Inside College Football: Tennessee Volunteers

Inside College Football: Tennessee Volunteers — page 3
TRAVIS HENRY Tennessee also returned skilled wide receivers in senior Peerless Price and sophomore Cedrick Wilson Tennessee faced a potential crisis when star running back Jamal Lewis injured his knee in the fourth game of the 1998 season The team turned to two backups named Travis Travis Henry and Travis Stephens Stephens had trouble with fumbling So Henry became the main runner and he never stumbled He rushed for 970 yards and scored seven touchdowns that season It was an opportunity to step up and show my talent he said of Lewis's injury I prepared myself for a chance like that On defense ball hawking sophomore safety Deon Grant was back Also returning were junior lineman Shaun Ellis and senior linebacker Al Wilson a tackling machine The biggest question mark regarding ability centered on Tee Martin the junior quarterback But Martin would prove himself to be a winner as Tennessee put together a season to remember Tennessee began the year ranked tenth in the nation Its first game was on the road against No. 17 Syracuse The Orangemen had a star quarterback of their own in Donovan McNabb McNabb threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns in the game Meanwhile Martin at one point threw 10 straight incompletions But Tennessee got a break late in the game Syracuse cornerback Will Allen was called for pass interference on a fourth down Then Tennessee senior Jeff Hall kicked a 27 yard field goal as the clock hit zero Tennessee won 34-33 6