1948 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1948 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1948 record 4–4–2 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach Robert Neyland (17th season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1948 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0  9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0  8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0  9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1  8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1  6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0  4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1  4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1  5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0  5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0  3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1948 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 17th year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and two ties (4–4–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 25 Mississippi State Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee L 6–21    
October 4 at Duke* Duke StadiumDurham, North Carolina T 7–7    
October 9 Chattanooga* No. 20 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 26–0    
October 16 Alabamadagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) W 21–6    
October 23 Tennessee Tech* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 41–0    
October 30 No. 3 North Carolina* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 7–14    
November 6 at No. 6 Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta W 13–6    
November 13 Ole Miss No. 18 Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee L 13–16    
November 20 Kentucky Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) T 0–0    
November 29 at No. 15 Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee L 6–28    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Al RussasEnd13122Detroit Lions
Bob LundBack14141Philadelphia Eagles

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. 121
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1949 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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