The Tennessee Volunteers is the name of the sports teams that represent the University of Tennessee. The name "Volunteers" comes from the state of Tennessees nickname, "The Volunteer State". The state earned this nickname during the War of 1812 when President James Madison called on Tennessee to help defend the "Lower Country" against Great Britain and asked to send 1,500 troops for the defense of the lower Mississippi region. Those same "Vols" became famous for their victory defending New Orleans in late 1814-early 1815. The Volunteer spirit carried on when the war of Texas Independence broke out in 1835, and men all over the state of Tennessee took up arms to aid the Texans in their revolution against the Mexican Army. One such man was the legendary David "Davy" Crockett, a soldier and congressman from Greene County in East Tennessee. Crockett is the personification of the Volunteer name, and he was the inspiration for the logo Tennessee athletics adopted in 1983. The UT football team was called the Volunteers for the first time in 1902 when the Atlanta Constitution newspaper reported on a football game between UT and Georgia Tech.