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KNOXVILLE — Tennessee (5-5, 3-3 SEC) is one win away from becoming bowl eligible.
The Vols are in the same situation in 2019 — one win shy of bowl eligibility with two games remaining — as they were last season.
Tennessee lost at home to Missouri and at Vanderbilt to conclude the 2018 season, finishing with a 5-7 record.
The Vols have an open date before playing the final two regular season contests and second-year UT head coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed last year’s team also having a 5-5 record entering the final two games of the season.
“Last year’s team has had really no impact on this year’s team — this is a totally new team,” Pruitt said. “I do think that the people that were on this team can learn lessons from last year and can draw upon experiences.
“We’re focusing on the things that we need to, to have success for the remainder of the year. We have to clean up a lot of things on both sides of the ball and special teams. It’s a great opportunity for our guys to continue to improve as players and for us to improve as a football team.”