1892 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1892 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1892 season. The Volunteers embarked on their second season as a full-time squad. This season saw the Vols win their first game versus Maryville College, in Maryville, Tennessee. As in 1891, this was a student coached squad, made up of ragtag players. This was the first meeting of UT and Vanderbilt in their in-state rivalry game.

1892 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record2–5
CaptainCharles C. Moore Jr.
Home stadiumWaite Field
1892 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Centre      6 0 0
VMI      4 0 1
Wake Forest      4 0 1
Furman      1 0 0
Mercer      1 0 0
North Carolina      1 0 0
Johns Hopkins      7 1 0
North Carolina A&M      5 1 0
Sewanee      5 1 1
Central      4 1 0
Navy      5 2 0
Georgetown      4 2 1
Virginia      3 2 1
Vanderbilt      4 4 0
Alabama      2 2 0
Auburn      2 2 0
Georgia      1 1 0
VAMC      1 1 0
Richmond      2 3 0
Delaware      1 2 2
Kentucky State College      2 4 1
Tennessee      2 5 0
Trinity (NC)      1 3 0
Hampden–Sydney      0 1 0
Maryville      0 1 0
South Carolina      0 1 0
Georgia Tech      0 3 0
Maryland      0 3 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
October 153:00 p.m.at MaryvilleMaryville, TNW 25–0
October 21at Vanderbilt
L 0–12
October 24at SewaneeL 0–54
November 2SewaneeL 0–10
November 12vs. Chattanooga Athletic ClubChattanooga, TNW 16–6
November 17Vanderbilt
  • Waite Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 0–10
November 24Wake Forest
  • Waite Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 6–10

References

    • ESPN College Football Encyclopedia by Michael McCambridge
    • Tennessee Alumnus Newsletter – Winter 2001


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