Guide Note

The Tennessee Volunteers is a college football team that plays in the SEC Conference. The team has won four national championships, more recently in 1998.

Fast Facts

1. Head coach: Phillip Fulmer
2. Inaugural season: 1891
3. Joined league: 1933
4. National titles: Four (last in 1998)
5. Home: Neylan Stadium, Knoxville, TN
6. Capacity: 104,079
7. All-time: 761-318-53
8. Colors: Orange and white
9. Fight song: "Down the Field"
10. Unofficial fight song: "Rocky Top"
11. Bitter rival: Florida
12. 2007 W-L: 9-4

On November 21, 1891, the University of Tennessee played their first football game. The Volunteers earned their first win the following year, on October 15, 1892, against Maryville College.

In 1926, Robert Neyland was hired to coach the team. He continued to coach for a total of 21 seasons, missing a few years twice after being called up to serve in the U.S. military.

Neyland led the Vols to their first bowl game, which they won in 1931. In 1938, the Vols played in the Orange Bowl, which they won and went on to win the national championship the same year. These were the first championships for Tennessee.

After their starting quarterback was injured in 1994, freshman Peyton Manning was selected to start as quarterback. Manning, a future NFL star, led the team for the next four seasons.

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