1984 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1984 Tennessee Volunteers football
Sun Bowl, L 27–28 vs. Maryland
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–4–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWalt Harris (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Marmie (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Florida 5 0 1 9 1 1
No. 15 LSU $ 4 1 1 8 3 1
No. 14 Auburn 4 2 0 9 4 0
Georgia 4 2 0 7 4 1
No. 19 Kentucky 3 3 0 9 3 0
Tennessee 3 3 0 7 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 0 5 6 0
Alabama 2 4 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss 1 5 0 4 6 1
Mississippi State 1 5 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Florida was assessed a postseason ban following an NCAA investigation. LSU was credited with the conference championship for purposes of the Sugar Bowl automatic bid.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, four losses and one tie (7–4–1 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and a loss against Maryland in the Sun Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 327 points while the defense allowed 276 points.