1936 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1936 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 17
1936 record 6–2–2 (3–1–2 SEC)
Head coach Robert Neyland (10th season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1936 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 0  9 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 1  8 0 1
Auburn 4 1 1  7 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 2  6 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0  7 3 1
Georgia 3 3 0  5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 1  5 5 1
Tulane 2 3 1  6 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 1  3 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0  6 4 0
Florida 1 5 0  4 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 1  5 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 0  0 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1936 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his tenth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and two ties (6–2–2 overall, 3–1–2 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 Chattanooga* Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee W 13–0    
October 3 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, North Carolina L 6–14    
October 10 Auburn Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–6    
October 17 at Alabama Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) T 0–0    
October 24 No. 2 Duke*dagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 15–13    
October 31 Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, Georgia W 46–0    
November 7 Maryville* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 34–0    
November 14 Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 26–13    
November 26 Kentucky No. 17 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 7–6    
December 5 at Ole Miss No. 17 Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee T 0–0    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Phil DickensBack652Chicago Cardinals

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
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1937 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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