Tennessee Football: Top 10 Individual Bowl Game Performances in Vols History

Oct 31, 2015; Lexington, KY, US; Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bryan Lynn-USA TODAY Sports

Many Tennessee football players have saved their best performances for the biggest moments. Here are the Top 10 individual bowl game performances by Vols.

With 26 bowl wins in the school’s history, the Tennessee Volunteers have a great history of bowl game performances.

From a quarterback setting a passing record to a wide receiver stealing the spotlight, Tennessee football is littered with individuals who were stars of the postseason.

A few Vols saved their greatest performances for the bowl season, in many cases when it mattered most.

Other times they just continued what they had been doing all season.

But there are plenty of Vols who etched their names in Tennessee history because of an incredible bowl performance, or at least used a bowl performance to add to their mystique.

Maybe the same thing will happen this year.

We’ve already documented great bowl wins in Tennessee history and devastating bowl losses. Sometimes they came when bowl games were exhibitions.

The same holds true for bowl performances.

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As we look at the 10 greatest bowl performances in Tennessee football history, we have to take into account multiple things. That includes record-setting performances, amazing statistical games in general, game-changing plays, and the magnitude of the performance.

We’re not just biased to quarterbacks or offensive stars either. There are plenty of defensive players who made a name for themselves for how they performed in bowl games with the Tennessee Vols.

Taking everything into account, here are the Top 10 most memorable bowl game performances in Tennessee Football history.

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