1935 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1935 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1935 record 4–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach W. H. Britton (1st season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1935 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
LSU $ 5 0 0  9 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0  7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 1 0  9 3 0
Auburn 5 2 0  8 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0  6 2 1
Tulane 3 3 0  6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0  5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 0  5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0  8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0  4 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0  6 4 0
Florida 1 6 0  3 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1935 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1935 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach W. H. Britton, in his first and only year as head coach, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5 overall, 2–3 in the SEC). Britton was appointed head coach after Robert Neyland was called up to active military duty.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 28 Southwestern* Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee W 20–0    
October 5 North Carolina* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 13–38    
October 10 at Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama W 13–6    
October 19 Alabamadagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) L 0–25    
October 26 Centre* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 25–14    
November 2 at Duke* Duke StadiumDurham, North Carolina L 6–19    
November 9 at Ole Miss Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee W 14–13    
November 16 Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 7–13    
November 28 at Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) L 0–27    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Gene RoseEnd436New York Giants

References

General

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

Specific

  1. 1 2 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 119
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1936 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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