Johnny Majors
Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame
Tennessee & Pittsburgh
Sugar Bowls: 1956, 1977, 1986, 1991
Inducted: 2017 (Inaugural Class)
In the 1957 Sugar Bowl, Heisman Trophy runner-up Johnny Majors led the Tennessee Volunteers against Baylor. Majors was bottled up by the tenacious Bears, but he still managed 51 rushing yards and a key touchdown in a 13-7 loss. Those less-than-fond memories of New Orleans were likely tempered by Majors’ return trips as a head coach. In 1977, his Pitt squad capped a national championship season with a 27-3 win over Georgia and he added two more victories as the Tennessee coach in 1986 over Miami and in 1991 over Virginia.
