2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head football coach Phillip Fulmer in his 16th and final season as head coach. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The 2008 campaign followed a 10–4 2007 season, which saw the Vols win the Eastern Division of the conference and the Outback Bowl. This season marked the ten year anniversary of Tennessee's 1998 BCS National Championship. On November 3, Fulmer announced that, after winning some 150 games over his career, he would step down from coaching his alma mater at the end of the season.

2008 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record5–7 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
  • Phillip Fulmer (16th season)
Offensive coordinatorDave Clawson (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis (14th as DC; 21st overall season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,037)
2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#  7 1   13 1  
No. 13 Georgia  6 2   10 3  
Vanderbilt  4 4   7 6  
South Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Tennessee  3 5   5 7  
Kentucky  2 6   7 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%  8 0   12 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss  5 3   9 4  
LSU  3 5   8 5  
Arkansas  2 6   5 7  
Auburn  2 6   5 7  
Mississippi State  2 6   4 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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