1942 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1942 Tennessee Volunteers football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Tulsa
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 7
1942 record 9–1–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach John Barnhill (2nd season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1942 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 0  11 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 0  9 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 0  9 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 0  8 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 0  8 3 0
LSU 3 2 0  7 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 0  6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 0  6 4 0
Florida 1 3 0  3 7 0
Tulane 1 4 0  4 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 0  3 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1942 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, one loss and one tie (9–1–1 overall, 4–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a victory against Tulsa in the 1943 Sugar Bowl.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 at South Carolina* Carolina StadiumColumbia, South Carolina T 0–0    
October 3 Fordham* Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee W 40–14    
October 10 Dayton* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 34–6    
October 17 at No. 4 Alabama No. 15 Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) L 0–8    
October 24 Furman* No. 17 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 52–7    
October 31 No. 19 LSU No. 20 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 26–0    
November 7 Cincinnati* No. 13 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 34–12    
November 14 at Ole Miss No. 11 Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee W 14–0    
November 21 Kentuckydagger No. 11 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 26–0    
November 28 at Vanderbilt No. 10 Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee W 19–7    
January 1, 1943 vs. No. 4 Tulsa No. 7 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans (Sugar Bowl) W 14–7    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Al HustEnd329Chicago 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. 120
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1943 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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