1934 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1934 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1934 record 8–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach Robert Neyland (9th season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1934 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulane + 8 0 0  10 1 0
Alabama + 7 0 0  10 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 0  8 2 0
LSU 4 2 0  7 2 2
Georgia 3 2 0  7 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 0  6 3 0
Florida 2 2 1  6 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 1  4 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0  5 5 0
Auburn 1 6 0  2 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 0  2 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0  4 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0  1 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1934 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1934 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 29 Centre* Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee W 32–0    
October 5 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, North Carolina W 19–7    
October 13 Ole Miss Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 27–0    
October 20 at Alabama Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama L 6–13    
November 2 Duke*dagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 14–6    
November 3 at Fordham* Polo Grounds • New York City L 12–13    
November 10 Mississippi State Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 14–0    
November 17 at Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 13–6    
November 29 Kentucky Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 19–0    
December 8 LSU Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 19–13    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 119
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