The Official Countdown To Tennessee Football 2024 (ITS FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE)

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116 Days!

Aaron Beasley played in 56 games and made 34 starts. Tallied 238 career tackles – 115 solo - with 32.5 for a loss of 116 yards and 7.5 sacks for a loss of 58 yards.

 

[VolDave53]

117 Days!

Larry Seivers caught 117 passes for 1,924 yards and 8 touchdowns in his Vol career from 1973-1976.


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The dude right here ^ looks like Saban.

 

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115 Days!

Kevin Simon led the Vols in tackles with 115 in 2003 (including 3 sacks against Marshall)

 

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115 Days!

Kevin Simon led the Vols in tackles with 115 in 2003 (including 3 sacks against Marshall)

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This was my first game at Neyland, can't wait to get back to THE cathedral of college football someday soon

 

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114 Days!

DL Kyle Phillips finished his Vol career in 2018 with 114 tackles, 16 TFLs, eight sacks and nine passes defended.

 

[Volinnooga]

Larry and his agent.

That's Gus Manning, isn't it? The guy with the money satchel, I mean briefcase?

 

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113 Days!

During his four-year on-field career, Robert Ayers Jr. collected 113 tackles with 31.5 tackles for loss in 48 games played at defensive end.

 

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112 Days!

Pig Howard finished at Tennessee with 112 career receptions which landed him 12th all time for receptions in a career.

 

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111 Days!

Quart'e Sapp finished his Vol Career with 111 tackles.

 

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110 Days!

In 1902 against Clemson, A. H. “Toots” Douglas, captain of the team, kicked from his five to the Clemson twenty, and the ball bounced to the Clemson five, a boot of 100 yards on the 110-yard field. (This feat is also reported as having been a punt from his goal line to Clemson’s two-yard line, a distance of 108 yards).

 

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109 Days!

Jeremy Banks made the move to linebacker in 2019 as a sophomore and finished his Vol Career collecting 219 career tackles, 109 solo, and 18 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, three interceptions and 10 passes defended.

 

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108 Days!

Dale Carter came to Tennessee to be a playmaker, and he did just that. In two seasons with the Vols, He recorded 108 tackles and earned All-American status each year and garnered national recognition as a sticky defensive back and an explosive kick return man.

 

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107 Days!

Tennessee went on the road to Mizzou in 2021 and dismantled the Tigers 62-24. Tiyon Evans had 107 yards and three TDs on his first four carries.

 

[stevenrich2003]

238 Days!

The 1932 Southern Conference Champs Vols posted a 9-0-1 record and outscored their opponents 238-6.

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This is remarkedly unbelievable. You want to fact check this. However, save your time. This happened. It took another 40+ years for me to be born but the tradition of the big orange is long and hard!

 

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106 Days!

Justin Hunter played three seasons at Tennessee from 2010-12 and compiled 106 receptions for 1,812 yards and 18 touchdowns, while also ranking No. 4 in the SEC in all three categories during the 2012 season (73 receptions, 1,083 yards, 9 TD).

 

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105 Days!

Eddie Brown earned All-American status in 1973 thanks to his awareness as a defensive back and his illusive punt return ability. He led the Vols in both categories his senior year.

Brown collected five picks during his 1973 senior campaign at Tennessee for 105 return yards to lead the team.

 

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108 Days!

Dale Carter came to Tennessee to be a playmaker, and he did just that. In two seasons with the Vols, He recorded 108 tackles and earned All-American status each year and garnered national recognition as a sticky defensive back and an explosive kick return man.

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2nd favorite vol.

 

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104 Days!

Jeff Powell is perhaps best remembered among Vol fans for his performance in Tennessee's 35–7 victory over Miami in the 1986 Sugar Bowl, in which he ran for 104 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.

 

[OneManGang]

"Jeff Powell comes ROARING down the greensward of the Super Dome!" - Classic

 

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103 Days!

Peerless Price racked up 103 yards in receiving against UAB in 1998 in a 37-13 victory.

 

[Tin Man]

"Jeff Powell comes ROARING down the greensward of the Super Dome!" - Classic

A liberal use of the word, greensward.

 

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102 Days!

New to the Vols in 2024, Boo Carter had a phenomenal senior year at Bradley Central High School tallying 1,795 all-purpose yards, 27 touchdowns, 102 tackles, and 2 interceptions en route to being named Mr. Tennessee Football.

 

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101 Days!

Peyton Manning holds the Tennessee record for combined passing and rushing touchdowns in a
career with 101.

 

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100 Days!

Coach Fulmer got his 100th career victory as Tennessee head coach on November 2nd, 2002 as Tennessee defeated South Carolina in Columbia by a score of 18-10.

 

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99 Days!

Kelsey Finch set the longest rushing touchdown in Vols history at 99 yards on October 22, 1977 against Florida and it still stands today!