1942 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1942 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1942 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, one loss and one tie (9–1–1 overall, 4–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a victory against Tulsa in the 1943 Sugar Bowl.

1942 Tennessee Volunteers football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Tulsa
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 7
1942 record9–1–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coachJohn Barnhill (2nd season)
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 0  11 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 0  9 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 0  9 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 0  8 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 0  8 3 0
LSU 3 2 0  7 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 0  6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 0  6 4 0
Florida 1 3 0  3 7 0
Tulane 1 4 0  4 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 0  3 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26at South Carolina*T 0–0
October 3Fordham*W 40–14
October 10Dayton*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–6
October 17at No. 4 AlabamaNo. 15L 0–825,000
October 24Furman*No. 17
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 52–7
October 31No. 19 LSUNo. 20
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 26–0
November 7Cincinnati*No. 13
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–12
November 14vs. Ole MissNo. 11W 14–0
November 21KentuckyNo. 11
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 26–0
November 28at VanderbiltNo. 10W 19–7
January 1vs. No. 4 TulsaNo. 7W 14–770,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Al HustEnd329Chicago Cardinals

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. "1943 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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