1923 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1923 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainTarzan Holt
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Lee + 4 0 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt * + 3 0 1 5 2 1
VPI 4 1 0 6 3 0
Alabama 4 1 1 7 2 1
Maryland 2 1 0 7 2 1
Florida 1 0 2 6 1 2
North Carolina 2 1 1 5 3 1
Georgia 3 2 0 5 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 1 2 5 2 2
Tennessee 4 3 0 5 4 1
Tulane 2 2 1 6 3 1
Clemson 1 1 1 5 2 1
Georgia Tech 0 0 4 3 2 4
NC State 1 4 0 3 7 0
Auburn 0 1 3 3 3 3
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). The 1923 Vols were outscored by their opponents 167 to 82 and were shut out three times.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at Army*L 0–41[1]
October 6Maryville (TN)*T 14–14[2]
October 13Georgetown (KY)*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 13–6[3]
October 20Georgia
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–17[4]
October 27vs. Mississippi A&MW 7–3[5]
November 3Tulane
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 13–2[6]
November 10at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
  • L 7–51[7]
    November 17VMI
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN
    L 0–33[8]
    November 24Ole Miss
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    W 10–0[9]
    November 29at KentuckyW 18–0[10]
    • *Non-conference game

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