Top 10 worst UT losses in Modern era

#28
#28
2001 LSU by far the worst.

It was like Fear & Loathing quote about the wave getting so high and then pulling back.
Beginning of the downfall.

Entered knoxville with the great 1998 season and left on that note.
The 2000 loss to FL was one of the most visibly upset / obnoxious crowds i have seen in neyland.
 
#29
#29
codyg10 said:
What about this year against Bama
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i cant throw this years loss in there. sure it would have been a huge win. but people are still sayin g thats what showed Tennessee has turned the corner. No the wins and getting back to 500 but rather standind toe to toe with the best team in the land. so we got mileage out of that loss. nothing good resulted out of the other losses mentioned
 
#30
#30
that return was crap. he was way down. terrible miss call.
 
#31
#31
and both 06 LSU/UF games. We were so close to those wins. We pull those squeakers out and we get to play in the NC title game. Screwed by the refs twice to not make a title run
 
#32
#32
2001 vs Georgia has to be up there. Losing to Vandy in '05 was tough. I think those 2 Peach Bowls we played in were awful.
 
#33
#33
1. 2001 LSU - SEC Championship Game
2. 1999 FL - Why couldn't we stop Alex Brown?
3. 1993 AL - (tie) Garner's run should have won the game. Heartbreaking at the time.
4. 2001 FL - Gaffney's drop
5. Peach Bowl I
6. Peach Bowl II
7. Penn State I
8. Penn State II
9. Penn State III - You rank 'em how you want.
10. 1996 Memphis
11. 2009 AL - Should have run two plays (and gone end zone on 1st down)
 
#34
#34
I have two, losing to the Gators in the 69 Gator bowl 14-13 and then getting killed by Nebraska in the Orange bowl 42-17. I was almost ashamed to wear the orange after that one.
 
#35
#35
I suffered alot of post dramatic stress from the following games

2009 vs UCLA, Auburn, Alabama
2008 vs every game except Vandy and Kentuck
2007 vs Cal, Florida, Bammer, but here is one of the worst losses- 2007 SECCG It rivals the 2001 SECCG collapse for me. LSU had no business winning that game. I know they where Nat'l champs but they were ripe for the pickin and we let em off the hook.

Worst losses
2001 SECCG
2008 Wyoming: made us look horrible
2008 UCLA: same
2007: LSU: for reasons i already mentioned
2006 the florida game was bad and I felt like a had been kicked in the gonads by a mule for a week but we looked good so I am not gonna rule this a "worst loss of alltime"
2005 had alot of bad losses alot of people would say Vandy or Bama was the worst loss of that year but not me, I say the Georgia game in 05 was one our worst losses ever.
The loss to Memphis is a top 10 loss.
The Hobnailed boot game
Both Nebraska bowl game losses
the bludgeonings' by K-State, Clemson and Maryland also deserve merit on this list.
 
#36
#36
I don't think we were robbed. It did not look like he had caught the ball BUT they had just marched 95 yards down the field in less than 2 minutes and had the ball I believe 1st and goal on about the 3 yard line. Even if they had said no catch there is absolutely no doubt Florida would have scored a TD.

vtvol98 said:
The most stinging one for me was the 27-23 loss to UF in 2000 when they credited Jabar Gaffney with a TD catch that was clearly, in my heart, a dropped incomplete pass. We wuz robbed!
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#37
#37
No list is complete without including North Texas State in 1975, and Rutgers in 1979.
 
#38
#38
For me it was the two SEC championship losses to LSU. Completely heart breaking and we should've won both of them!
 
#39
#39
PowerT83 said:
I suffered alot of post dramatic stress from the following games

2009 vs UCLA, Auburn, Alabama
2008 vs every game except Vandy and Kentuck
2007 vs Cal, Florida, Bammer, but here is one of the worst losses- 2007 SECCG It rivals the 2001 SECCG collapse for me. LSU had no business winning that game. I know they where Nat'l champs but they were ripe for the pickin and we let em off the hook.

Worst losses
2001 SECCG
2008 Wyoming: made us look horrible
2008 UCLA: same
2007: LSU: for reasons i already mentioned
2006 the florida game was bad and I felt like a had been kicked in the gonads by a mule for a week but we looked good so I am not gonna rule this a "worst loss of alltime"
2005 had alot of bad losses alot of people would say Vandy or Bama was the worst loss of that year but not me, I say the Georgia game in 05 was one our worst losses ever.
The loss to Memphis is a top 10 loss.
The Hobnailed boot game
Both Nebraska bowl game losses
the bludgeonings' by K-State, Clemson and Maryland also deserve merit on this list.
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I agree with all of this!!

