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The Bowls
By Staff reports
October 7, 1990
In Tennessee's 100 years of football, the Volunteers have been to 30 postseason bowl games.
Three quickly come to mind that were monumental: the 1939 Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma, the 1951 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas and the 1986 Sugar Bowl victory over Miami.
The 1938 team won the Southeastern Conference championship and carried a 10-0 record - including six shutouts - into the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma.(The 17-0 victory over the Sooners provided a springboard that carried the unscored-on 1939 team to the Rose Bowl. No Division 1 college team has held all its opponents scoreless since.
Because football polls ended after the regular season, Tennessee possibly was denied a national championships.
In the 1951 Cotton Bowl, No. 4 vols defeated No. 3 Texas 20-14, setting the stage for Tennessee's national championship the following season.
"That Cotton Bowl was probaly the highlight of that era," said Hank Lauricella, the tailback who was one of the stars of the game.
"I'll never forget, before the game we were in the locker room and the band outside was playing 'The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You.' the General((Neyland) was talking and we had a hard time hearing because of the band.Then he said, 'When this game is over, they'll be playing 'The Tennessee Waltz.' '
"We won it in the last five minutes and held on with our hearts in our mouths."
Knocking off No. 2 Miami 35-7 in the 1986 Sugar Bowl was one of the Vols' all-time great performances after entering the game as eight-point underdogs.(Tennessee's defense sacked Miami quarterbacks seven times for 84 yards in losses and totally dominated the game after the first quarter. Miami quarterback Vinny Testeverde, the 1986 Heisman Trophy winner, was intercepted three times and overshadowed by UT's Daryl Dickey.
The victory earned the Vols a No. 4 national ranking.
Capsules of Tennessee's bowl appearances:
ORANGE BOWL, '39: This wasn't Tennessee's first post-season game, but it was the first bowl experience - and a good one. The No. 2-ranked Vols, who had allowed only two touchdowns in the 1938 season, defeated Oklahoma 17-0. It was Tennessee's fifth consecutive shutout.
George Cafego and Bowden Wyatt proved to be the stars as Tennessee's speed was more than the muscular Sooners could handle. Cafego returned a punt 22 yards to the Oklahoma 27. Three plays later he gained 10 to the 12, setting up Bob Foxx's 8-yard touchdown run. Wyatt's extra-point attempt was blocked, but Wyatt scooped up the ball and ran for the conversion.
After Babe Wood passed 19 yards to Ed Cifers, Oklahoma held and Wyattkicked a field goal from the 22. Wyatt recovered a fumble of the ensuing kickoff at the Sooner 18, but the Vols missed a field goal with time expiring in the first half.
Wood led a 77-yard drive in the second half, scoring the final touchdown on a 19-yard reverse. Foxx kicked the extra point.
The game has been called the roughest and dirtiest in Orange Bowl history+- 221 yards in penalties (130 against Tennessee). It was so dirty that Joe Little, a second-team center, was sent into the huddle by coach Bob Neylandwith instructions to settle the team down. On his first play, Little got tangled up in a scuffle and was ejected.
ROSE BOWL, '40: The Vols stopped to smell the roses in nearby Hollywood, but the 1939 team that had not allowed a point couldn't stop the Southern California Trojans. Knoxvillian Clarence Brown, a prominent Hollywood director, hosted the team in a lavish Christmas party, complete with stars and starlets.
Tennessee had won 23 consecutive games and the Vols hadn't allowed a point since midway of the 1938 season. All-America tailback George Cafego was barely able to play because of a knee injury. As fate would have it, the Vols failed to score in a 14-0 loss.
SUGAR BOWL, '41: The Vols had many scoring opportunities but squandered them in a 19-13 loss to Boston College.
After UT drove 46 yards in the first quarter to score on Van Thompson's 2- yard run and Bob Foxx' kick, BC's Hank Woronicz blocked a Foxx punt at the UT 38 in the third quarter and it was recovered at the 18. Harry Connolly ran 13 yards to score and Frank Maznicki's kick tied it.
Tennessee drove 43 yards to score on Buist Warren's run from the 2, but the Eagles countered with a 69-yard drive for Mike Holovak's touchdown.
With the score tied, BC's Charley O'Rourke faked at pass, cut between two UT defenders and ran 24 yards for the winning touchdown.
