1963 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1963 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Jim McDonald, in his first and only year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5 overall, 3–5 in the SEC).

1963 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1963 record5–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coachJim McDonald (1st season)
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1963 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Ole Miss $ 5 0 1  7 1 2
No. 5 Auburn 6 1 0  9 2 0
No. 8 Alabama 6 2 0  9 2 0
Mississippi State 4 1 2  7 2 2
LSU 4 2 0  7 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
Florida 3 3 1  6 3 1
Tennessee 3 5 0  5 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0  4 5 1
Vanderbilt 0 5 2  1 7 2
Kentucky 0 5 1  3 6 1
Tulane 0 6 1  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21Richmond*W 34–6
September 28Auburn
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 19–23
October 5Mississippi State
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 0–7
October 12Georgia Tech
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–2351,527
October 19at No. 9 AlabamaL 0–3553,454
October 26Chattanooga*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 49–7
November 9at TulaneW 26–0
November 16vs. No. 3 Ole MissL 0–20
November 23at KentuckyW 19–0
November 30Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Dick EveyTackle114Chicago Bears
Bob ZvolerinTackle12158Washington Redskins
Ed BeardTackle14183San Francisco 49ers

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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. "1964 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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