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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS 2002 FOOTBALL TENNESSEE (4-2, 1-2 SEC) GAME 7 2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Site Time/Result No. 19 Alabama Crimson Tide (5-2) Aug. 31 Wyoming (ESPN2) Nashville 47-7 W vs. No. 15/16 Tennessee Volunteers (4-2) Sept. 7 Middle Tennessee Knoxville 26-3 W Sept. 21 Florida (10/10) (CBS) Knoxville 13-30 L GAMEDAY INFORMATION Sept. 28 Rutgers Knoxville 35-14 W MATCHUP --- Alabama (5-2, 2-1 SEC) vs. Tennessee (4-2, 1-2 SEC) Oct. 5 Arkansas (ESPN) Knoxville 41-38 6OT W RANKINGS --- Tennessee is ranked No. 15 by ESPN/USA Today and No. 16 by the AP. Alabama is Oct. 12 Georgia (6/6) (CBS) Athens 13-18 L ranked No. 19 by the AP. Oct. 26 Alabama (19/nr) (ESPN) Knoxville 7:45 p.m. ET Nov. 2 South Carolina Columbia TBA KICKOFF --- 7:45 p.m. EDT, Oct. 26, 2002 SITE (CAPACITY) --- Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. (104,079 capacity) Nov. 9 Miami (Fla.) (HC) Knoxville TBA Nov. 16 Mississippi State Starkville TBA RADIO INFORMATION --- The game will be broadcast by the 85-plus station Vol Radio Network. For Nov. 23 Vanderbilt Nashville TBA a complete list of stations, go to: www.utsports.com. Calling the game on the Vol Radio Network are Bob Nov. 30 Kentucky Knoxville TBA Kesling (play-by-play), Tim Priest (commentary) and Jeff Francis (sideline reports). Calling the game on Dec. 7 SEC Championship Atlanta 6 p.m. ET the Crimson Tide Sports Network are Eli Gold (play-by-play), Ken Stabler (commentary) and Tom Roberts (sideline reports). Calling the game nationally on Sports USA Radio are Larry Kahn (play-by-play), Stan ALABAMA (5-2, 2-1 SEC) Brock (commentary) and Troy West (sideline reports). 2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TV INFORMATION --- The game will be televised live nationally by ESPN. Calling the game for ESPN Date Opponent Site Result are Ron Franklin (play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (commentary) and Adrian Karsten (sideline reports). It will Aug. 31 Middle Tennessee Birmingham 39-34 W also be shown on a tape delay basis by CSS. Calling the game for CSS are Bob Bell (play-by-play) and Sept. 7 Oklahoma Norman 27-37 L Terence Cleveland (commentary). Sept. 14 North Texas Tuscaloosa 33-7 W ALABAMA-TENNESSEE SERIES --- Tennessee and Alabama are meeting for the 85th time with Sept. 21 Southern Miss Tuscaloosa 20-7 W the Crimson Tide holding an 42-35-7 series lead. It is the third longest rivalry for the Vols behind Kentucky Sept. 28 Arkansas Fayetteville 30-12 W (97 meetings) and Vanderbilt (95). The Volunteers have won seven straight in the series, the longest win- Oct. 5 Georgia Tuscaloosa 25-27 L ning streak over the Tide by any opponent. Tennessee has won by an average of 14.7 points during the Oct. 19 Mississippi Tuscaloosa 42-7 W current seven-game win streak as six of the last seven meetings have been decided by 10 or more points. Oct. 26 Tennessee Knoxville The teams have met on a yearly basis since 1928 with the exception of the war year in 1943. The series Nov. 2 Vanderbilt Nashville is tight in Knoxville with Alabama holding a slim 19-18-1 edge. UT has won three straight in Knoxville, Nov. 9 Mississippi State Tuscaloosa matching the longest winning streak at home in the series since 1956-60. The Vols’ only four-game home Nov. 16 LSU Baton Rouge winning streak in the series came from 1946-52. Nov. 23 Auburn Tuscaloosa This is the 35th time in the last 36 years where at least one team has been ranked. The last time neither Nov. 30 Hawaii Honolulu was ranked was in 2000. Head coach Phillip Fulmer is 8-1 against Alabama. UT and Alabama have played three common opponents this season, each going 2-1. They both defeat- THE COACHES ed Middle Tennessee and Arkansas while losing to Georgia. Tennessee - Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee 1972) Overall Record: 99-22 (.818 / 11th year) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS AT A GLANCE At Tennessee: 99-22 (.818 / 11th year) The Tennessee Volunteers are coming off a well needed open week in which they got to heal up for the sec- Versus Alabama: 8-1 ond half run. UT went 4-2 during the first half of the season, going 3-1 at home, 1-0 at a neutral site and 0-1 on the road. The second half of the season’s slate offers three home games (Alabama, Miami, Kentucky) and Alabama - Dennis Franchione (Pittsburg State 1973) three road games (South Carolina, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt). The future opposition boasts a combined Overall Record: 150-72-2 (.674 / 20th year) record of 25-17, while the first six opponents posted a 19-23 overall mark. At Alabama: 12-7 (.632 / 2nd