The 2023 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the

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in the Eastern Division of the

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(SEC) during the

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. The Volunteers were led by

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in his third year as head coach. The Tennessee Volunteers football team drew an average home attendance of 101,915 in 2023. Tennessee was ranked 9th by

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in the

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. The team played its home games at

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. This was also expected to be the final year for the East division as the East and West divisions will be eliminated once Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC in 2024.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

vs Virginia

vs Austin Peay

at Florida (
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)

vs UTSA

vs South Carolina (
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)

vs Texas A&M

at No. 11 Alabama (
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)

at Kentucky

vs UConn

at No. 14 Missouri

vs No. 1 Georgia

vs Vanderbilt (
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)

vs No. 17 Iowa (
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)

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

Tennessee had three players selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.

References

External links

Season summary
at

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