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UT’s Fulmer Goes Out With His 152nd Win

Phillip Fulmer celebrates the Tennessee Volunteers' national championship in the 1998-99 season (Photo by/ AP, from "Biography of Phillip Fulmer," by Sports Stars USA)

Phillip Fulmer celebrates the Tennessee Volunteers

University of Tennessee head football coach Phillip Fulmer, after posting a 152-52 career record, ended that career on Nov. 29, 2008.

The Volunteers kept their 23-game winning streak against the University of Kentucky alive, recording a 28-10 victory.  It was the last game in which Fulmer would be standing on the sidelines for UT.

Unfamiliar with Coach Fulmer and his legacy at UT? Gene Wojciechowski, sports columnist for ESPN, wrote an article about Fulmer’s last day as Tennessee’s head coach. The article, “In his final 24 hours at Tennessee, Fulmer ran gamut of emotions,” points out some of the highlights of Fulmer’s career, some of the players he coached and the people he touched.

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