year) The Vols are 69-34-9 (.656) all-time following an open date and 33-20-2 (.618) in Southeastern Conference Versus Tennessee: 0-1 action. UT fell to Florida following its first open date of the season in September. Tennessee is 5-5 all-time against Alabama following on open date. The Vols have faced Alabama following an open date each of the last four years and have won the last five UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WINNINGEST DIV. I PROGRAMS meetings with Tide after an open date. SPORTS INFORMATION (Since 1997) Phone: (865) 974-1212 Head coach Phillip Fulmer has guided his teams to a 17-5 mark Team W-L Pct Fax: (865) 974-1269 following open dates, including a 16-5 records in league tilts. 1. Florida State 58-11 .841 Over the last five years, Tennessee ranks as the fourth-winningest 2. Nebraska 60-12 .833 P.O. Box 15016, Knoxville, TN 37901 3. Marshall 59-12 .831 1720 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996 program in the nation and winningest program in the Southeastern 4. Tennessee 56-13 .812 Contacts: Conference with a 56-13 mark. Since 1995, the Vols are third in total 5. Michigan 55-13 .809 Associate AD/SID: Bud Ford ([email protected]) victories at 77. They trail only Nebraska's 83 and Florida State's 79. Football SID: John Painter ([email protected]) FULMER GOES FOR 100 CAREER VICTORIES www.phillipfulmer.com Head coach Phillip Fulmer needs just one more victory to reach the 100-victory mark in his career. He www.utsports.com has 99 wins in 121 games and could tie Joe Paterno, Barry Switzer and Henry Williams as the eighth- fastest to reach 100 victories in 122 games with a win over Alabama. (cont. on page 2) 2002 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL NOTES 2 HEAD COACH PHILLIP FULMER Fulmer has a chance to become the fourth-fastest to reach 100 wins in terms of longevity. He could reach In his 11th season at the helm of the University of the mark in his 11th season and seventh game, trailing only Oklahoma’s Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkinson, Tennessee football program is Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee Chicago’s Amos Alonzo Stagg and Nebraska’s Tom Osborne. 1972). He has recorded a 99-22 (.818) career record to Fulmer is the only active coach with a minimum of 10 years as a head coach who ranks in top 10 all-time win- rank second nationally among active head coaches. ning percentage list among Division I-A coaches. His .818 winning percentage is 10th. He is one of only 12 Fulmer reached 50 and 75 victories quicker than any other coach in SEC history. He is tied with Auburn’s Pat Dye as Division I-A coaches with an .800 winning percentage under that standard. the 14th winningest coach in league history with his 99 Fulmer is currently tied with former Auburn head coach Pat Dye (1981-92) for 14th on the SEC all-time coach- career wins. ing victories list. With one more win, he will become the 14th coach in league history to reach 100 wins. Prior to being named interim head coach at the start of FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 100 WINS the 1992 season and then accepting the full time duties Gil Dobie (NDSU/UW/Navy/Cornell/BC) 108 (100-5-3) FASTEST COACHES TO REACH 100 WINS after the season, Fulmer had served as an assistant coach George Woodruff (Penn/Ill/Carlisle) 109 (100-9-0) Coach Year Game at UT since 1980. Fulmer’s association with the University Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma) 111 (100-8-3) Barry Switzer (Oklahoma) 11th 3rd of Tennessee extends back to his playing days when he Fielding Yost (OW/NU/KU/SU/UM) 114 (100-10-4) was an offensive guard. When Fulmer was on the offensive Tom Osborne (Nebraska) 11th 4th Knute Rocke (Notre Dame) 117 (100-12-5) line (1969-71) the Vols posted a 30-5 record and captured Amos Alonzo Stagg (Springfield/Chicago) 11th 6th the 1969 SEC Championship. Robert Neyland (Tennessee) 120 (100-12-8) Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma) 11th 6th Frank Leahy (Notre Dame) 121 (100-13-8) R.C. Slocum (Texas A&M) 11th 8th www.phillipfulmer.com Joe Paterno (Penn State) 122 (100-21-1) Joe Paterno (Penn State) 11th 9th Barry Switzer (Oklahoma) 122 (100-18-4) Steve Spurrier (Florida) 11th 9th WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES Henry Williams (Army/Minnesota) 122 (100-13-9) Phillip Fulmer 11th ?? 1. Bob Pruett, Marshall 74-12 (.860) Phillip Fulmer 121 (99-22) 2. PHILLIP FULMER, TENNESSEE 99-22 (.818) 3. Bobby Bowden, Florida State 328-93-4 (.776) 4. Lloyd Carr, Michigan 72-21 (.774) IN THE POLLS 5. Joe Paterno, Penn State 332-98-3 (.770) After the loss to Georgia, Tennessee slipped out of the top 10 for the second time this season.