Tell Me Your Favorite Vols Game Versus Every SEC Team

[MAD]

Which is considered the greatest (or your favorite) Tennessee game against every SEC* opponent?

Name as many SEC teams as you want, but only one game per school.

*Games played before a team joined the SEC is allowed. You can also include any former or confirmed future members. Also doesn’t have to be just football.



Edit: If you are a fan of an opposing SEC school, you can play too.
If your favorite team isn’t an SEC school, pick your favorite game vs each SEC school, not your own conference (@BUBear )

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Gee, you've made this to be so many choices. Plus, I don't think you'll have the thread space left once when everyone is done posting their favorite game w/every SEC opponent.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Alabama- this year.
Arkansas- 1998
Auburn- 1985
Florida- 2001
Georgia- 2004
LSU- this year.

 

[MAD]

Alabama- this year.
Arkansas- 1998
Auburn- 1985
Florida- 2001
Georgia- 2004
LSU- this year.

@W.TN.Orange Blood this is how you do it

 

[UnkieVol]

Alabama: this year
Arkansas: 1998
Auburn: 1998
Florida: 2004
Georgia: 2016
Kentucky: 2007
LSU: 2005
Ole Miss: 2010
Miss State: 1998
Mizzou: 2016
South Carolina: 2014
A&M: Cotton Bowl
Vandy: all of them. I hate them.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

@W.TN.Orange Blood this is how you do it

It's a lot simpler that's for sure. Carry on ...

 

[VOLfrombama]

*Alabama - 1995
Florida - 1998 & 2001 (you can't make me choose, both were insane dubs)
Georgia - 2016
LSU - 2022
*Auburn - 1998
*Kentucky - 2015
*Vanderbilt - 1997 (for personal reasons, game was kinda meh but we won anyway)
South Carolina - 2013
Missouri - 2021
Texas A&M - 2005
Arkansas - 1998
Ole Miss - 1997
*Mississippi State - 1998

(*in attendance)

 

[MAD]

*Alabama - 1995
Florida - 1998 & 2001 (you can't make me choose, both were insane dubs)
Georgia - 2016
LSU - 2022
*Auburn - 1998
*Kentucky - 2015
*Vanderbilt - 1997 (for personal reasons, game was kinda meh but we won anyway)
South Carolina - 2013
Missouri - 2021
Texas A&M - 2005
Arkansas - 1998
Ole Miss - 1997
*Mississippi State - 1998

(*in attendance)

I like the in attendance addition.
Are you gonna tell us what happened in 1997 or do we have to guess?

 

[MAD]

Alabama: this year
Arkansas: 1998
Auburn: 1998
Florida: 2004
Georgia: 2016
Kentucky: 2007
LSU: 2005
Ole Miss: 2010
Miss State: 1998
Mizzou: 2016
South Carolina: 2014
A&M: Cotton Bowl
Vandy: all of them. I hate them.

I thought you were a Vandy fan because of your profile photo, glad you cleared that up.

 

[Voltopia]

Alabama - 2022, Finally, Please, At Last, Finally
Arkansas - 1998, Billy Ratliff Deserves A Statue
Auburn - 1998, Because 1998
Florida - 2001, SO LONG, SPURRIER and the 17.5 Dogs
Georgia - 2004, NO NATTY FOR YOU
South Carolina - 2015, SO LONG, SPURRIER 2: CRUISE CONTROL
Kentucky - 2001, Dang, Jared, Dang, aka the 21 Point Comeback
A&M - 2005, It's Just Funny Is All
Starkville - 1998, Sorry Starkville, That's The Only One I Know
Vandy - 2011, The One Where Franklin Cried After The Game

Mizzou - Meh
Ole Miss - Also Meh

 

[NO SIR EEE]

Alabama- 2022
Arkansas- 1998
Auburn- 1997 SEC Championship
Florida- 2001
Georgia- 2015
Kentucky- 2007
LSU- 2005
Ole Miss- 2004
Miss. State- 1998
Missouri- 2022
South Carolina- 1998
A&M- 2005 Cotton Bowl
Vandy- 2019, ended the 3 game losing streak

