The Official Countdown To Tennessee Football 2025 (37 Days) (Sat. Aug 30 Syracuse)

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64 Days!
#64 Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds was a decorated linebacker for the Vols from 1966-69.

Reynolds earned the nickname "Hacksaw" following Tennessee's 38-0 loss to Ole Miss in Jackson, Mississippi in 1969. He allegedly returned to Knoxville and began dismantling an old car with a hacksaw out of frustration.

Losses during the years that Reynolds played for the Vols were rare. Tennessee won the SEC in 1967 and 1969, and Reynolds played alongside Steve Kiner to form one of the most dominant linebacking corps in program history.

Reynolds earned All-SEC and All-America honors as a senior in 1969.

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UT majorettes on the field before the UT/Chattanooga game, September, 1964. Pictured are (from left): head majorette Judy Barton, Mary Nicholon, Elaine White, Valerie Foster, Melinda Hewgley, Patti Stuart, Brenda Flowers, Deede Wiggins, Betty Carlson, Betty Sue Little and Judy Phillilps.

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The year was 1964. This was Doug Dickey’s first full recruiting class and set the stage for a 34-9-1 record while the 1965 recruits were on the squad.


Tennessee signed 40 players, with some soon-to-be big names set to make their imprint on Vol football. The advent of freshman eligibility wasn’t a factor until 1972, so the Vol rookies played four freshman contests, defeating Virginia Tech, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt, and losing to Alabama.

The 40-member class included three All-American selections (wide receiver/running back Richmond Flowers, defensive back Jimmy Weatherford, and offensive guard Charley Rosenfelder) and six All-SEC selections (tight end Ken DeLong twice, fullback Richard Pickens, Rosenfelder twice, defensive tackle Frank Yanossy, and Weatherford).
 
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63 Days!

On August 31, 1996, in the newly expanded Neyland Stadium, Tennessee dominated UNLV with a resounding 62-3 victory. Peyton Manning set the tone early, connecting with Joey Kent for a 63-yard touchdown on the Volunteers’ second possession, and the rout was on from there.

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I’m not changing my offense for anyone’

By Tom Mattingly

The single-wing offense, a staple of Tennessee football since the ascension of Bob Neyland as head coach in 1926, took its last breath on Nov. 30, 1963, as the Vols took a 14-0 decision over Vanderbilt. It was a cold, wet Saturday on Shields-Watkins Field, the final contest of a 5-5 season.

Mallon Faircloth, a senior from Cordele, Ga., earned the plaudits of history as the last single-wing tailback, running for 179 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown run. Sophomore fullback Stan Mitchell got the other score after a fumble recovery by sophomore linebacker Frank Emanuel. It was also the final game as head coach for Jim McDonald, hired in June after Bowden Wyatt was let go.

No one billed the game as “Tribute to the Single-Wing Day,” but events leading up to and during that weekend made it clear the times were definitely changing football-wise on the Hill.

History was in one of its cycles of change, as News Sentinel Sports Editor Tom Siler wrote in 1970 describing the 1963 college football landscape.

“The high school boy, by 1964 infected with the virus of pro football, saw stardom ahead,” wrote Siler. “He was playing the ‘T’ in high school, wanted to play the ‘T’ in college, and further prepare himself for the golden years in pro football.”

Tennessee “was defeated before it got started in recruiting until Doug Dickey came along,” Siler wrote.

The poster boys for the switch to the “T” from the single wing were both Tennesseans, quarterbacks Steve Spurrier of Johnson City and Steve Sloan of Cleveland. Spurrier ended up at Florida, Sloan at Alabama.

In his book on head basketball coach Ray Mears, Ron Bliss writes that Ray was involved in a momentous plan that could have changed the course of Tennessee athletic history.

Mears wanted to have Spurrier to play football and basketball and asked him “what it would take for him to sign with Tennessee in football,” knowing that he was too good a football player to come to Knoxville for hoops only.

“Steve told me he didn’t like Wyatt’s wingback offense, and he’d have to change to more of a passing offense before he’d consider coming,” Mears said. “So, I went back, told Bowden and he said, “I’m not changing my offense for anyone.”

By Tom Mattingly

Here’s the question for today. What former Vol quarterback played linebacker in a 1963 freshman game at Kentucky (the Vol rookies lost 70-0), redshirted a year later, and then became a Vol quarterback ?



