1961 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1961 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1961 record 6–4 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt (7th season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1961 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama + 7 0 0  11 0 0
No. 4 LSU + 6 0 0  10 1 0
No. 5 Ole Miss 5 1 0  9 2 0
No. 13 Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 4 0
Tennessee 4 3 0  6 4 0
Florida 3 3 0  4 5 1
Auburn 3 4 0  6 4 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  5 5 0
Georgia 2 5 0  3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 5 0  5 5 0
Tulane 1 5 0  2 8 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 0  2 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1961 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 30 Auburn Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee L 21–24    
October 7 Mississippi Statedagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 17–3    
October 14 Tulsa* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 52–6    
October 21 at No. 5 Alabama Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) ABC L 3–34   48,000
October 28 Chattanooga* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 20–7    
November 4 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, North Carolina L 21–22    
November 11 No. 9 Georgia Tech Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 10–6    
November 18 No. 6 Ole Miss Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee L 10–24    
November 25 at Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) W 26–16    
December 2 Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 41–7    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Glenn GlassHalfback17Chicago Bears

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 123
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1962 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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