 

[MAD]

Alabama - 2022, Finally, Please, At Last, Finally
Auburn - 1998, Because 1998
Florida - 2001, SO LONG, SPURRIER and the 17.5 Dogs
Georgia - 2004, NO NATTY FOR YOU
South Carolina 2015 - SO LONG, SPURRIER 2: CRUISE CONTROL
Kentucky - 2001, Dang, Jared, Dang
A&M - 2005, It's Just Funny Is All
Starkville - 1998, Sorry Starkville, That's The Only One I Know
Vandy 2011 - The One Where Franklin Cried After The Game

Mizzou - Meh
Ole Miss - Also Meh

Good list.
For Old Miss I’m gonna go with the Bassvols game where The Vols destroyed them after Kiffin threw out the first pitch with a golf ball.

 

[VOLfrombama]

I like the in attendance addition.
Are you gonna tell us what happened in 1997 or do we have to guess?

My Dad brought my mom, younger brother, and myself to Neyland for Peyton's last home game. We did the twist with Chubby Checker at halftime. You could feel the entire stadium twisting. It was an ugly game but a W is a W.

I've been trying to talk my Dad into going to a game with me/us for two decades. He lost part of his eyesight due to an eye infection shortly after that game, so he refuses to go back, even though he is a a huge VFL (and the reason I am as well). I have surprised him with tickets more than once and he just refuses to go (2015 Kentucky i took my wife and kids to their first game. he was supposed to go but backed out). When he finally told me that he couldn't see the field well enough to go, I understood. None of us can afford tickets up close.

So that was the last game we attended together, before life changed for all of us.

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

Kentucky...basketball....maybe 1991. Vols score 4 points in final couple of seconds to win the game. Houston's final year I believe. Intentionally missed second free throw, Corey Allen got the put back and was fouled and won it at the FT line.

 

[volbound1700]

Alabama - 2022
Arkansas - 1998
Auburn - 1997 (not many good ones here, they have beat us a lot lately)
Florida - 1998
Georgia - 2007
Kentucky - 2021
LSU - 2022 (2005 is runner-up)
Mississippi - I don't have one that stands out. I think that 2010 was kind of a fun matchup
Mississippi State - 1998
Missouri - I don't really care. It seems like this game is a blow out most years one way or the other
South Carolina - 2015 or 1999 (the 1999 was when Tee Martin tied NCAA record for completions)
Texas A&M - I hate to say it but 2016 game was exciting even though we lost
Vanderbilt - Every year we win. 2000 was memorable because I was there and it was funny seeing Vandy fans flip from orange to black and gold when Vandy started winning.

I really didn't start watching CFB until around 1997 and I didn't watch it heavily until 1999. I graduated highschool in early 2000s so I was pretty young during Manning era and too young to understand it prior to Manning era.

 

[MAD]

My Dad brought my mom, younger brother, and myself to Neyland for Peyton's last home game. We did the twist with Chubby Checker at halftime. You could feel the entire stadium twisting. It was an ugly game but a W is a W.

I've been trying to talk my Dad into going to a game with me/us for two decades. He lost part of his eyesight due to an eye infection shortly after that game, so he refuses to go back, even though he is a a huge VFL (and the reason I am as well). I have surprised him with tickets more than once and he just refuses to go (2015 Kentucky i took my wife and kids to their first game. he was supposed to go but backed out). When he finally told me that he couldn't see the field well enough to go, I understood. None of us can afford tickets up close.

So that was the last game we attended together, before life changed for all of us.

Great story, thanks for sharing.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Every game they win is my favorite.