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UT "High Steppers" for the 1963/64 season included from left: Mary Nicholon, Brenda Murrell, Valerie Foster, Judy Barton, Melinda Hewgley, Patti Stuart, Brenda Flowers, Marcia Austin, Bette Carlson, Betty Sue Little and DeAnna Smith.
 
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NO SIR EEE said:
64 Days!
#64 Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds was a decorated linebacker for the Vols from 1966-69.

Reynolds earned the nickname "Hacksaw" following Tennessee's 38-0 loss to Ole Miss in Jackson, Mississippi in 1969. He allegedly returned to Knoxville and began dismantling an old car with a hacksaw out of frustration.

Losses during the years that Reynolds played for the Vols were rare. Tennessee won the SEC in 1967 and 1969, and Reynolds played alongside Steve Kiner to form one of the most dominant linebacking corps in program history.

Reynolds earned All-SEC and All-America honors as a senior in 1969.

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I read in an interview, Hacksaw cut the body off the car with the intention of using it as a (boat?) trailer. When he returned to the scene it was gone.
 
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62 Days!
In the 2016 comeback win at Georgia, Alvin Kamara scored on a 16-yard touchdown catch and totaled 138 all-purpose yards. He tied his career high with 16 carries for 62 yards, caught three passes for 26 yards and a touchdown and returned three punts for 50 yards with a long of 20.

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Some claim it was a Porsche, but I have a cousin (well my Dads cousin...not sure what makes him to me) that was at UT at the time and says it was a Chevy Bel-Aire...early 50s he thinks before the "tri 5s"...so maybe 52 or 53 ???
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Triva question of the day what was the year and make/model of the car that Reynolds' cut up.
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IndianaVol said:
Some claim it was a Porsche, but I have a cousin (well my Dads cousin...not sure what makes him to me) that was at UT at the time and says it was a Chevy Bel-Aire...early 50s he thinks before the "tri 5s"...so maybe 52 or 53 ???
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53 Chevy Bel-Air is correct.


www.profootballhistory.com

The Life And Career of Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds (Story)

Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds was one of the most colorful characters in NFL history. He was also talented enough to play in 3 Super Bowls. This is his story.
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What happened after the loss would become the stuff of a college football legend.

“I went to Kmart and bought the cheapest hacksaw they had, along with 13 replacement blades,” Reynolds told the LA Times. “I cut through the entire frame and driveshaft, all the way through the car … It took me eight total hours. I broke all 13 blades. When I finished, I got one guy from the dorm, Ray Nettles, to witness it. The next day, we took the rest of our friends from the dorm up the hill to see it, and when we got there, both halves of the car were gone, with just the 13 broken blades lying on the ground. To this day, I don’t know what happened to that car.”
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60 Days!
Faud Reveiz has the longest field goal in school history, of 60 yards in 1982 against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and he has the most made field goals in a season with 27 in 1982.

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Tennessee lost that game to Georgia Tech. Also lost the opener to Duke and dropped the game against Vanderbilt in Nashville. Yet they somehow beat #2 ranked Alabama in a thriller.
 
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59 Days!

November 7th, 1959
LSU’s Billy Cannon lunged towards the goal line.

Just after LSU pulled within one of Tennessee with a fourth quarter touchdown, the Tigers put the ball in the hands of their best player as they went for lead.

Those hands would hoist a Heisman Trophy in a little more than a month, but on this day, the heroics that eventually earned Cannon college football’s most coveted individual award would take a backseat to the heroics of Bill Majors, Charley Severance and Wayne Grubb.

The four clashed at the goal line on the north end of Shields-Watkins Field, Cannon trying desperately to drive his 210-pound frame into the orange-clad trio. He lost, and so did No. 1 LSU.

“The stop”, as it became known in Vols football lore all but decided one of the biggest victories in program history: a 14-13 decision that knocked the Tigers from the ranks of the unbeaten and dashed their hopes of a repeat national championship.

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57 Days!
Desean Bishop continued his strong start to the 2024 season with a dominant performance against Kent State on September 14, rushing for a game and career-high 120 yards and two touchdowns on just seven carries. He averaged an impressive 17.1 yards per attempt, highlighted by back-to-back touchdown runs of 53 and 57 yards in the first half.

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