I would also add the 'Bama game (forgot the year) where we allowed them to come back and tie us. Eventhough it was a tie, it felt like a loss!

I would also add the Cotton Bowl loss to Kansas St, and the Chick Fil-A Bowl losses to Clemson and Maryland. The Outback Bowl loss to Penn State sucked as well!
 
#40
#40
The loss to Bama this year is definately a Top 5 for me. Wow, I had mentally archived a lot of the losses you guys are bribgib up.
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#41
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showdogvol said:
The loss to Bama this year is definately a Top 5 for me. Wow, I had mentally archived a lot of the losses you guys are bribgib up.
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I agree the loss to bama this year is going in my top 5. I dont think it hurts as bad because we were not suppose to have a chance against them. The SECCG against LSU is probably my worst.
 
#42
#42
I am shocked that nobody has the 2004 Auburn SEC Championship game. And that the top 10 did not have the 2007 LSU SEC Championship game.
 
#43
#43
I know that everyone gets upset but this list makes me wonder why Fulmer lasted as long as he did. Many of these losses are inexcusable and all but 1990 bammer were under Fulmers watch. Take away 1998 and Fulmer would have been fired after 2005 at the latest.
 
#44
#44
The 92 Arkansas game is one that I would rather forget. I think we were ranked #4 at the time and afterwards the season just fell apart
 
#46
#46
gasguy98 said:
I know that everyone gets upset but this list makes me wonder why Fulmer lasted as long as he did. Many of these losses are inexcusable and all but 1990 bammer were under Fulmers watch. Take away 1998 and Fulmer would have been fired after 2005 at the latest.
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92 USCjr loss was under Major's watch
 
#47
#47
bournehall said:
I don't think we were robbed. It did not look like he had caught the ball BUT they had just marched 95 yards down the field in less than 2 minutes and had the ball I believe 1st and goal on about the 3 yard line. Even if they had said no catch there is absolutely no doubt Florida would have scored a TD.
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We were definitely robbed on that play, as that was clearly not a catch.

However I do agree that UT likley would have lost anyway. The non catch is what people focus on and over the years a lot of people seem to believe that was 4th down or the last play of the game. We should have had a chance to find out but like you said, Florida had just marched it down the field in less than 2 minutes. What people seem to forget about that game is all UT had to do was convert a 3rd and 1 on their last drive and they could have run out the clock, and they couldn't do it. That and they settled for way too many FGs that day.

Memphis yes technically we were robbed but come on....Memphis was HORRIBLE. They shouldn't have even been in the game.
 
#48
#48
I haven't attended a lot of games but I was at the '99 Arkansas game (it was a long drive home) and the '00 Florida game. The Arkansas one was frustrating b/c I don't think you could grasp how undisciplined that UT team was unless you were at the game. The UT safety (Grant I think) got beat deep multiple times when he was clearly baiting Stoerner trying to get the pick. You don't win championships playing that kind of football.
 
#49
#49
the common theme on these losses is the role chavis' D played, which is often overlooked.

sure the runner was down in the memphis state game, but if chavis had not allowed a long TD drive the blown call would not have mattered.

of course gaffney's catch was really a drop, but it was on 2nd down from the 2 yard line and the Gators probably would have scored anyway, having moved the ball 88 yards into position after taking a punt at their own 10 yard line.

2001 against LSU was not stellar for our O, but we had enough points on the board at halftime to win and we only had to stop a backup QB and a backup RB.

david green would not have been poised for glory had the chavis D not allowed a quick march of 50 yards to get in scoring position.

a pedestrian arky QB had great passing days in 98 and 99 against the chavis D to make things scary, and horrible.

on the positive side i'll note that we would not have even been competitive in the 07 SECCG without a stellar D performance, but on balance this trip down memory lane just reminds me how ecstatic i am to have monte in knoxville.
 
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#50
#50
This one goes back a long way: a 14-6 loss in 1958 to the University of Chattanooga (now known as UTC). It was the ultimate shocker, considering that 2 yrs earlier the Vols, led by Johnny Majors, had an undefeated season.
In hindsight, however, I had to feel good for A. C. "Scrappy" Moore, who coached Chattanooga for 33 years. Back in the 1930s, Scrappy's teams played 6 games against UT under General Neyland before they even scored a touchdown. They were the creampuff team that Neyland always scheduled as a warm-up for Alabama. Scrappy was 0-17 against UT going into the 1958 game. He coached until 1967, but never again came close to beating the Vols. But at least he could say he beat them once.
 
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