The 2019 season's largest margin: Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Winning Chapter
Tennessee's 2019 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jarrett GuarantanoQB2,158 passing yards
- Brian MaurerQB541 passing yards
- Ty ChandlerRB655 rushing yards
- Eric GrayRB539 rushing yards
- Tim JordanRB427 rushing yards
- Jauan JenningsWR969 receiving yards
- Marquez CallawayWR635 receiving yards
- Josh PalmerWR457 receiving yards
- Daniel BituliLB86 tackles
- Henry To'o To'oLB72 tackles
- Nigel WarriorDB70 tackles
- Darrell TaylorLB8.5 sacks
- Shawn ShamburgerDB3 sacks
- Matthew ButlerDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Tennessee 3, Florida 34. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Tennessee beat Indiana 23-22 in the postseason.
"Rocky Top plays. It is not a cute song — it is a contract."
2019 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.