NEW ORLEANS — Throughout its proud history, the University of Tennessee football program has won six national championships and appeared in 54 postseason bowl games.
Many players, coaches and one broadcaster, Lindsey Nelson, have been inducted into bowl game Halls of Fame.
Johnny Majors is the lone Vol enshrined in the Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame.
Majors was inducted in the first class in 2017 for his performance as both a player and coach.
As a player, he rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown in Tennessee’s 13-7 loss to Baylor in 1957.
As a coach, he guided Tennessee to wins over Miami (1986) and Virginia (1991).
While coaching at Pittsburgh, he guided the Panthers to a 27-3 win over Georgia in 1977, en route to the 1976 national championship.