Led by head coach Phillip Fulmer, the Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium.

Sports Illustrated's "By The Numbers" noted that Tennessee had only 1 scoring play of more than 40 yards in the entire previous season.

On Defense, Tennessee held the highly touted Golden Bears scoreless for almost 3 entire quarters.

Tennessee led 31–17 late in the 4th quarter before an interception and onside kick recovery allowed the Air Force Academy to close the gap.

The Air Force Flexbone offense gave the Tennessee defense trouble and racked up 281 rushing yards.

Florida QB Chris Leak passed for 3 TD's including the game winner to Dallas Baker with 6:30 left to play.

WR Lucas Taylor took a reverse pitch and threw a pass to backup RB LaMarcus Coker.

Xavier Mitchell and Matt McGlothlin sacked Marshall QB Bernard Morris for a safety to start the scoring.

However, Tennessee stiffened its defense and scored on every possession but one in the second half to record a 51–33 victory over the ninth ranked Georgia Bulldogs.

Tennessee DB Antonio Wardlow blocked and punt and recovered the ball in the endzone to post a TD for the Vols in the 2nd half.

Erik Ainge struggled early, but the Vols overcame their QB's 3 interception first half performance with strong defense and timely scoring.

Arian Foster scored the go-ahead touchdown with 3:02 left to play in the game to give the Vols the 16–13 win.

Tennessee took advantages of some early turnovers and finished strong as they beat Steve Spurrier's South Carolina Gamecocks by the score of 31–24.

[11] On the second play from scrimmage, MLB Marvin Mitchell intercepted a bobbled pass and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown.

On South Carolina's next possession, CB Jonathan Wade intercepted another tipped pass in the Tennessee endzone to stop a Gamecock drive.

The Vol offense marched down the field and scored on a 10-play, 74-yard drive, capped off by a touchdown pass from Erik Ainge to Bret Smith.

[12] CB Jonathan Wade was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against South Carolina.

QB Erik Ainge, starting with a sore ankle, was replaced in the 1st quarter by redshirt freshman Jonathan Crompton.

Ainge capped the victory with a 17-yard TD toss to Robert Meachem early in the fourth quarter for a 36–7 lead.

The Vols shut down an offense that had been fifth in the SEC averaging 363.1 yards per game and the nation's top receiver in Earl Bennett.

Vanderbilt took its only lead at 7–6 when Nickson connected with George Smith on a 7-yard TD pass to culminate a drive that ate up nearly half of the second quarter.

The Vols ended the season on a sour note by dropping the 2007 Outback Bowl to the Penn State by the score of 20–10.

The play proved to be decisive as Penn State added another field goal for the final margin of victory.

The Vols defense allowed 380 total yards, but limited the Nittany Lions to only one touchdown scoring drive and surrendered only 13 points.