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:21Game attendance: 85,503Game weather: Temperature: 89 °F (32 °C) • Wind: 5 mph (8.0 km/h) • Weather: SunnyReferee: Marc CurlesTV announcers (ESPNU ): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Ryan Leaf (color), Stormy Buonantony (sideline) Scoring summary 1 12:00 GSU Seth Paige 4-yard run, (Brandon Wright kick) GSU 7–0 1 4:13 TENN Marquez Callaway 6-yard pass from Jarrett Guarantano (Brent Cimaglia kick) Tied 7–7 1 0:09 TENN Ty Chandler 31-yard run (Cimaglia kick) TENN 14–7 2 3:11 GSU Cornelius McCoy 17-yard pass from Dan Ellington (Wright kick) Tied 14–14 2 0:00 TENN Cimaglia 19-yard field goal TENN 17–14 3 10:30 GSU Aubry Payne 6-yard pass from Ellington (Wright kick) GSU 21–17 3 3:32 TENN Cimaglia 48-yard field goal GSU 21–20 4 12:05 TENN Cimaglia 48-yard field goal TENN 23–21 4 8:56 GSU Tra Barnett 19-yard run (Wright kick) GSU 28–23 4 4:45 GSU Dan Ellington 22-yard run (Wright kick) GSU 35–23 4 2:37 GSU Wright 48-yard field goal GSU 38–23 4 0:02 TENN Jauan Jennings 18-yard pass from Guarantano (Cimaglia kick) GSU 38–30
BYU at Tennessee
1
2 3 4 OT 2OT Total
• BYU
3
0 7 6 7 6
29
Tennessee
7
6 0 3 7 3
26
Date: September 7Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 7:05 EDT Elapsed time: 3:25Game attendance: 92,475Game weather: Temperature: 82 °F (28 °C) • Wind: 3 mph (4.8 km/h) • Weather: SunnyReferee: Brandon CruseTV announcers (ESPN ): Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (color), Tom Luginbill (sidelines)[ 7]
Chattanooga at Tennessee
1
2 3 4 Total
Chattanooga
0
0 0 0
0
• Tennessee
21
17 7 0
45
Date: September 14Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 12:05 EDT Elapsed time: 2:53Game attendance: 86,208Game weather: Temperature: 84 °F (29 °C) • Wind: 3 mph (4.8 km/h) • Weather: Partly CloudyReferee: Ken WilliamsonTV announcers (SECN ): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color), Alyssa Lang (sidelines)[ 8]
Tennessee at Florida
1
2 3 4 Total
Tennessee
0
0 3 0
3
• No. 9 Florida
7
10 7 10
34
Date: September 21Location: Gainesville, FloridaGame start: 12:02 EDT Elapsed time: 3:13Game attendance: 82,276Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Wind: 9 mph (14 km/h) • Weather: Partly CloudyReferee: David SmithTV announcers (ESPN ): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Dan Orlovsky (color), Allison Williams (sidelines)[ 9]
Week 6: #3 Georgia Bulldogs at Tennessee Volunteers
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
#3 Georgia 10
16
3 14 43
Tennessee
7
7
0 0 14
at Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee
Game information
First quarter
UGA – D'Andre Swift 1-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 7:07. #3 Georgia 7–0. Drive: 12 plays, 84 yards, 6:51.
TENN – Marquez Callaway 73-yard pass from Brian Maurer (Brent Cimaglia kick), 6:25. Tied 7–7. Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:42.
UGA – Rodrigo Blankenship 50-yard field goal, 2:34. #3 Georgia 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 3:51. Second quarter
TENN – Jauan Jennings 12-yard pass from Brian Maurer (Brent Cimaglia kick), 14:57. Tennessee 14–10. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:37.
UGA – Rodrigo Blankenship 34-yard field goal, 11:31. Tennessee 14–13. Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 3:26.
UGA – Lawrence Cager 3-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 1:59. #3 Georgia 20–14. Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, 2:03.
UGA – George Pickens 7-yard pass from Jake Fromm (pass failed), 0:09. #3 Georgia 26–14. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 0:50. Third quarter
UGA – Rodrigo Blankenship 27-yard field goal, 7:03. #3 Georgia 29–14. Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 3:34. Fourth quarter
UGA – Brian Herrien 1-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 8:02. #3 Georgia 36–14. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 6:04.
UGA – Tae Crowder 60-yard fumble return (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 4:39. #3 Georgia 43–14.