SUGAR BOWL, '43: John Barnhill, coaching while Neyland was serving in World War II, had better luck in a return to New Orleans - a 14-7 victory over Tulsa and heralded passer Glenn Dobbs.
Tennessee trailed 7-6 when Walter Slater passed 11 yards to Jim Gaffney to the 2, then fullback Billy Gold scored and Charlie Mitchell missed the kick.
Denver Crawford blocked a Dobbs punt for a third-quarter safety, then Dick Jordan intercepted a Dobbs pass and returned it 11 yards to the Tulsa 13. Two plays later, Slater passed 8 yards to Owen Lloyd from the 10 and Clyde "Ig" Fuson scored from the 2.
ROSE BOWL, '45: A second trip to Pasadena proved to be even more disastrous than the first, this time a 25-0 loss to Southern Cal.
Trojans end Jim Callahan blocked a Buster Stephens punt in the first minute of the game, and after the ball bounded about 25 yards he scooped it up at the 11 and scored.
Lack of experience doomed the Vols, who had disbanded in 1943 because of World War II and were in their first season back.
ORANGE BOWL, '47: Neyland had just returned from World War II and he immediately was rewarded with an Orange Bowl trip after a successful 1946 season. The result, a listless 8-0 setback to Rice.
Tennessee's kicking game, which usually gave the Vols a decided edge, backfired as Rice blocked two of Billy Joe Rowan's punts.
COTTON BOWL, '51: Tennessee's 20-14 victory over No. 2 Texas laid the ground work for a national championship the next season.
Hank Lauricella ran 75 yards to the Texas 5 in the first quarter, setting up the Vols' first touchdown - a 5-yard pass from Herky Payne to John Gruble.
After Texas had gone ahead, Tennessee drove 83 yards in the third quarter,.with fullback Andy Kozar gaining 52 of it, including a run of 5 for the touchdown.
Jimmy "Cowboy" Hill recovered a fumble at the Texas 43. A Lauricella pass of 23 yards to Bert Rechichar carried to the 14, Kozar gained 1, Lauricella ran for 11, then Kozar smashed across from the 2.
SUGAR BOWL, '52: Bitter memories again, much like the 1940 Rose Bowldefeat. This time the Vols had been crowned national champions. But they weren't prepared for a 21-point explosion in a span of 16 minutes that led to a a 28-13 loss to No. 3-ranked Maryland.
The Terps employed virtually an eight-man line, stopping the Vols' powerful single-wing offense and pressuring UT tailbacks when they attempted to pass. Meanwhile, Maryland fullback Ed "Big Mo" Modzelewski carried 28 times for 153 yards.
Maryland intercepted four UT passes - three thrown by All-American Hank Lauricella, who also fumbled while returning a kickoff to set up the Terps' second touchdown.
News-Sentinel sports editor Tom Siler wrote that the Tennessee players took the defeat like a dose of castor oil. "They swallowed it, but it went down mighty hard."
COTTON BOWL, '53: Tennessee's defense was ranked No. 1 in the country after the 1952 season, but the Vols' offense was banged up. Fullback Andy Kozar suffered a broken pelvis against Florida in mid-November and tailback Jimmy Wade missed the Kentucky and Vanderbilt games because of injuries.
And that was the story of the Cotton Bowl: Texas 16, Tennessee 0. The Vols' ineptness on offense allowed Texas to control the ball, and the Longhorns got all their points on mistakes by the Vols.
SUGAR BOWL, 1957: The Vols got the bid after an undefeated season and No. 2 ranking behind Oklahoma, but 11th-ranked Baylor was the opportunist in this game and won 13-7.
The Bears intercepted four UT passes and recovered Johnny Majors' fumbledpunt in the fourth quarter, turning it into the winning touchdown. Buddy Humphrey got it on a 1-yard run.
GATOR BOWL, 1957: This defensive battle between Tennessee and Texas A&M wasn't settled until the final 30 when Sammy Burklow kicked a 17-yard field goal to give the Vols a 3-0 victory at Jacksonville, Fla.
The field goal - the only one of Burklow's career - was set up moments earlier when UT tailback Bobby Gordon ran 11 yards to the 6, where he rammed head-on into Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow. The two lay stretched on the ground before finally staggering back to their respective teams.
BLUEBONNET BOWL, 1965: This was to be the first of five consecutive bowl games under coach Doug Dickey, and he got off to a winning start - 27-6 over Tulsa at Houston.
