[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 21 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 21

Congratulating the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team on 
winning the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A 
                         football championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

   Mr. Frist (for himself and Mr. Thompson) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team on 
winning the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A 
                         football championship.

Whereas the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team (referred to in 
        this resolution as the ``Tennessee Volunteers'') defeated the Florida 
        State University Seminoles on January 4, 1999, at the Fiesta Bowl in 
        Tempe, Arizona, to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association 
        Division I-A football championship;
Whereas the Tennessee Volunteers completed the 1998 football season with a 
        perfect record of 13 wins and 0 losses;
Whereas the Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Mississippi State University 
        Bulldogs to claim the 1998 Southeastern Conference football 
        championship;
Whereas the Tennessee Volunteers' Coach Phillip Fulmer, his staff, and his 
        players displayed outstanding dedication, teamwork, selflessness, and 
        sportsmanship throughout the course of the season to achieve collegiate 
        football's highest honor; and
Whereas the Tennessee Volunteers have brought pride and honor to Tennessee: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the University of Tennessee Volunteers 
        football team on winning the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic 
        Association Division I-A football championship; and
            (2) commends the University of Tennessee Volunteers 
        football team for its pursuit of athletic excellence and its 
        outstanding accomplishment in collegiate football in winning 
        the championship.
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