1944 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1944 Tennessee Volunteers football
Rose Bowl, L 0–25 vs. USC
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 12
1944 record 7–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach John Barnhill (3rd season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1944 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0  8 3 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 0 1  7 1 1
Georgia 4 2 0  7 3 0
Alabama 3 1 2  5 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0  6 2 0
LSU 2 3 1  2 5 1
Ole Miss 2 3 0  2 6 0
Tulane 1 2 0  4 3 0
Kentucky 1 5 0  3 6 0
Florida 0 3 0  4 3 0
Auburn 0 4 0  4 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0  3 0 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1944 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1 overall, 5–0–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a loss against USC in the 1945 Rose Bowl.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 30 Kentucky Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 26–13    
October 7 Ole Miss Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee W 20–7    
October 14 Florida No. 15 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) W 40–0    
October 21 Alabamadagger No. 17 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) T 0–0    
October 28 Clemson* No. 19 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 26–7    
November 4 at LSU No. 16 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, Louisiana W 13–0    
November 18 Temple*dagger No. 17 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 27–14    
November 25 at Kentucky No. 15 McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) W 21–7    
January 1, 1945 vs. No. 7 USC No. 12 Rose BowlPasadena, California (Rose Bowl) L 0–25    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bob DobelsteinGuard428Chicago Cardinals
Casey StephensonBack765Green Bay Packers
Dick HuffmanTackle981Cleveland Rams
Art BrandauCenter1089Pittsburgh Steelers
Roy CrossEnd1090Brooklyn Tigers
Billy BevisBack12119New York Giants
Jim ChadwellTackle23240New York Giants
Russ MorrowCenter24247Detroit Lions

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. "1945 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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