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 |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |