Phillip Fulmer's Record at Tennessee

Senior Writer Written on July 23, 2008

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*Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee*
Site	Wins	Losses	Totals
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*
Tier	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Avg. Scored	Avg. 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*
Site	Wins	Losses	Totals
Home	41	3	44
Away	18	6	24
Neutral	3	0	3
Bowls	5	2	7
Totals	67	11	78

*Phillip Fulmer 1992-98*
Tier	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Avg. Scored	Avg. Allowed
First	13	8	.619	27	24
Second	21	1	.955	34	18
Third	26	2	.929	40	15

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