Despite beating two ranked teams and positioning themselves for a bowl game late in the year, the Tennessee Volunteers fell flat on their face in their final two contests of the season. A blowout loss to Missouri and less-blowouty loss to Vanderbilt were two of the most deflating losses in recent history.
The Missouri loss was the better team taking advantage of Tennessee’s weaknesses. The Vanderbilt loss was a team thoroughly unprepared on both sides of the ball, both mentally and physically. Vanderbilt was the better team of course, but they were certainly not 38-13 better.