1937 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1937 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1937 record 6–3–1 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Robert Neyland
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1937 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Alabama $ 6 0 0     9 1 0
#8 LSU 5 1 0     9 2 0
Auburn 4 1 2     6 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 0     7 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 0     5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 1     6 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 0     6 3 1
Florida 3 4 0     4 7 0
Tulane 2 3 1     5 4 1
Georgia 1 2 2     6 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 0     4 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 0     4 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 0     2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1937 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1 overall, 4–3 in the SEC). The team had the most ever punts per game of 13.9

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 25 Wake Forest* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 32–0    
October 2 VPI* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–0    
October 9 at Duke* Duke StadiumDurham, NC T 0–0    
October 16 Alabama Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) L 7–14    
October 23 Sewanee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–0    
October 30 Georgia Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–0    
November 6 at Auburn No. 7 Legion FieldBirmingham, AL L 7–20    
November 13 Vanderbiltdagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 7–13    
November 25 at Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) W 13–0    
December 4 at Ole Miss Crump StadiumMemphis, TN W 32–0    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

General

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 119
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