1912 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1912 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1912 record	4–4 (1–4 SIAA)
Head coach	Zora G. Clevenger
Offensive scheme	Straight T
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	C. H. Fonde
Home stadium	15th and Cumberland Field

1912 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Texas A&M	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State	1	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Auburn	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	2	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Mercer	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Florida	0	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Central	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Howard	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1912 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1912 college football season. 1912 squad was the first non-losing Volunteer team in four years, but they did not win a conference game. Zora G. Clevenger served his second season as head coach of the Volunteers.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5, 1912	King*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 101–0
October 12, 1912	Maryville*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 38–0
October 19, 1912	at Tennessee Medical College*	Memphis, TN	W 62–0
October 26, 1912	vs. Sewanee	Chattanooga, TN	L 6–33
November 2, 1912	Centre	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 67–0
November 9, 1912	at Mercer	Macon, GA	L 14–27
November 16, 1912	Kentucky	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 6–13
November 28, 1912	vs. Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL	L 0–7
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Shields-Watkins Field (1921-1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Hail Mary between the Hedges

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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