UT earned its first bowl invitation in eight years with a 7-1-2 regular-(season, then promptly withstood 43 passes (Bluebonnet Bowl record) by the.Golden Hurricanes' Billy Anderson. The Vols intercepted four passes and recovered three Tulsa fumbles to set up scores.
GATOR BOWL, 1966: Larry Csonka and Floyd Little took on Tennessee but theVols survived the running of these two heralded backs to defeat Syracuse 18-12.
Tennessee scored all its points in the first half - first- and second-+quarter field goals by Gary Wright of 36 and 38 yards, a 24-yard pass from.Dewey Warren to Austin Denney and a 2-yard pass from Warren to Richmond Flowers. Then the Vols played defense.
Csonka scored on an 8-yard run on Syracuse's first possession of the secondhalf, then the Vols stopped the Orangemen at the UT 3 later in the third period. Little scored from the 3 with less than a minute remaining.
ORANGE BOWL, '68: The Tennessee defense didn't show up until the second half. Oklahoma grabbed a 19-0 lead, then withstood a furious second-half rally by the Vols for a 26-24 victory.
Tennessee had a chance to win in the final seconds, but Karl Kremser's 43- yard field-goal attempt missed its mark.
COTTON BOWL, '69: A Texas tornado devastated Tennessee's hopes of victory with a whirlwind first half of 28 points, and the Longhorns went on to win 36-13.
The Vols lost five fumbles and gave up three interceptions.
Lightning struck twice in the form of Texas quarterback Jim Street and receiver Cotton Speyrer - a 79-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and another of 79 in the third.
GATOR BOWL, '69: This was to be Doug Dickey's last game as coach of the Vols, who lost to Florida 14-13. Dickey was soon announced as the Gators' new head coach.
Florida regained the lead on a 9-yard pass from John Reeves to Carlos Alvarez in the third quarter. Tenneseee drove more than 70 yards but the Gators turned back Curt Watson at the 1.
SUGAR BOWL, '71: The Air Force Academy Falcons hardly got off the ground in their 34-13 loss to Tennessee. The victory was a reward for rookie head coach Bill Battle, who guided the Vols to 10-1 regular season.
The Vols scored on their first four possessions and ran up a 24-7 lead in the first quarter on touchdown runs of 5 and 20 yards by Don McCleary, an 11-+yard pass from Bobby Scott to Gary Theiler and George Hunt's 30-yard field goal.
LIBERTY BOWL, '71: There was no stopping Curt Watson at the goal this time. The hard-charging back ran 17 yards for the tying score in the final minutes and George Hunt added the extra point in Tennessee's 14-13 come-from-behind verdict over Arkansas.
Carl Witherspoon's recovery of a controversial Arkansas fumble set up Watson's winning run, then Bobby Majors picked off a Ferguson pass to end the Razorbacks' final threat.
BLUEBONNET BOWL, '72: Tennessee got off to another flying start, scoring all its points in the first half to defeat Louisiana State 24-17 at Houston for its third consecutive bowl victory.
Tennessee stopped LSU in the first quarter, forcing a field goal. The Vols retaliated, Condredge Holloway passing 6 yards to Jimmy Young for a touchdown. Then Holloway scrambled 15 yards for a score, Ricky Townsend kicked a 33-yard field goal and Holloway raced 10 yards on an option keeper.
GATOR BOWL, '73: Tennessee's bowl victory string ended as Texas Tech scored a touchdown in each quarter to win 28-19.
The Vols cut the deficit to 21-19 in the third quarter, but Ricky Townsend missed a 32-yard field goal. Tech then got a 70-yard run from James Mosley in the final two minutes to set up a 3-yard scoring run by Larry Isaac.
LIBERTY BOWL, '74: Another fast finish plucked Tennessee from the jaws of defeat in Memphis. Larry Seivers outjumped two Maryland defenders to pull in an 11-yard touchdown pass from Randy Wallace as the Vols won 7-3.
Only 2:44 remained when Ricky Townsend added the extra point.
BLUEBONNET BOWL, '79: Tennessee scored 22 points in the second half but it was the shutout in the first half that led to defeat in Johnny Majors' bowl- coaching debut with the Vols. Purdue, led by quarterback Mark Hermann scored in the last 1:30 to win 27-22.
