1965 Tennessee Volunteers football team
| 1965 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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Bluebonnet Bowl champion | |
Bluebonnet Bowl, W 27–6 vs. Tulsa | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| 1965 record | 8–1–2 (2–1–2 SEC) |
| Head coach | Doug Dickey (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Neyland Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Tennessee | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 LSU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1965 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his second year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, one loss and two ties (8–1–2 overall, 2–1–2 in the SEC) and a victory over Tulsa in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 18 | Army* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 21–0 | ||||||
| September 25 | Auburn | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee | T 13–13 | ||||||
| October 9 | South Carolina* |
Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 24–3 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Alabama | Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) | T 7–7 | 65,680 | |||||
| October 23 | Houston* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 17–8 | ||||||
| November 6 | No. 7 Georgia Tech* | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 21–7 | ||||||
| November 13 | at Ole Miss | No. 8 | Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee | NBC | L 13–14 | ||||
| November 20 | at Kentucky | McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) | W 19–3 | ||||||
| November 27 | Vanderbilt | No. 9 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) | W 21–3 | |||||
| December 4 | No. 5 UCLA* | No. 7 | Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee | W 37–34 | |||||
| December 18 | vs. Tulsa | No. 7 | Rice Stadium • Houston (Bluebonnet Bowl) | NBC | W 27–6 | 40,000 | |||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- Reference:[1]
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Tom Fisher | Linebacker | 3 | 40 | New York Giants |
| Frank Emanuel | Linebacker | 4 | 52 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Stan Mitchell | Fullback | 8 | 115 | Washington Redskins |
| Austin Denney | End | 11 | 160 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Bob Petrella | Defensive back | 12 | 181 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Hal Wantland | Halfback | 16 | 235 | Washington Redskins |
References
General
- 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
Specific
- ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 123
- ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
- ↑ "1966 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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