Record: 11-1, .917 W-L% (5th of 123) ▪ Rank: 4th in Final AP Poll
Conference: SEC
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Battle (11-1)
PS/G: 30.8 (13th of 123) ▪ PA/G: 9.7 (5th of 123)
SRS: 24.70 (4th of 123) ▪ SOS: 8.11 (35th of 123)
Bowl Game: Won Sugar Bowl 34-13 versus Air Force
| Pre | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | 12/7 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 19, 1970 | Sat | Tennessee | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 26, 1970 | Sat | (17) Tennessee | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 23 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | Birmingham, AL |
| 3 | Oct 3, 1970 | Sat | Tennessee | Army | Ind | W | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Oct 10, 1970 | Sat | (20) Tennessee | @ | (13) Georgia Tech | Ind | W | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Oct 17, 1970 | Sat | (14) Tennessee | Alabama | SEC | W | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Oct 24, 1970 | Sat | (11) Tennessee | Florida | SEC | W | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Oct 31, 1970 | Sat | (9) Tennessee | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 41 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 5 | Memphis, TN | |
| 8 | Nov 7, 1970 | Sat | (8) Tennessee | @ | South Carolina | ACC | W | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 9 | Nov 21, 1970 | Sat | (8) Tennessee | Kentucky | SEC | W | 45 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 10 | Nov 28, 1970 | Sat | (7) Tennessee | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 24 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | W 8 | |
| 11 | Dec 5, 1970 | Sat | (5) Tennessee | UCLA | Pac-8 | W | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 12 | Jan 1, 1971 | Fri | (4) Tennessee | N | (11) Air Force | Ind | W | 34 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | W 10 | Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA) |