2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2014 Tennessee Volunteers football
TaxSlayer Bowl champion
TaxSlayer Bowl, W 45–28 vs. Iowa
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record7–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Bajakian (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Jancek (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 14 Missouri x   7 1     11 3  
No. 9 Georgia   6 2     10 3  
Florida   4 4     7 5  
Tennessee   3 5     7 6  
South Carolina   3 5     7 6  
Kentucky   2 6     5 7  
Vanderbilt   0 8     3 9  
Western Division
No. 4 Alabama x$^   7 1     12 2  
No. 11 Mississippi State   6 2     10 3  
No. 17 Ole Miss *   5 3     9 4  
No. 22 Auburn   4 4     8 5  
LSU *   4 4     8 5  
Texas A&M   3 5     8 5  
Arkansas   2 6     7 6  
Championship: Alabama 42, Missouri 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' win over Presbyterian) due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the 118th overall season, 81st as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and its 23rd within the SEC Eastern Division. The team was coached by Butch Jones in his second season with Tennessee, and played its home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

The Vols finished the regular season at 6–6, 3–5 in the SEC, making them bowl-eligible for the first time since 2010. On December 7, 2014, it was announced that the Vols would face the Iowa Hawkeyes (7–5) in the TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 2, 2015.[1] In that game, the Vols, with Joshua Dobbs leading the team as the quarterback, struck quickly and hammered away at the Hawkeyes to secure a 45–28 win, marking Tennessee's first winning season since 2009. The bowl victory was the Vols' first since 2007.

  1. ^ Ching, David; Ward, Austin (December 7, 2014). "TaxSlayer Bowl: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Tennessee Volunteers". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 7, 2014.