UT rallied with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Streater to Glenn Ford, a 15-yard pass from Phil Ingram to James Berry and a 1-yard smash by HubertSimpson. Simpson followed his TD with a 2-point conversion run that gave Tennessee a 22-21 lead.
GARDEN STATE BOWL, '81: Tennessee evened its record against Big Ten teams as Steve Alatorre passed for a Garden State Bowl record 315 yards and Willie Gault returned a kickoff 87 yards to defeat Wisconsin 28-21 at East Rutherford, N.J.
Alatorre, who completed 24 of 42 passes, also scored the Vols' final touchdown on a 6-yard run.
PEACH BOWL, '82: Another encounter with the Big Ten, and Tennessee suffered a 28-22 loss to Iowa in Atlanta. Three consecutive games with the Big Ten produced a total of 148 points.
Chuck Long threw three touchdown passes in the first half to put Iowa ahead 21-7.
CITRUS BOWL, '83: Johnnie Jones battered his way for two short-yardagetouchdowns in the fourth quarter as Tennessee defeated Maryland 30-23 at Orlando, Fla.
Jones gained 154 yards on 29 carries and Alan Cockrell complated 16 of 23 passes for 185 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown throw to Lenny Taylor in the first quarter.
SUN BOWL, '84: It was just a case of Tennessee being too fast for its own good in a 28-27 loss to Maryland at El Paso, Texas.
The Vols ran up a 21-0 halftime lead on a short run by Johnnie Jones, field goals of 24 and 52 yards by Fuad Reveiz and a 6-yard pass from Tony Robinson to Tim McGee.
Maryland rallied to lead 22-21, Pete Panuska sprinted 100 yards on a kickoff return to regain the lead for Tennessee. The extra point kick failed, allowing the Terps to win on a 1-yard run.
SUGAR BOWL, '86: Tennessee, ranked No. 8, was an eight-point underdog to No. 2 Miami and facing quarterback Vinny Testaverde, a Heisman Trophy winner the next season.
But the Vols, playing with their No. 2 quarterback since October, routed the Hurricanes 35-7 as Daryl Dickey outshined Testaverde. UT's defense, designed by Ken Donahue, sacked Miami quarterbacks seven times for 84 yards in losses and intercepted three of Testaverde's passes.
Miami struck quickly, using a fake punt to set up an 18-yard pass from Testaverde to Mike Irvin midway of the first quarter.
But Dickey responded with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Smith and wide receiver Tim McGee recovered a teammate's fumble in the end zone and UT held a 14-7 lead at halftime.
After Darrin Miller recovered a Testaverde fumble at the Miami 31, fullback Sam Henderson scored from the 1 six plays later. Then, after Miami punted to the UT 40, Powell raced off tackle 60 yards for a touchdown and 28-7 lead in the third quarter.
The defense set up the final score - a 68-yard interception return by Chris White and 6-yard run by Charles Wilson.
LIBERTY BOWL, '86: Quarterback Jeff Francis threw three touchdown passes and Tennessee won the Liberty Bowl for the third time, defeating Minnesota 21-14.
Two of Francis' scoring tosses were to Joey Clinkscales, 18 yards for the game's first touchdown and 15 in the fourth quarter after the Gophers had tied the score on Chip Lohmiller's second field goal.
PEACH BOWL, '88: For the fifth time in 10 years the Vols played a Big Ten foe, defeating Indiana 27-22 in Atlanta on Jan. 2, after the 1987 season.
Freshman Reggie Cobb got the game's first and last touchdowns on runs of 6 and 9 yards. The latter provided the victory after Indiana had taken a 22-21 lead with a touchdown on a fake field goal.
COTTON BOWL, '90: Freshman Chuck Webb gained 250 yards on 26 carries and scored two touchdowns in Tennessee's 31-27 victory over Arkansas - the Vols' fourth consecutive bowl victory.
Webb was the No. 2 running back for UT until junior Reggie Cobb was suspended at midseason.
Greg Burke kicked a 23-yard field goal to put Tennessee ahead 3-0 in the first quarter, then Arkansas took its only lead of the game on Barry Foster's 1-yard run.
The Vols regained the lead on Andy Kelly's 80-yard pass to Anthony Morgan and added to it with a 1-yard run by Webb to end a 70-yard drive and a 1-yard pass from Kelly to fullback Greg Amsler.
After Arkansas cut the deficit to 24-13 on James Rouse's 1-yard run, Webb zig-zagged 78 yards to boost UT's lead to 31-13.