 

[MAD]

Alabama - 2022, Finally, Please, At Last, Finally
Arkansas - 1998, Billy Ratliff Deserves A Statue
Auburn - 1998, Because 1998
Florida - 2001, SO LONG, SPURRIER and the 17.5 Dogs
Georgia - 2004, NO NATTY FOR YOU
South Carolina - 2015, SO LONG, SPURRIER 2: CRUISE CONTROL
Kentucky - 2001, Dang, Jared, Dang, aka the 21 Point Comeback
A&M - 2005, It's Just Funny Is All
Starkville - 1998, Sorry Starkville, That's The Only One I Know
Vandy - 2011, The One Where Franklin Cried After The Game

Mizzou - Meh
Ole Miss - Also Meh

Any time you can make James Franklin cry is a great day. Love the adios Spurrier theme

 

[MAD]

Kentucky...basketball....maybe 1991. Vols score 4 points in final couple of seconds to win the game. Houston's final year I believe. Intentionally missed second free throw, Corey Allen got the put back and was fouled and won it at the FT line.

Forgot about that, when I think of Kentucky and Houston I think of the 50 point horrible loss in Lexington.

 

[Vol Fan in Fla]

Bama -1995 the 41-14 win at Bama. Joey Kent TD 1st play of the game

Florida 1990 45-3 beat down, Dale Carter KO return to start the 2nd half

Auburn 1985 beat down of Bo

LSU 2005 the big comeback on the Monday night game post Katrina

UGa - 2016 Dobb Nail boot Hail Mary

UK - this year

Vandy - not worth picking one

Miss State -1998 SECCG

Arkansas -1990 Cotton Bowl (before they were in SEC, but it was the best game I remember with them. 1998 sucked, we played terrible, but it was a magical ending)

Carolina - 2009, 1st ever black uni for the Vols

Ole miss - honestly can’t recall a great one. Weird because we played them annually before the SEC went to divisions.

Mizzou and A&M too new to have a “favorite” game

 

[Jeff Clark]

Alabama-2022 game
Auburn-1985 game
Florida-1998 game
Georgia-1993 game
South Carolina-1993 game
Vanderbilt-1994 game
Kentucky-1994 game
Ole Miss-1989 game
Miss State-1995 game
LSU-2005 game
Arkansas-1998 game
Missouri-2021 game
Texas A&M-2005 Cotton Bowl

 

[macrovol]

Alabama: 1995
Arkansas: 1989/90 Cotton Bowl
Auburn: 1985
Florida: 1990
Georgia: 2016
Kentucky: 2022
LSU: 1959
Ole Miss: 1989
Miss State: 1987
Mizzou: 2022
South Carolina: 2021
A&M: 1957
Vandy: 2022
Tulane: 1963
Georgia Tech: 1956

I like blowouts.

 

[MAD]

Bama -1995 the 41-14 win at Bama. Joey Kent TD 1st play of the game

Florida 1990 45-3 beat down, Dale Carter KO return to start the 2nd half

Auburn 1985 beat down of Bo

LSU 2005 the big comeback on the Monday night game post Katrina

UGa - 2016 Dobb Nail boot Hail Mary

UK - this year

Vandy - not worth picking one

Miss State -1998 SECCG

Arkansas -1990 Cotton Bowl (before they were in SEC, but it was the best game I remember with them. 1998 sucked, we played terrible, but it was a magical ending)

Carolina - 2009, 1st ever black uni for the Vols

Ole miss - honestly can’t recall a great one. Weird because we played them annually before the SEC went to divisions.

Mizzou and A&M too new to have a “favorite” game

All great picks, especially the pre-SEC Arkansas bowl game.

 

[MAD]

Alabama-2022 game
Auburn-1985 game
Florida-1998 game
Georgia-1993 game
South Carolina-1993 game
Vanderbilt-1994 game
Kentucky-1994 game
Ole Miss-1989 game
Miss State-1995 game
LSU-2005 game
Arkansas-1998 game
Missouri-2021 game
Texas A&M-2005 Cotton Bowl

Wasn’t there a time we never lost to Kentucky or Vandy. The good ole days.

 

[MAD]

Alabama: 1995
Arkansas: 1989/90 Cotton Bowl
Auburn: 1985
Florida: 1990
Georgia: 2016
Kentucky: 2022
LSU: 1959
Ole Miss: 1989
Miss State: 1987
Mizzou: 2022
South Carolina: 2021
A&M: 1957
Vandy: 2022
Tulane: 1963
Georgia Tech: 1956

I like blowouts.

Going old school SEC members with Georgia Tech and Tulane. I like it