The 2017 season's largest margin: Tennessee 42, Indiana State 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Tennessee. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jarrett GuarantanoQB997 passing yards
- Quinten DormadyQB925 passing yards
- John KellyRB778 rushing yards
- Ty ChandlerRB305 rushing yards
- Carlin Fils-aimeRB215 rushing yards
- Brandon Edward JohnsonWR482 receiving yards
- Marquez CallawayWR406 receiving yards
- Ethan WolfTE246 receiving yards
- Daniel BituliLB90 tackles
- Micah AbernathyDB81 tackles
- Quart'e SappLB78 tackles
- Colton JumperLB4.5 sacks
- Darrell TaylorLB3 sacks
- Jonathan KongboLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Tennessee 0, Georgia 41. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Rocky Top plays. It is not a cute song — it is a contract."
2017 sits in Tennessee's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.