1923 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1923 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southern Conference
1923 record	5–4–1 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	M. B. Banks (3rd year)
Captain	Tarzan Holt
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field

1923 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Vanderbilt* +	4	–	0	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Washington & Lee +	4	–	0	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
VPI	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Maryland	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	3	–	2	–	4
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3	3	–	3	–	3
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SIAA

The 1923 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1923 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach M. B. Banks, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1922 Vols won five, lost four, and tied one game (5–4–1 overall, 4–3 in the SoCon). Playing all but four games at home, the 1923 Vols were outscored by their opponents 167 to 82 and were shut out three times.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29, 1923	at Army*	The Plain • West Point, NY	L 0–41
October 6, 1923	Maryville*	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	T 14–14
October 13, 1923	Georgetown (KY)*	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–6
October 20, 1923	Georgia	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–17
October 27, 1923	vs. Mississippi A&M	Memphis, TN	W 7–3
November 3, 1923	Tulane	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 13–2
November 10, 1923	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 7–51
November 17, 1923	Virginia Military Institute	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–33
November 24, 1923	Ole Miss	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 10–0
November 29, 1923	at Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)	W 18–0
*Non-conference game.

Reference:^[1]

References

↑ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1920–29". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 16, 2012.

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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