2013 Tennessee Football Media Guide

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GENERAL

FLORIDA GATORS

SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS

GEORGIA bulldogs

quick facts

quick facts

quick facts

9-21 | GAINESVILLE, FLA.

Location: Gainesville, Fla. Colors: Orange and Blue Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) Conference: Southeastern (East) Head Coach: Will Muschamp (3rd season) Career Record/at UF: 18-8/Same Series: 23-19 UF At Gainesville: 11-5 UF Last Meeting: L, 20-37, 9/15/12 2012 Overall Record: 11-2 2012 Conf. Record/Finish: 7-1/ T-1st East 2012 Bowl/Final Rank: Sugar (L, 23-33, vs. Louisville.)AP-9, Coaches-10 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 41/23 Starters Ret./Lost: 10/14

media info

Media Contact: Steve McClain Phone: (352) 375-4683 Email: stevem@gators.uaa.ufl.edu Web Site: GatorZone.com

2013 Schedule Aug. 31 Sep. 7 Sep. 21 Sep. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30

Toledo at Miami (FL) Tennessee at Kentucky Arkansas at LSU at Missouri vs. Georgia (Jacksonville) Vanderbilt at South Carolina Georgia Southern Florida State

Game notes

• For the 12th consecutive season, the Gators will serve as Tennessee’s first SEC contest. • Florida has won the last eight meetings, its longest winning streak against UT, to take a 23-19 series lead. The Vols last defeated the Gators, 30-28, at home in 2004 while also winning in Gainesville, 24-10, in 2003. • The last time the Vols visited Gainesville, freshman Marlin Lane recorded 124 all-purpose yards, including a receiving touchdown. • In Gainesville, Florida leads the series 12-8. • This will be Butch Jones’s first time coaching against the University of Florida. • Wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni was an assistant coach at Florida during the 2010 season. • Running Backs coach Robert Gillespie was a four-year letterwinner for the Gators (1998-01) serving as team captain as a senior.

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2013 Tennessee FOOTBALL

9-28 | KNOXVILLE

Location: Mobile, Ala. Colors: Red, White, and Blue Stadium: Ladd-Peebles Stadium (40,000) Conference: Sun Belt Head Coach: Joey Jones (5th season) Career Record/at USA: 28-22/25-15 Series: None At Knoxville: Same Last Meeting: Same 2012 Overall Record: 2-11 2012 Conf. Record/Finish: 1-7/10th 2012 Bowl/Final Rank: None Lettermen Ret./Lost: 41/14 Starters Ret./Lost: 16/8

media info

Media Contact: Brian Fremund Phone: (251) 414-8032 Email: bfremund@southalabama.edu Web Site: USAJaguars.com

2013 Schedule Aug. 29 Sep. 7 Sep. 14 Sep. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 7

Southern Utah at Tulane Western Kentucky at Tennessee at Troy Kent St. at Texas State Arkansas State at Navy Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State Louisiana-Lafayette

Game notes

• First all-time meeting between the schools. • All-time, the Vols are 8-3-0 in games played on Sep. 28th. • South Alabama enters its 5th season of football and is 0-1 all-time against the SEC, losing 30-10 at Mississippi State in 2012. • The Jaguars mark the fourth different Sun Belt opponent that UT will face in the last five years. The Vols recently hosted Western Kentucky (2009 & 2013), Middle Tennessee (2011), and Troy (2012). • USA head coach Joey Jones played collegiately at the University of Alabama. During his four years at Alabama, the Vols were 2-2 against the Crimson Tide. • Butch Jones has never coached against South Alabama.

10-5 | KNOXVILLE

Location: Athens, Ga. Colors: Red and Black Stadium: Sanford Stadium (92,746) Conference: Southeastern (East) Head Coach: Mark Richt (13th season) Career Record/at UGA: 118-40/same Series: 21-19-2 UT At Knoxville: 11-9-1 UT Last Meeting: L, 44-51, 9/29/12 2012 Overall Record: 12-2 2012 Conf. Record/Finish: 7-1/1st East 2012 Bowl/Final Rank: Capital One (W, 45-31 vs. Nebraska)/AP-5, Coaches-4 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 49/24 Starters Ret./Lost: 16/8

media info

Media Contact: Claude Felton Phone: (706) 542-1621 Email: cfelton@sports.uga.edu Web Site: GeorgiaDogs.com

2013 Schedule Aug. 31 Sep. 7 Sep. 21 Sep. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30

at Clemson South Carolina North Texas LSU at Tennessee Missouri at Vanderbilt vs. Florida (Jacksonville) Appalachian State at Auburn Kentucky at Georgia Tech

Game notes

• The Vols have won two out of the last three contests in Knoxville vs. UGA, outscoring the Bulldogs 92-53. • In 2012, Rajion Neal accounted for onethird of the Vols’ total offense against UGA. He recorded 160 of the team’s 478 total yards. • Daniel McCullers had the best game of his career, including a TFL and blocked extra point, at UGA in 2012. • The two teams sent a combined seven players to the Senior Bowl this past season. This accounts for one-third of all SEC players on the Senior Bowl roster. • Butch Jones is 0-1 all-time against UGA. Georgia defeated his Central Michigan team 56-17 in 2008.


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