2010 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 2010 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Derek Dooley who was in his first season as the 22nd coach in UT football history. The Vols played their home games at Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. The Vols played seven home games this season. Derek Dooley won his coaching debut with the Vols 50–0 versus Tennessee-Martin on September 4, 2010, in front of 99,123 at Neyland Stadium.

2010 Tennessee Volunteers football
Music City Bowl, L 27–30 2OT vs. North Carolina
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record6–7 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Chaney (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJustin Wilcox (1st season)
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 102,455)
2010 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 22 South Carolina x  5 3   9 5  
Florida  4 4   8 5  
Georgia  3 5   6 7  
Tennessee  3 5   6 7  
Kentucky  2 6   6 7  
Vanderbilt  1 7   2 10  
Western Division
No. 1 Auburn x$#  8 0   14 0  
No. 12 Arkansas %  6 2   10 3  
No. 8 LSU  6 2   11 2  
No. 10 Alabama  5 3   10 3  
No. 15 Mississippi State  4 4   9 4  
Ole Miss*  1 7   4 8  
Championship: Auburn 56, South Carolina 17
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

They finished the regular season 6–6, 3–5 in SEC play and were invited to the Music City Bowl where they were defeated by North Carolina 30–27.

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