2009 Tennessee Volunteers Football Team

The 2009 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Lane Kiffin. The 2009 season would be his first and only at Tennessee – leaving to take the head coaching job at the University of Southern Cal on January 12, 2010. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the SEC. The Vols finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play and lost in the Chick-fil-A Bowl 37–14 to Virginia Tech.

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