Tennessee

SEC · 1982 Season · Final

Season

Struggling

Record

6–5–1

0.542 Win %

Conference

7th

3–2 in SEC

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons

122

1902–2026

All-Time Record

872–404–51

0.676 Win %

Peak Final Rank

1938, 1950, 1998

#1 Finishes

Top 5: 17 · Top 10: 34 · Top 25: 62

12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10 · 1× #1
Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 6 Top 10
Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 7 Top 10
AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1
Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10
Pioneer Era · 4 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Tennessee head-to-head · History & Eras

1982 Schedule & Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Conf	Opp. Record	Result
2	Week 2 · Sep 7	Duke (DUKE)H2H	ACC	6–5	L 24–25
3	Week 3 · Sep 14	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)H2H	IND B8	4–6–1	W 23–21
5	Week 5 · Sep 28	Auburn (AUBURN)H2H	SEC	9–3	L 14–24
6	Week 6 · Oct 5	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)H2H	PAC	3–7–1	W 10–3
7	Week 7 · Oct 12	LSU H2H	SEC	8–3–1	T 24–24
8	Week 8 · Oct 19	Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H	SEC	8–4	W 35–28
9	Week 9 · Oct 26	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2H	IND FBSI	6–5	L 21–31
11	Week 11 · Nov 9	Memphis (MEMPHIS)H2H	IND FBSI	1–10	W 29–3
12	Week 12 · Nov 16	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H	SEC	4–7	W 30–17
13	Week 13 · Nov 23	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H	SEC	0–10–1	W 28–7
14	Week 14 · Nov 30	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H	SEC	8–4	L 21–28
18	Final · Jan 4	Iowa (IOWA)H2H	B10	8–4	L 22–28

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum

3.301

Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins

-1

-21+20

Alabama +8
Iowa State +4
Ole Miss +4
Washington State +3
Memphis +1
LSU 0
Kentucky 0
Auburn -3
Vanderbilt -4
Iowa -4
Duke -5
Georgia Tech -5

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing

Rank #51Better than 64%

Win % Place 58thBetter than 58%

0.542 Win % · Change -6

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins

-1

-10

+26

+13

+21

-7

-6

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.