Top 3 worst plays in UT history

[Bluetic]

1. 13 men for LSU game
2. 09 Blocked field goals against Bama
3. Manning Pick-6 vs. FL.

Im no drama queen, but the too many men on the field thing was almost the end of the world.

 

[Bluetic]

Im no drama queen, but the too many men on the field thing was almost the end of the world.

There were 13? How the hell...nevermind.

 

[volgrl]

1. KO return versus MeMphis, 96 - HE WAS DOWN!!!
2. Goalline fumble vs Georgia - 14 point swing.
3. Gaffney catch.

1. Yes! That still irritates me to this day!!!
and I will add.
2. 13 men/ LSU
3. Every snap by Stone during the Florida game, 2011.

 

[Boca Vol]

Nope. The worst part was failing to convert a 3rd and short on the drive before we punted it to them and then allowed them to drive it down the field. If the Vols convert that 1st down, the game would have been over.

I agree and mentioned that before. All UT needed was a 1st down and game over.

The actual "catch " wasn't the problem. UF would have still tied the game with a field goal?

 

[Backwards K]

I agree and mentioned that before. All UT needed was a 1st down and game over.

The actual "catch " wasn't the problem. UF would have still tied the game with a field goal?

Plus, Gaffney's "catch" was on 3rd down and there was plenty of time for another play.

 

[mountainmanvol]

I believe it was the 92 Alabama game David Palmer ran around the end to tie the game at the very end.Every body knew it was coming except Tennessee. Blew our first chance to beat them in 8 or 9 years. Heath Shuler had a great game should of won that one.
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[SpringBokVol]

These are mine:

1. 2001: No. 21 LSU 31 - No. 2 Tennessee 20 (SEC Championship)
2. 2001: Georgia 26 - No. 6 Tennessee 24 (Knoxville)
3. 2000: No. 6 Florida 27 - No. 11 Tennessee 23 (Knoxville)

And this one for good measure:

4. 1999: Arkansas 28 - No. 3 Tennessee 24 (Fayetteville)

 

[thebjd]

Most people on the board are in their teens then I take it?


Was more getting at how most seem to only/just be going off of most recent bad memories to pick "worst of all-time"

The last three years is the worst three year stretch in our history so there is some really fresh heartbreak. My three are against Bama.

• Anderson fumble
• Palmer for the two point conversion
• 1990 loss on a blocked kick that set up a game winning field goal

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The Cody block gets honorable mention.

 

[thebjd]

These are mine:

1. 2001: No. 21 LSU 31 - No. 2 Tennessee 20 (SEC Championship)
2. 2001: Georgia 26 - No. 6 Tennessee 24 (Knoxville)
3. 2000: No. 6 Florida 27 - No. 11 Tennessee 23 (Knoxville)

And this one for good measure:

4. 1999: Arkansas 28 - No. 3 Tennessee 24 (Fayetteville)

Your list brought back some true pain. 1999 and 2001 teams were the two most talented squads I think we ever had.

 

[Brooks_Orpik]

I only started following the Vols closely in '08(great time to start being a fan right?) so everything on my list is very recent

3. Fat Boy Cody
2. LSU 13 men on the field debacle
1. Missed kick in the '08 UCLA game, I think if we win that game the last 5 years are vastly different

 

[Boca Vol]

I believe it was the 92 Alabama game David Palmer ran around the end to tie the game at the very end.Every body knew it was coming except Tennessee. Blew our first chance to beat them in 8 or 9 years. Heath Shuler had a great game should of won that one.
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That was in 93. Great play by a great player.

 

[bigsteve13]

this is a fun thread

 

[knoxvols1]

Wow All of these !
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[rocketskates]

JaMarcus Russell's chunky arse converting on fourth and long to set up the go ahead score for LSU to beat us in 2006. It still haunts me, all they had to do was stop them and the game was over.

The too many men on the field in 2010 stung at first, but now that I see what a goof dooley turned out to be it almost sums up his UT career in a comical way.

 

[UTvol1fn]

This thread sucks so hard

 

[Bluetic]

I believe it was the 92 Alabama game David Palmer ran around the end to tie the game at the very end.Every body knew it was coming except Tennessee. Blew our first chance to beat them in 8 or 9 years. Heath Shuler had a great game should of won that one.
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Kinda like trey burton lined up in the cat this year..."watch the QB, he aint gonna throw it....there he is....there he goes...DAMN IT!"

 

[rds_muskrat]

1. The QB sneak with Ainge against ND - the one where Ainge got injured - completely transformed the late 2000s. It's the one play with the longest lasting ramifications for our Vols.

You're right on point with this one and it was a play or two before halftime.Another terrible play was the 1974 Georgia Homecoming game & the failed 4th down. Finally, for old Vols it is especially for me the missed FG at the end of the '68 Orange Bowl vs Oklahoma

 

[Vol4life25]

Idk about in history.......but the Arkensas punt where he took it back for a touchdown a couple years back and like 8 of our guys missed him. That was pretty embarrassing.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Kickoff return against Memphis St. in 96.
Gaffney and his non catch in 2000.
Pick-6 by Ainge in the SECT game in 2007.


Honorable mention ::

The other pick thrown by Ainge in the SECT game in 2007.
Arian Fumble fumbling into the endzone against UCLA in 2008.
Arian Fumble fumbling on the goal line at Florida in 2007. Game was 28-20 Gators before that play. It was 35-20 after that play.

 

[UNAVol89]

Fosters fumble against AL,that went for a touch back instead of a touchdown

I forgot the quarterback, it against I believe LSU, threw the ball while being tackled in the end zone and was picked off.

Running a play right before half time and bray broke his thumb...

That wasnt Foster who fumbled against Bama in 05, I believe it was the fullback Anderson.

 

[KBVol]

That wasnt Foster who fumbled against Bama in 05, I believe it was the fullback Anderson.

Thinking that was Ainge with the ill advised LSU end zone pick. Ugh.

Edit: Uh, sorry, responded to the wrong quote

 

[KBVol]

How about the loss to Georgia at home in circa 2000 or 2001? Awful short kickoff/pseudo on sides kick led to short field for David Greene who finished the game-losing drive (for UT) with an easy little pitch and catch td to his fullback down the middle of the field. That really sucked. Defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[82_VOL_83]

How about the Joe whatever his last name was for Arky who ran that one back and juked about 15 defenders? They show it on ESPN every chance they get and it may be one of the main reasons he got drafted.

any tebow jump pass still makes me want to vomit.

This was the one that I kept trying to come up with......most of the ones mentioned were here and gone, that return is like Herpes, just when you think it has died down, it comes right back and is just as painful as the first time.

 

[KBVol]

This was the one that I kept trying to come up with......most of the ones mentioned were here and gone, that return is like Herpes, just when you think it has died down, it comes right back and is just as painful as the first time.

Think it was Joe Adams. That one play sums up the Dooley era as succinctly as anything I've ever seen sum up anything. Complete and total incompetence and embarrassment.