Top passers
UGA – Jake Fromm – 24/29, 288 yards, 2 TD
TENN – Brian Maurer – 14/28, 259 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers
UGA – Brian Herrien – 11 rushes, 88 yards, TD
TENN – Tim Jordan – 9 rushes, 47 yards Top receivers
UGA – D'Andre Swift – 4 receptions, 72 yards
TENN – Jauan Jennings – 7 receptions, 114 yards, TD
Mississippi State at Tennessee
1
2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State
0
3 0 7
10
• Tennessee
7
3 3 7
20
Date: October 12Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 12:06 EDT Elapsed time: 2:56Game attendance: 85,462Game weather: Temperature: 56 °F (13 °C) • Wind: 7 mph (11 km/h) • Weather: CloudyReferee: John McDaidTV announcers (SECN ): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color) and Alyssa Lang (sidelines)[ 11]
Tennessee at Alabama
1
2 3 4 Total
Tennessee
7
3 3 0
13
• No. 1 Alabama
14
7 7 7
35
Date: October 19Location: Tuscaloosa, AlabamaGame start: 8:11 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:13Game attendance: 101,821Game weather: Temperature: 61 °F (16 °C) • Wind: 6 mph (9.7 km/h) • Weather: CloudyReferee: Hubert OwensTV announcers (ESPN ): Steve Levy (play-by-play), Brian Griese (color) and Molly McGrath (sidelines)[ 12]
South Carolina at Tennessee
1
2 3 4 Total
South Carolina
7
14 0 0
21
• Tennessee
3
14 14 10
41
Date: October 26Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 4:01 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:40Game attendance: 87,397Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Wind: 5 mph (8.0 km/h) • Weather: CloudyReferee: Steve MarlowTV announcers (SECN ): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color) and Alyssa Lang (sidelines)[ 13]
UAB at Tennessee
1
2 3 4 Total
UAB
0
0 0 7
7
• Tennessee
6
17 7 0
30
Date: November 2Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 7:02 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:03Game attendance: 85,791Game weather: Temperature: 51 °F (11 °C) • Wind: 5 mph (8.0 km/h) • Weather: Partly CloudyReferee: Hubert OwensTV announcers (ESPNU ): Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (color) and Lauren Sisler (sidelines)[ 14]
Tennessee at Kentucky
1
2 3 4 Total
• Tennessee
0
3 14 0
17
Kentucky
13
0 0 0
13
Date: November 9Location: Lexington, KentuckyGame start: 7:39 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:15Game attendance: 56,760Game weather: Temperature: 40 °F (4 °C) • Wind: 8 mph (13 km/h) • Weather: ClearReferee: Ken WilliamsonTV announcers (SECN ): Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (color) and Cole Cubelic (sidelines)[ 15]
Tennessee at Missouri
1
2 3 4 Total
• Tennessee
0
17 7 0
24
Missouri
3
7 7 3
20
Date: November 23Location: Columbia, MissouriGame start: 7:39 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:25Game attendance: 49,348Game weather: Temperature: 39 °F (4 °C) • Wind: 8 mph (13 km/h)Referee: Steve MarloweTV announcers (SECN ): Dave Neal (play-by-play), D. J. Shockley (color) and Dawn Davenport (sidelines)[ 16]
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
1
2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt
3
0 0 7
10
• Tennessee
7
14 0 7
28
Date: November 30Location: Knoxville, TennesseeGame start: 4:29 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:46Game attendance: 87,367Game weather: Temperature: 51 °F (11 °C) • Wind: 5 mph (8.0 km/h) • Weather: RainReferee: David SmithTV announcers (SECN ): Dave Neal (play-by-play), D. J. Shockley (color) and Dawn Davenport (sidelines)[ 17]
Gator Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
0
3 16 3
22
• Tennessee
0
6 3 14
23
Date: January 2Location: Jacksonville, FloridaGame start: 7:00 pm EDT [ 18]
Current depth chart [ edit ] Source:[ 19]
Defense
DE
NT
DE
Darel Middleton
Kurott Garland
Aubrey Solomon
Ja'Quain Blakely
Elijah Simmons
Matthew Butler
John Mincey
Kingston Harris
LaTrell Bumphus
Offense
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Wanya Morris
Trey Smith
Brandon Kennedy
Jerome Carvin
Darnell Wright
Jahmir Johnson
Riley Locklear
Jerome Carvin
Riley Locklear
K'Rojhn Calbert
Marcus Tatum
Jackson Lampley
Ryan Johnson
Chris Akporoghene
Marcus Tatum
TE
Dominick Wood-Anderson
Austin Pope
Andrew Craig
Special teams
PK
PK
P
KR
PR
LS
H
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — RV Coaches RV — — — — — — — — — — — — — RV RV RV CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] Tennessee had two players selected in the 2020 NFL Draft.[ 20]
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