By Staff reports
October 7, 1990
In Tennessee's 100 years of football, the Volunteers have been to 30 postseason bowl games.
Three quickly come to mind that were monumental: the 1939 Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma, the 1951 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas and the 1986 Sugar Bowl victory over Miami.
The 1938 team won the Southeastern Conference championship and carried a 10-0 record - including six shutouts - into the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma.(The 17-0 victory over the Sooners provided a springboard that carried the unscored-on 1939 team to the Rose Bowl. No Division 1 college team has held all its opponents scoreless since.
Because football polls ended after the regular season, Tennessee possibly was denied a national championships.
In the 1951 Cotton Bowl, No. 4 vols defeated No. 3 Texas 20-14, setting the stage for Tennessee's national championship the following season.
"That Cotton Bowl was probaly the highlight of that era," said Hank Lauricella, the tailback who was one of the stars of the game.
"I'll never forget, before the game we were in the locker room and the band outside was playing 'The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You.' the General((Neyland) was talking and we had a hard time hearing because of the band.Then he said, 'When this game is over, they'll be playing 'The Tennessee Waltz.' '
"We won it in the last five minutes and held on with our hearts in our mouths."
Knocking off No. 2 Miami 35-7 in the 1986 Sugar Bowl was one of the Vols' all-time great performances after entering the game as eight-point underdogs.(Tennessee's defense sacked Miami quarterbacks seven times for 84 yards in losses and totally dominated the game after the first quarter. Miami quarterback Vinny Testeverde, the 1986 Heisman Trophy winner, was intercepted three times and overshadowed by UT's Daryl Dickey.
The victory earned the Vols a No. 4 national ranking.
Capsules of Tennessee's bowl appearances:
ORANGE BOWL, '39: This wasn't Tennessee's first post-season game, but it was the first bowl experience - and a good one. The No. 2-ranked Vols, who had allowed only two touchdowns in the 1938 season, defeated Oklahoma 17-0. It was Tennessee's fifth consecutive shutout.
George Cafego and Bowden Wyatt proved to be the stars as Tennessee's speed was more than the muscular Sooners could handle. Cafego returned a punt 22 yards to the Oklahoma 27. Three plays later he gained 10 to the 12, setting up Bob Foxx's 8-yard touchdown run. Wyatt's extra-point attempt was blocked, but Wyatt scooped up the ball and ran for the conversion.
After Babe Wood passed 19 yards to Ed Cifers, Oklahoma held and Wyattkicked a field goal from the 22. Wyatt recovered a fumble of the ensuing kickoff at the Sooner 18, but the Vols missed a field goal with time expiring in the first half.
Wood led a 77-yard drive in the second half, scoring the final touchdown on a 19-yard reverse. Foxx kicked the extra point.
The game has been called the roughest and dirtiest in Orange Bowl history+- 221 yards in penalties (130 against Tennessee). It was so dirty that Joe Little, a second-team center, was sent into the huddle by coach Bob Neylandwith instructions to settle the team down. On his first play, Little got tangled up in a scuffle and was ejected.
ROSE BOWL, '40: The Vols stopped to smell the roses in nearby Hollywood, but the 1939 team that had not allowed a point couldn't stop the Southern California Trojans. Knoxvillian Clarence Brown, a prominent Hollywood director, hosted the team in a lavish Christmas party, complete with stars and starlets.
Tennessee had won 23 consecutive games and the Vols hadn't allowed a point since midway of the 1938 season. All-America tailback George Cafego was barely able to play because of a knee injury. As fate would have it, the Vols failed to score in a 14-0 loss.
SUGAR BOWL, '41: The Vols had many scoring opportunities but squandered them in a 19-13 loss to Boston College.
After UT drove 46 yards in the first quarter to score on Van Thompson's 2- yard run and Bob Foxx' kick, BC's Hank Woronicz blocked a Foxx punt at the UT 38 in the third quarter and it was recovered at the 18. Harry Connolly ran 13 yards to score and Frank Maznicki's kick tied it.
Tennessee drove 43 yards to score on Buist Warren's run from the 2, but the Eagles countered with a 69-yard drive for Mike Holovak's touchdown.
With the score tied, BC's Charley O'Rourke faked at pass, cut between two UT defenders and ran 24 yards for the winning touchdown.
