# 2013 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 2013 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and competes in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was coached by Butch Jones, who was in his inaugural season with UT. Jones was hired on December 7, 2012, to replace Derek Dooley who was fired on November 18, 2012, after an embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt. On August 31, 2013, Tennessee earned its 800th victory in program history against Austin Peay and became only the eighth school in the nation to reach that plateau after Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Alabama.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Tennessee | Alma Mater |
| Butch Jones | Head coach | 1st | Ferris State (1989) |
| Mike Bajakian | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | 1st | Williams College (1996) |
| John Jancek | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers | 1st | Grand Valley State (1991) |
| Steve Stripling | Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line Coach | 1st | Colorado (1975) |
| Zach Azzanni | Wide Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator | 1st | Central Michigan (1999) |
| Mark Elder | Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator | 1st | Case Western Reserve (2000) |
| Robert Gillespie | Running Backs | 1st | Florida (2005) |
| Don Mahoney | Offensive Line | 1st | West Virginia State (1993) |
| Willie Martinez | Defensive Backs | 1st | Miami (1983) |
| Tommy Thigpen | Linebackers | 1st | North Carolina (1992) |
| Dave Lawson | Strength and Conditioning | 1st | West Virginia Tech (1992) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 pm | Austin Peay* | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN | PPV | W 45–0 | 97,169 |
| September 7 | 12:21 pm | Western Kentucky* | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN | SECTV | W 52–20 | 86,783 |
| September 14 | 3:30 pm | at No. 2 Oregon* | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | ABC | L 14–59 | 57,895 |
| September 21 | 3:30 pm | at No. 19 Florida | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL (Third Saturday in September) | CBS | L 17–31 | 90,074 |
| September 28 | 12:21 pm | South Alabama* | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN | SECTV | W 31–24 | 87,266 |
| October 5 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 Georgia | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | CBS | L 31–34 $^{OT}$ | 102,455 |
| October 19 | 12:00 pm | No. 11 South Carolina | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | ESPN | W 23–21 | 95,736 |
| October 26 | 3:30 pm | at No. 1 Alabama | Bryant–Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Third Saturday in October) | CBS | L 10–45 | 101,821 |
| November 2 | 7:00 pm | at No. 10 Missouri | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | ESPN | L 3–31 | 67,124 |
| November 9 | 12:00 pm | No. 9 Auburn | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | ESPN | L 23–55 | 102,455 |
| November 23 | 7:00 pm | Vanderbilt | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | ESPN2 | L 10–14 | 97,223 |
| November 30 | 7:00 pm | at Kentucky | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) | ESPNU | W 27–14 | 54,986 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | RV | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |

## Team players drafted into the NFL

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Ja'Wuan James | Offensive tackle | 1 | 19 | Miami Dolphins |
| Zach Fulton | Offensive guard | 6 | 193 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Daniel McCullers | Defensive tackle | 6 | 215 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
* Reference: