Tennessee·SEC

2014 — The 2014 Season

Tennessee's 2014 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the TaxSlayer Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +4.8 last-week
Era The Wilderness
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Utah Sta 38-7 W vs Arka Sta 34-19 L @ Okla 10-34 L @ Georgia 32-35 L vs Florida 9-10 W vs Chatta 45-10 L @ Ole Miss 3-34 L vs Alabama 20-34 W @ S Caro 45-42 W vs Kentucky 50-16 L vs Missouri 21-29 W @ Vander 24-17 W vs Iowa 45-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 10. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Tennessee 3, Ole Miss 34. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Tennessee beat Iowa 45-28 in the postseason.

"Rocky Top plays. It is not a cute song — it is a contract."
— Tennessee fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Tennessee — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.