SUGAR BOWL, '43: John Barnhill, coaching while Neyland was serving in World War II, had better luck in a return to New Orleans - a 14-7 victory over Tulsa and heralded passer Glenn Dobbs.
Tennessee trailed 7-6 when Walter Slater passed 11 yards to Jim Gaffney to the 2, then fullback Billy Gold scored and Charlie Mitchell missed the kick.
Denver Crawford blocked a Dobbs punt for a third-quarter safety, then Dick Jordan intercepted a Dobbs pass and returned it 11 yards to the Tulsa 13. Two plays later, Slater passed 8 yards to Owen Lloyd from the 10 and Clyde "Ig" Fuson scored from the 2.
ROSE BOWL, '45: A second trip to Pasadena proved to be even more disastrous than the first, this time a 25-0 loss to Southern Cal.
Trojans end Jim Callahan blocked a Buster Stephens punt in the first minute of the game, and after the ball bounded about 25 yards he scooped it up at the 11 and scored.
Lack of experience doomed the Vols, who had disbanded in 1943 because of World War II and were in their first season back.
ORANGE BOWL, '47: Neyland had just returned from World War II and he immediately was rewarded with an Orange Bowl trip after a successful 1946 season. The result, a listless 8-0 setback to Rice.
Tennessee's kicking game, which usually gave the Vols a decided edge, backfired as Rice blocked two of Billy Joe Rowan's punts.
COTTON BOWL, '51: Tennessee's 20-14 victory over No. 2 Texas laid the ground work for a national championship the next season.
Hank Lauricella ran 75 yards to the Texas 5 in the first quarter, setting up the Vols' first touchdown - a 5-yard pass from Herky Payne to John Gruble.
After Texas had gone ahead, Tennessee drove 83 yards in the third quarter,.with fullback Andy Kozar gaining 52 of it, including a run of 5 for the touchdown.
Jimmy "Cowboy" Hill recovered a fumble at the Texas 43. A Lauricella pass of 23 yards to Bert Rechichar carried to the 14, Kozar gained 1, Lauricella ran for 11, then Kozar smashed across from the 2.
SUGAR BOWL, '52: Bitter memories again, much like the 1940 Rose Bowldefeat. This time the Vols had been crowned national champions. But they weren't prepared for a 21-point explosion in a span of 16 minutes that led to a a 28-13 loss to No. 3-ranked Maryland.
The Terps employed virtually an eight-man line, stopping the Vols' powerful single-wing offense and pressuring UT tailbacks when they attempted to pass. Meanwhile, Maryland fullback Ed "Big Mo" Modzelewski carried 28 times for 153 yards.
Maryland intercepted four UT passes - three thrown by All-American Hank Lauricella, who also fumbled while returning a kickoff to set up the Terps' second touchdown.
News-Sentinel sports editor Tom Siler wrote that the Tennessee players took the defeat like a dose of castor oil. "They swallowed it, but it went down mighty hard."
COTTON BOWL, '53: Tennessee's defense was ranked No. 1 in the country after the 1952 season, but the Vols' offense was banged up. Fullback Andy Kozar suffered a broken pelvis against Florida in mid-November and tailback Jimmy Wade missed the Kentucky and Vanderbilt games because of injuries.
And that was the story of the Cotton Bowl: Texas 16, Tennessee 0. The Vols' ineptness on offense allowed Texas to control the ball, and the Longhorns got all their points on mistakes by the Vols.
SUGAR BOWL, 1957: The Vols got the bid after an undefeated season and No. 2 ranking behind Oklahoma, but 11th-ranked Baylor was the opportunist in this game and won 13-7.
The Bears intercepted four UT passes and recovered Johnny Majors' fumbledpunt in the fourth quarter, turning it into the winning touchdown. Buddy Humphrey got it on a 1-yard run.
GATOR BOWL, 1957: This defensive battle between Tennessee and Texas A&M wasn't settled until the final 30 when Sammy Burklow kicked a 17-yard field goal to give the Vols a 3-0 victory at Jacksonville, Fla.
The field goal - the only one of Burklow's career - was set up moments earlier when UT tailback Bobby Gordon ran 11 yards to the 6, where he rammed head-on into Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow. The two lay stretched on the ground before finally staggering back to their respective teams.
BLUEBONNET BOWL, 1965: This was to be the first of five consecutive bowl games under coach Doug Dickey, and he got off to a winning start - 27-6 over Tulsa at Houston.
