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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS 2002 FOOTBALL TENNESSEE (5-3, 2-3 SEC) GAME 9 2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Site Time/Result No. 1/2 Miami Hurricanes (8-0) Aug. 31 Wyoming (ESPN2) Nashville 47-7 W vs. Tennessee Volunteers (5-3) 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 --- Miami (8-0, 4-0 Big East) vs. Tennessee (5-3, 2-3 SEC) Oct. 5 Arkansas (ESPN) Knoxville 41-38 6OT W RANKINGS --- Miami is ranked No. 1 by ESPN/USA Today and No. 2 by the AP. Tennessee is not ranked. Oct. 12 Georgia (6/6) (CBS) Athens 13-18 L KICKOFF --- 3:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 9, 2002 Oct. 26 Alabama (19/nr) (ESPN) Knoxville 14-34 L SITE (CAPACITY) --- Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. (104,079 capacity) Nov. 2 South Carolina (CBS) Columbia 18-10 W RADIO INFORMATION --- The game will be broadcast by the 85-plus station Vol Radio Network. For Nov. 9 Miami (HC) (2/1) (CBS) Knoxville 3:30 p.m. ET a complete list of stations, go to: www.utsports.com. Calling the game on the Vol Radio Network are Bob Nov. 16 Mississippi State Starkville TBA Kesling (play-by-play), Tim Priest (commentary) and Jeff Francis (sideline reports). Calling the game on Nov. 23 Vanderbilt Nashville TBA the Hurricanes Radio Network are Joe Zagacki (play-by-play), Don Bailey Jr. (commentary) and Brian London (sideline reports). Calling the game En Espanol are Roly Martin (play-by-play) and Jose Martinez Nov. 30 Kentucky Knoxville TBA (commentary). Calling the game on Miami Student Radio (WUVM) is Kyle Berger. Calling the game nationally on Westwood One are John Tautges and former Miami Hurricanes coach Fran Curci. MIAMI (8-0, 4-0 Big East) TV INFORMATION --- The game will be televised live nationally by CBS. Calling the game for CBS 2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS are Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (commentary) and Jill Arrington (sideline reports). It Date Opponent Site Result will also be shown on a tape delay basis by Fox Sports Net Florida with Craig Minervini (play-by-play) Aug. 31 Florida A&M Miami 63-17 W and Dave Hefferman (commentary) calling the game. It will also be shown on a tape delay basis by CSS. Sept. 7 Florida Gainesville 41-16 W Calling the game for CSS are Bob Bell (play-by-play) and Terence Cleveland (commentary). Sept. 14 Temple Philadelphia 44-21 W MIAMI-TENNESSEE SERIES --- Tennessee and Miami are meeting for the second time with the Sept. 21 Boston College Miami 38-6 W Volunteers holding a 1-0 series lead. The Volunteers took the only meeting in the 1986 Sugar Bowl, 35- Oct. 5 Connecticut Miami 48-14 W 7. Miami took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter before Tennessee reeled off 35 unanswered points to cap a Oct. 12 Florida State Miami 28-27 W season-ending six-game win streak and a 9-1-2 campaign. The Vols forced six turnovers and recorded Oct. 26 West Virginia Morgantown 40-23 W seven quarterback sacks. This is the second meeting with a Big East Conference team this season. Tennessee defeated Rutgers, Nov. 2 Rutgers Piscataway 42-17 W 35-14, in Knoxville on Sept. 28. Miami beat Rutgers last week, 42-17. The Vols have won seven straight Nov. 9 Tennessee Knoxville games over Big East Conference teams and are 22-7 (.759) against the league all-time. Nov. 21 Pittsburgh Miami Miami is 62-80-3 (.438) all-time against the Southeastern Conference, with 51 meetings coming against Nov. 30 Syracuse Syracuse Florida (3-14 vs. Alabama; 3-0 vs. Arkansas; 4-7 vs. Auburn; 26-25 vs. Florida; 4-7-1 vs. Georgia; 3-5 vs. Kentucky; 3-8 vs. LSU; 1-2 Dec. 7 Virginia Tech Miami vs. Mississippi; 3-2 vs. Mississippi State; 8-5-2 vs. South Carolina; 0-1 vs. Tennessee; 4-4 vs. Vanderbilt). The Hurricanes’ last meeting with an SEC team came earlier this year when they defeated Florida in Gainesville, 41-16. THE COACHES Tennessee - Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee 1972) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS AT A GLANCE Overall Record: 100-23 (.813 / 11th year) The Tennessee Volunteers snapped a two-game losing skid with their 10th consecutive victory over South At Tennessee: 100-23 (.813 / 11th year) Carolina in Columbia, 18-10. Head coach Phillip Fulmer also picked up his 100th career victory with the tri- Versus South Carolina: 9-0 umph in his 123rd game which was the 11th fastest of any coach in Division I-A history. Cedric Houston posted his second 100-yard rushing effort of the