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1097:M. B. Banks
1091:(1916–1920)
1083:(1911–1915)
1067:(1907–1909)
1059:(1905–1906)
1043:(1902–1903)
1027:(1899–1900)
951:January 16,
925:January 16,
898:January 16,
713:. USA Today
381:(1970–1976)
270:Bear Bryant
114:(assistant)
89:Position(s)
22:Bill Battle
1677:Categories
1625:Head coach
1485:Greg Byrne
1400:Hank Crisp
1376:Hank Crisp
1320:Guy Lowman
1233:Brady Hoke
1217:Jim Chaney
666:References
616:Tennessee:
351:Conference
53:1941-12-08
1548:Mal Moore
1469:Mal Moore
1073:Lex Stone
872:March 20,
846:March 20,
820:March 19,
794:March 19,
768:March 20,
742:March 20,
717:March 20,
711:Vols Wire
690:March 20,
594:Tennessee
567:Tennessee
532:Tennessee
498:Tennessee
463:Tennessee
428:Tennessee
393:Tennessee
354:Standing
329:in 1962.
319:Methodist
242:Mal Moore
155:2013–2017
134:Tennessee
130:1970–1976
123:Tennessee
119:1966–1969
108:1964–1965
75:1960–1962
35:Volunteer
1487:(2017– )
1463:# (1999)
1251:(2021– )
1235:# (2017)
1219:# (2012)
921:. AL.com
360:Coaches
348:Overall
226:football
201:National
654:AP Poll
635:59–22–2
623:22–18–1
620:59–22–2
549:Liberty
445:Liberty
232:of the
177:59–22–2
174:Overall
159:Alabama
79:Alabama
1338:(1915)
1203:(2009)
1163:(1963)
1115:(1935)
1075:(1910)
1051:(1904)
1035:(1901)
685:AL.com
631:Total:
248:Career
125:(ends)
65:, U.S.
542:T–7th
539:2–3–1
536:7–3–2
515:Gator
438:T–4th
410:Sugar
345:Team
342:Year
182:Bowls
953:2017
927:2017
900:2017
874:2024
848:2024
822:2024
796:2024
770:2024
744:2024
719:2024
692:2024
589:1976
562:1975
527:1974
493:1973
467:10–2
458:1972
432:10–2
423:1971
397:11–1
388:1970
205:1961
112:Army
47:Born
1576:84
1570:73
1564:54
1558:20
1552:12
1546:10
604:8th
601:2–4
598:6–5
577:5th
574:3–3
571:7–5
556:20
521:19
508:4th
505:3–3
502:8–4
473:4th
470:4–2
435:4–2
403:2nd
400:4–1
363:AP
185:4–1
93:End
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