2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2015 Tennessee Volunteers football
Outback Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 22
Record9–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike DeBord (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Jancek (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 25 Florida x   7 1     10 4  
No. 22 Tennessee   5 3     9 4  
Georgia   5 3     10 3  
Vanderbilt   2 6     4 8  
Kentucky   2 6     5 7  
Missouri*   1 7     5 7  
South Carolina   1 7     3 9  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^   7 1     14 1  
No. 10 Ole Miss   6 2     10 3  
Arkansas   5 3     8 5  
No. 16 LSU *   5 3     9 3  
Texas A&M   4 4     8 5  
Mississippi State   4 4     9 4  
Auburn   2 6     7 6  
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * LSU and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2015 season. This was the 119th overall season, 82nd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and its 24th within the SEC Eastern Division. The team was coached by Butch Jones, in his third season with UT, and plays their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. This season was also the debut season of Mike DeBord as UT's offensive coordinator.

The Vols finished the regular season at 8–4, 5–3 in the SEC, making them bowl-eligible for a second consecutive season. On December 6, 2015, it was announced that the Vols would face the Northwestern Wildcats (10–2) in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, on January 1, 2016.[1] Tennessee defeated the Wildcats 45–6, finishing the season at 9–4.[2]

  1. ^ Bennett, Brian; Aschoff, Edward (December 6, 2015). "Outback Bowl: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Tennessee Volunteers". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Ostendorf, Greg. "Tennessee starts 2016 right, blows out Northwestern in the Outback Bowl". ESPN. Retrieved January 9, 2016.