Exhibit 5 



                               November 19, 1998



Covenant Transport, Inc.
400 Birmingham Highway
Chattanooga, TN 37419

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      Scudder Law Firm, P.C. has served as legal counsel to Covenant  Transport,
Inc., a Nevada  corporation (the "Company"),  in the preparation and filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company's  Registration  Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration  Statement").  The Registration Statement relates
to the  registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock,  par value
$.01 per share (the "Shares"),  which are to be offered under the Company's 1998
Non-Officer Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan"). It is our opinion that:

      1. The Company is a validly  organized and existing  corporation under the
laws of the State of Nevada.

      2. All  necessary  corporate  action has been duly taken to authorize  the
establishment  of the Plan,  the sale of the  Shares  under  the  Plan,  and the
registration  of the Shares  covered  by the  Registration  Statement  under the
Securities Act of 1933.

      3. Any Shares  issued and paid for under the Plan will be legally  issued,
fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Company.

      We hereby  consent to the filing of this opinion with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    SCUDDER LAW FIRM, P.C.

                                    By:   /s/ Earl H. Scudder
                                          Earl H. Scudder, Principal