UT earned its first bowl invitation in eight years with a 7-1-2 regular-(season, then promptly withstood 43 passes (Bluebonnet Bowl record) by the.Golden Hurricanes' Billy Anderson. The Vols intercepted four passes and recovered three Tulsa fumbles to set up scores.
GATOR BOWL, 1966: Larry Csonka and Floyd Little took on Tennessee but theVols survived the running of these two heralded backs to defeat Syracuse 18-12.
Tennessee scored all its points in the first half - first- and second-+quarter field goals by Gary Wright of 36 and 38 yards, a 24-yard pass from.Dewey Warren to Austin Denney and a 2-yard pass from Warren to Richmond Flowers. Then the Vols played defense.
Csonka scored on an 8-yard run on Syracuse's first possession of the secondhalf, then the Vols stopped the Orangemen at the UT 3 later in the third period. Little scored from the 3 with less than a minute remaining.
ORANGE BOWL, '68: The Tennessee defense didn't show up until the second half. Oklahoma grabbed a 19-0 lead, then withstood a furious second-half rally by the Vols for a 26-24 victory.
Tennessee had a chance to win in the final seconds, but Karl Kremser's 43- yard field-goal attempt missed its mark.
COTTON BOWL, '69: A Texas tornado devastated Tennessee's hopes of victory with a whirlwind first half of 28 points, and the Longhorns went on to win 36-13.
The Vols lost five fumbles and gave up three interceptions.
Lightning struck twice in the form of Texas quarterback Jim Street and receiver Cotton Speyrer - a 79-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and another of 79 in the third.
GATOR BOWL, '69: This was to be Doug Dickey's last game as coach of the Vols, who lost to Florida 14-13. Dickey was soon announced as the Gators' new head coach.
Florida regained the lead on a 9-yard pass from John Reeves to Carlos Alvarez in the third quarter. Tenneseee drove more than 70 yards but the Gators turned back Curt Watson at the 1.
SUGAR BOWL, '71: The Air Force Academy Falcons hardly got off the ground in their 34-13 loss to Tennessee. The victory was a reward for rookie head coach Bill Battle, who guided the Vols to 10-1 regular season.
The Vols scored on their first four possessions and ran up a 24-7 lead in the first quarter on touchdown runs of 5 and 20 yards by Don McCleary, an 11-+yard pass from Bobby Scott to Gary Theiler and George Hunt's 30-yard field goal.
LIBERTY BOWL, '71: There was no stopping Curt Watson at the goal this time. The hard-charging back ran 17 yards for the tying score in the final minutes and George Hunt added the extra point in Tennessee's 14-13 come-from-behind verdict over Arkansas.
Carl Witherspoon's recovery of a controversial Arkansas fumble set up Watson's winning run, then Bobby Majors picked off a Ferguson pass to end the Razorbacks' final threat.
BLUEBONNET BOWL, '72: Tennessee got off to another flying start, scoring all its points in the first half to defeat Louisiana State 24-17 at Houston for its third consecutive bowl victory.
Tennessee stopped LSU in the first quarter, forcing a field goal. The Vols retaliated, Condredge Holloway passing 6 yards to Jimmy Young for a touchdown. Then Holloway scrambled 15 yards for a score, Ricky Townsend kicked a 33-yard field goal and Holloway raced 10 yards on an option keeper.
GATOR BOWL, '73: Tennessee's bowl victory string ended as Texas Tech scored a touchdown in each quarter to win 28-19.
The Vols cut the deficit to 21-19 in the third quarter, but Ricky Townsend missed a 32-yard field goal. Tech then got a 70-yard run from James Mosley in the final two minutes to set up a 3-yard scoring run by Larry Isaac.
LIBERTY BOWL, '74: Another fast finish plucked Tennessee from the jaws of defeat in Memphis. Larry Seivers outjumped two Maryland defenders to pull in an 11-yard touchdown pass from Randy Wallace as the Vols won 7-3.
Only 2:44 remained when Ricky Townsend added the extra point.
BLUEBONNET BOWL, '79: Tennessee scored 22 points in the second half but it was the shutout in the first half that led to defeat in Johnny Majors' bowl- coaching debut with the Vols. Purdue, led by quarterback Mark Hermann scored in the last 1:30 to win 27-22.
UT rallied with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Streater to Glenn Ford, a 15-yard pass from Phil Ingram to James Berry and a 1-yard smash by HubertSimpson. Simpson followed his TD with a 2-point conversion run that gave Tennessee a 22-21 lead.