season with a career-high 108 yards on 30 Miami - Larry Coker (Northeastern (Okla.) State 1973) carries. Casey Clausen accounted for both Tennessee touchdowns with a pass and a rush. The Vol defenders picked off three passes while holding the Gamecocks to 45 yards through the air on just five completions. Overall Record: 20-0 (1.000 / 2nd year) 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. At Miami: 20-0 (1.000 / 2nd year) The Vols are 1-1 to start the second half with a loss to Alabama and a win at South Carolina. Tennessee has Versus Tennessee: 0-0 home games remaining with No. 1 Miami (Nov. 9) and Kentucky (Nov. 30) sandwiched around back-to-back road tilts against Mississippi State (Nov. 16) and Vanderbilt (Nov. 23). The future opposition boasts a com- bined record of 19-15, while the first eight opponents posted a 36- WINNINGEST DIV. I PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 35 overall mark. (Since 1997) SPORTS INFORMATION The Vols are second in the nation in kickoff returns (27.8 ypr) and Team W-L Pct Phone: (865) 974-1212 fourth in net punting (39.6 ypk). Dustin Colquitt is third in the SEC 1. Florida State 59-12 .831 and seventh in the NCAA with a 43.6 yard average in punting. 2. Nebraska 61-13 .824 Fax: (865) 974-1269 3. Marshall 60-13 .822 P.O. Box 15016, Knoxville, TN 37901 Tennessee is a plus four in turnover margin in its five wins and a 4. Tennessee 57-14 .803 1720 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996 minus four in its three losses. The Vols have been on the plus side 5. Michigan 56-14 .800 Contacts: in turnovers three times (Wyoming +4, Rutgers +1, S. Carolina +1), 6. Miami 54-14 .794 while being even three times (MTSU, Florida, Georgia). 7. Kansas State 56-15 .789 Associate AD/SID: Bud Ford ([email protected]) UT is 21-16 all-time against teams from the Sunshine state. 8. Virginia Tech 53-15 .779 Football SID: John Painter ([email protected]) FULMER GETS 100TH VICTORY VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA www.phillipfulmer.com Phillip Fulmer picked up his 100th career victory with an 18-10 triumph at South Carolina 11/2. He became www.utsports.com the 11th-fastest coach to reach 100 victories in 123 games. Fulmer also tied Texas A&M’s R.C. Slocum as the fifth-fastest to reach 100 wins in terms of longevity in his 11th season and eighth game, trailing only Oklahoma’s Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkinson, Chicago’s Amos Alonzo Stagg and Nebraska’s Tom Osborne. 2002 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL NOTES 2 HEAD COACH PHILLIP FULMER Fulmer is the only active coach with a minimum of 10 FASTEST COACHES TO REACH 100 WINS In his 11th season at the helm of the University of years as a head coach who ranks in top 10 all-time win- Longevity Tennessee football program is Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee ning percentage list among Division I-A coaches. His Coach Year Game 1. Barry Switzer (Oklahoma) 11th 3rd 1972). He has recorded a 100-23 (.813) career record to .813 winning percentage is 10th. He is one of only 12 2. Tom Osborne (Nebraska) 11th 4th rank second nationally among active head coaches. Division I-A coaches with an .800 winning percentage 3t. Amos Alonzo Stagg (Springfield/Chicago) 11th 6th Fulmer reached 50 and 75 victories quicker than any other under that standard. 3t. Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma) 11th 6th coach in SEC history. He is the 14th winningest coach in Fulmer is the 14th SEC coach to reach 100 wins and 5t. Phillip Fulmer 11th 8th league history with his 100 career wins and needs four ranks 14th on the league’s all-time coaching victories list. 5t. R.C. Slocum (Texas A&M) 11th 8th wins to tie UT Athletic’s Director Doug Dickey for 13th. Prior to being named interim head coach at the start of He needs four wins to tie current Tennessee Athletics Games the 1992 season and then accepting the full time duties Director Doug Dickey (Tennessee/Florida) for 13th. Coach Games 1. Gil Dobie (NDSU/UW/Navy/Cornell/BC) 108 after the season, Fulmer had served as an assistant coach 2. George Woodruff (Penn/Ill/Carlisle) 109 at UT since 1980. Fulmer’s association with the University VOLS IN NOVEMBER 3. Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma) 111 of Tennessee extends back to his playing days when he UT is 65-3 mark in the month of November since 1985. 4. Fielding Yost (OW/NU/KU/SU/UM) 114 was an offensive guard. When Fulmer was on the offensive The Vols are 38-1 at home and 27-2 on the road, and 5.