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1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1979 record
  
7–5 (3–3 SEC)

Offensive coordinator
  
Joe Avezzano

Captain
  
Roland James

Head coach
  
Johnny Majors

Defensive coordinator
  
Frank Emanuel


Conference
  
Southeastern Conference

The 1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his third year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and a loss against Purdue in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.

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    1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team Wikipedia
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