GARDEN STATE BOWL, '81: Tennessee evened its record against Big Ten teams as Steve Alatorre passed for a Garden State Bowl record 315 yards and Willie Gault returned a kickoff 87 yards to defeat Wisconsin 28-21 at East Rutherford, N.J.
Alatorre, who completed 24 of 42 passes, also scored the Vols' final touchdown on a 6-yard run.
PEACH BOWL, '82: Another encounter with the Big Ten, and Tennessee suffered a 28-22 loss to Iowa in Atlanta. Three consecutive games with the Big Ten produced a total of 148 points.
Chuck Long threw three touchdown passes in the first half to put Iowa ahead 21-7.
CITRUS BOWL, '83: Johnnie Jones battered his way for two short-yardagetouchdowns in the fourth quarter as Tennessee defeated Maryland 30-23 at Orlando, Fla.
Jones gained 154 yards on 29 carries and Alan Cockrell complated 16 of 23 passes for 185 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown throw to Lenny Taylor in the first quarter.
SUN BOWL, '84: It was just a case of Tennessee being too fast for its own good in a 28-27 loss to Maryland at El Paso, Texas.
The Vols ran up a 21-0 halftime lead on a short run by Johnnie Jones, field goals of 24 and 52 yards by Fuad Reveiz and a 6-yard pass from Tony Robinson to Tim McGee.
Maryland rallied to lead 22-21, Pete Panuska sprinted 100 yards on a kickoff return to regain the lead for Tennessee. The extra point kick failed, allowing the Terps to win on a 1-yard run.
SUGAR BOWL, '86: Tennessee, ranked No. 8, was an eight-point underdog to No. 2 Miami and facing quarterback Vinny Testaverde, a Heisman Trophy winner the next season.
But the Vols, playing with their No. 2 quarterback since October, routed the Hurricanes 35-7 as Daryl Dickey outshined Testaverde. UT's defense, designed by Ken Donahue, sacked Miami quarterbacks seven times for 84 yards in losses and intercepted three of Testaverde's passes.
Miami struck quickly, using a fake punt to set up an 18-yard pass from Testaverde to Mike Irvin midway of the first quarter.
But Dickey responded with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Smith and wide receiver Tim McGee recovered a teammate's fumble in the end zone and UT held a 14-7 lead at halftime.
After Darrin Miller recovered a Testaverde fumble at the Miami 31, fullback Sam Henderson scored from the 1 six plays later. Then, after Miami punted to the UT 40, Powell raced off tackle 60 yards for a touchdown and 28-7 lead in the third quarter.
The defense set up the final score - a 68-yard interception return by Chris White and 6-yard run by Charles Wilson.
LIBERTY BOWL, '86: Quarterback Jeff Francis threw three touchdown passes and Tennessee won the Liberty Bowl for the third time, defeating Minnesota 21-14.
Two of Francis' scoring tosses were to Joey Clinkscales, 18 yards for the game's first touchdown and 15 in the fourth quarter after the Gophers had tied the score on Chip Lohmiller's second field goal.
PEACH BOWL, '88: For the fifth time in 10 years the Vols played a Big Ten foe, defeating Indiana 27-22 in Atlanta on Jan. 2, after the 1987 season.
Freshman Reggie Cobb got the game's first and last touchdowns on runs of 6 and 9 yards. The latter provided the victory after Indiana had taken a 22-21 lead with a touchdown on a fake field goal.
COTTON BOWL, '90: Freshman Chuck Webb gained 250 yards on 26 carries and scored two touchdowns in Tennessee's 31-27 victory over Arkansas - the Vols' fourth consecutive bowl victory.
Webb was the No. 2 running back for UT until junior Reggie Cobb was suspended at midseason.
Greg Burke kicked a 23-yard field goal to put Tennessee ahead 3-0 in the first quarter, then Arkansas took its only lead of the game on Barry Foster's 1-yard run.
The Vols regained the lead on Andy Kelly's 80-yard pass to Anthony Morgan and added to it with a 1-yard run by Webb to end a 70-yard drive and a 1-yard pass from Kelly to fullback Greg Amsler.
After Arkansas cut the deficit to 24-13 on James Rouse's 1-yard run, Webb zig-zagged 78 yards to boost UT's lead to 31-13.
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