2007 Tennessee Volunteers Football Team

Tennessee entered the 2007 season with high expectations following a 9-4 season in 2006 that included narrow losses to LSU and eventual National Champion Florida. The Vols returned 11 starters (the 2nd fewest in the SEC), but among those was senior quarterback Erik Ainge. They compiled a regular season record of 9-3, and won the SEC Eastern Division, and fell in a hard fought SEC Championship Game to LSU. Tennessee then went on to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers in the Outback Bowl. The 2007 season was the last at Tennessee for four assistants on the staff. Offensive Coordinator David Cutcliffe left after accepting the head coaching position at Duke University, taking assistants Matt Luke and Kurt Roper with him, while Wide Receivers coach Trooper Taylor accepted a co-Offensive Coordinator's position at Oklahoma State University.
==Schedule==
Date 	Time 	Opponent 	UT Rank#	Site 	TV 	Result
September 1, 2007 	8:00 PM 	@ #12 California 	#15 	Memorial Stadium · Berkeley, CA 	ABC 	L 31-45
September 8, 2007 	7:00 PM 	Southern Miss 	#24 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	Videoseat PPV 	W 39-19
September 15, 2007	3:30 PM 	@ #3 Florida 	#22 	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium · Gainesville, FL	CBS 	L 20-59
September 22, 2007	7:00 PM 	Arkansas St. 	NR 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	Videoseat PPV 	W 48-27
October 6, 2007 	3:30 PM 	#12 Georgia 	NR 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	CBS 	W 35-14
October 13, 2007 	1:00 PM 	@ Mississippi St. 	#25 	Davis-Wade Stadium · Starkville, MS 	Videoseat PPV 	W 33-21
October 20, 2007 	12:30 PM	@ Alabama 	#20 	Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL 	Lincoln Financial	L 17-41
October 27, 2007 	8:00 PM 	#15 South Carolina 	NR 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	ESPN2 	W 27-24 (OT)
November 3, 2007 	4:00 PM 	Louisiana-Lafayette 	#24 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	Videoseat PPV 	W 59-7
November 10, 2007 	12:30 PM	Arkansas 	#22 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	Lincon Financial 	W 34-13
November 17, 2007 	1:00 PM 	Vanderbilt 	#19 	Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN 	Videoseat PPV 	W 25-24
November 24, 2007 	3:30 PM 	@ Kentucky 	#19 	Commonwealth Stadium · Lexington, KY 	CBS 	W 52-50 (4OT)
December 1, 2007 	4:00 PM 	#5 LSU SEC Championship Game	#14 	Georgia Dome · Atlanta, GA 	CBS 	L 14-21
January 1, 2008 	11:00 AM	#18 Wisconsin Outback Bowl 	#16 	Raymond James Stadium · Tampa, FL 	ESPN 	W 21-17
==Personnel==
===Starting Lineup===
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Lucas Taylor		
*Players listed were starters for the majority of the games during the season.
===Roster===