Tennessee national champs 1967

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Tennessee national champs 1967​

Posted by Marvin West | Oct 2, 2025 | westwords | 3 .......... 40Cents!!

Mike Jones breaks up a pass (Scan of personal Sports Illustrated cover, 1967).........Marvin Wests' Sports Illustrated Copy 1967!! Wow..

VOLS TO HONOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES​

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Then go and lose the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma

 

[dieseldaddy]

I love the red and orange jerseys. Bring it back, please.

 

[OmahaOmaha]

Then go and lose the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma

That was the First Tennessee Football game I watched. Prime time TV, when you had 3 channels! Missed kick. Sounds eerie.

 

[#1fulmerite]

That just doesn’t feel like a NC year. Don’t think it will either.

 

[Rickyvol77]

Then go and lose the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma

Actually they made that FG to win it...refs blew it

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

That was the First Tennessee Football game I watched. Prime time TV, when you had 3 channels! Missed kick. Sounds eerie.

I was 11 years old. I cried when that kick missed. Too bad they didn’t have replay back then

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Actually they made that FG to win it...refs blew it

Are you serious?

 

[OmahaOmaha]

Are you serious?

That is what Marvin West told me. He was there, he thought the kick was good.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

That is what Marvin West told me. He was there, he thought the kick was good.

I just went and watched the final seconds and the camera cut off the kick way early. I have to say that the players didn't look like they were angry about the call.

 

[ZZ13]

I'm pretty sure the receiver in the photo is Dennis Homan. I was only 10 then but I remember that was his number (was briefly a Bama fan in my youth).

 

[rocky top buzz]

Then go and lose the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma

Bowl games didn't matter back then. It was a glorified scrimmage/reward trip.

 

[OmahaOmaha]

I just went and watched the final seconds and the camera cut off the kick way early. I have to say that the players didn't look like they were angry about the call.

Players acted totally different back then. You acted with class, win or lose. You didn't question the coaches or officials.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Bowl games didn't matter back then. It was a glorified scrimmage/reward trip.

The AP started voting after the bowls for the first time in 1965. However, even before that, if you listen to the players talk about the bowls (in like 100 years of Volunteers for instance), they definitely took it extremely seriously.

 

[NighthawkVol]

I'm pretty sure the receiver in the photo is Dennis Homan. I was only 10 then but I remember that was his number (was briefly a Bama fan in my youth).

It was Homan.

The defender is Mike Jones, from Stratford High in Nashville. There is some debate over who it actually is. Some say Jimmy Weatherford. Others say Al Dorsey. Al Dorsey told me himself that it’s Mike Jones. He even got Mike to sign my copy for me.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Players acted totally different back then. You acted with class, win or lose. You didn't question the coaches or officials.

Well I would like to believe this, but seems like it would be a bigger part of the lore if everyone thought we won that game.

 

[onthehill71]

My fresh yr. One hell of a team
I thought we had the kick

 

[LWSVOL]

It was Homan.

The defender is Mike Jones, from Stratford High in Nashville. There is some debate over who it actually is. Some say Jimmy Weatherford. Others say Al Dorsey. Al Dorsey told me himself that it’s Mike Jones. He even got Mike to sign my copy for me.

Mike is a marshall at Hermtage Golf Course now.. was a great basketball player at Stratford as well...

 

[NighthawkVol]

Mike is a marshall at Hermtage Golf Course now.. was a great basketball player at Stratford as well...

Al was kind enough to do me that favor 2 years ago, so I took him to lunch to give him the magazine to take to Mike. It was a pleasure listening to his stories. A lot of folks don’t realize he was a coach and was considered something of a guru in defending the old option offenses.

As luck would have it, he and his wife happened to sit in the seats next to our season tickets in W on Saturday, as he was there with the 67 team being honored. What are the odds? When they left, he said, “well, thanks for letting us sit next to you today,” which my wife thought was “adorable.”