The 2021 season's largest margin: Tennessee 56, Tennessee Tech 0. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The 2021 Season
Tennessee's 2021 season (7-5) 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
- Hendon HookerQB2,945 passing yards
- Joe Milton IIIQB375 passing yards
- Jabari SmallRB792 rushing yards
- Tiyon EvansRB525 rushing yards
- Jaylen WrightRB409 rushing yards
- Cedric TillmanWR1,081 receiving yards
- JaVonta PaytonWR413 receiving yards
- Jalin HyattWR226 receiving yards
- Jeremy BanksLB128 tackles
- Aaron BeasleyLB84 tackles
- Trevon FlowersDB82 tackles
- Byron YoungDL5.5 sacks
- Matthew ButlerDL5 sacks
- Tyler BaronDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Tennessee 24, Alabama 52. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Tennessee fell to Purdue 45-48 in the postseason.
"Rocky Top plays. It is not a cute song — it is a contract."
2021 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.