The Tennessee Volunteers were 7-4 in 1979. They fell to the Purdue Boilermakers, 27 to 22, in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 289 | 3,985 | 773 | 5.2 | 2,388 | 563 | 4.2 | 1,597 | 210 | 7.6 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 23rd | 41st | 70th | 30th | 44th | 53rd | 36th | 49th | 79th | 23rd | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 208 | 4,206 | 5.2 | 2,609 | 600 | 4.3 | 1,597 | 210 | 7.6 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 64th | 116th | 116th | 120th | 120th | 117th | 87th | 40th | 122nd | ||||||||||
Net | +81 | -221 | +773 | 0.0 | -221 | -37 | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 33rd | 84th | 70th | 66th | 85th | 89th | 74th | 62nd | 69th | 69th |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 9 | 1 | .900 |
2 | Colorado State | 7 | 3 | .700 |
Sun Belt | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Marshall | 7 | 3 | .700 |
2 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 4 | .600 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 9 | 1 | .900 |
2 | UConn | 7 | 3 | .700 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 8 | 3 | .727 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 4 | .636 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 11 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Ohio State | 9 | 1 | .900 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Washington State | 8 | 2 | .800 |
2 | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | .400 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 3 | .700 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 3 | .700 |