|  |  | Tennessee bowl history 
 
 
| Season | Bowl | Result |  
| 2000-01 | Cotton | Kansas State 35, Tennessee 21 |  
| 1999 | Fiesta | Nebraska 31, Tennessee 21 |  
| 1998 | Fiesta | Tennessee 23, Florida State 16 |  
| 1997 | Orange | Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17 |  
| 1996 | Citrus | Tennessee 48, Northwestern 28 |  
| 1995 | Citrus | Tennessee 20, Ohio State 14 |  
| 1994 | Gator | Tennessee 45, Virginia Tech 23 |  
| 1993 | Citrus | Penn State 31, Tennessee 13 |  
| 1992 | Hall of Fame | Tennessee 38, Boston College 23 |  
| 1991 | Fiesta | Penn State 42, Tennessee 17 |  
| 1990 | Sugar | Tennessee 23, Virginia 22 |  
| 1989 | Cotton | Tennessee 31, Arkansas 27 |  
| 1988 | Peach | Tennessee 27, Indiana 22 |  
| 1986 | Liberty | Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14 |  
| 1985 | Sugar | Tennessee 35, Miami 7 |  
| 1984 | Sun | Maryland 27, Tennessee 26 |  
| 1983 | Citrus | Tennessee 30, Maryland 23 |  
| 1982 | Peach | Iowa 28, Tennessee 22 |  
| 1981 | Garden State | Tennessee 28, Wisconsin 21 |  
| 1979 | Bluebonnet | Purdue 27, Tennessee 22 |  
| 1974 | Liberty | Tennessee 7, Maryland 3 |  
| 1973 | Gator | Texas Tech 28, Tennessee 19 |  
| 1972 | Bluebonnet | Tennessee 24, LSU 17 |  
| 1971 | Liberty | Tennessee 14, Arkansas 13 |  
| 1970 | Sugar | Tennessee 34, Air Force 13 |  
| 1969 | Gator | Florida 14, Tennessee 13 |  
| 1968 | Cotton | Texas 36, Tennessee 13 |  
| 1967 | Orange | Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24 |  
| 1966 | Gator | Tennessee 18, Syracuse 12 |  
| 1965 | Bluebonnet | Tennessee 27, Tulsa 6 |  
| 1957 | Gator | Tennessee 3, Texas A&M 0 |  
| 1956 | Sugar | Baylor 13, Tennessee 7 |  
| 1952 | Cotton | Texas 16, Tennessee 0 |  
| 1951 | Sugar | Maryland 28, Tennessee 13 |  
| 1950 | Cotton | Tennessee 20, Texas 14 |  
| 1946 | Orange | Rice 8, Tennessee 0 |  
| 1944 | Rose | Southern Cal 25, Tennessee 0 |  
| 1942 | Sugar | Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7 |  
| 1940 | Sugar | Boston College 19, Tennessee 13 |  
| 1939 | Rose | Southern Cal 14, Tennessee 0 |  
| 1938 | Orange | Tennessee, 17, Oklahoma 0 |  
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