Phillip Fulmer's Record at Tennessee

David Wunderlich by Senior Writer Written on July 23, 2008
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Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee
SiteWinsLossesTotals
Home 89 16 105
Away 47 19 66
Neutral 3 3 6
Bowls 8 7 15
Totals 147 45 192

 

Overall, the record is one of a consistently good team, with a winning percentage of .766 for all 15 seasons.  The only glaring weakness is the bowl record, which I thought would have been better.

Here is Fulmer’s record broken down by tier of opponent.  As always, first-tier opponents are teams that had a winning percentage of .750 or better, second tier were .500 to .749, third tier opponents were .250 to .499, and fourth tier opponents were .249 and below.

Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee
TierWinsLossesPct.Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
First 23 26 .469 22 24
Second 50 16 .758 30 21
Third 53 3 .946 34 15
Fourth 21 0 1.000 42 11

 

I can't find too much to quibble with here.  Fulmer has been about even against the best teams over time, which is about all you can reasonably ask of a coach.  The guys who run up big winning records against top tier competition are the exception, not the rule.

This is nice and all, but as I said above, the question about Fulmer is concerned with the time after the national title.  Did he go soft?  If so, by how much?  What changed?

To answer those questions, I supply these same charts for his time before and after the title.

Phillip Fulmer 1992-98
SiteWinsLossesTotals
Home 41 3 44
Away 18 6 24
Neutral 3 0 3
Bowls 5 2 7
Totals 67 11 78

Phillip Fulmer 1992-98
TierWinsLossesPct.Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
First 13 8 .619 27 24
Second 21 1 .955 34 18
Third 26 2 .929 40 15

 

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