1933 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1933 Tennessee Volunteers football
1933 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	7–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach	Robert Neyland (8th season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Talmadge Maples
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
	Seasons ← 1932 1934 →

1933 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Alabama $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
LSU	3	–	0	–	2	7	–	0	–	3
Georgia	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Auburn	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Vanderbilt	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	3
Florida	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Sewanee	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1933 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1933 college football season. Robert Neyland served his eighth year as head coach of the Volunteers. This was the first year that the Vols played in the newly formed Southeastern Conference.

On October 21, Tennessee suffered a 12–6 defeat at

Emory and Henry on October 3, 1925. This was also Tennessee's first homecoming loss. A week earlier, the Volunteers lost to Duke in Durham, North Carolina, 10–2. It was Tennessee's first defeat since a loss on October 18, 1930, to Alabama

. Between those two losses, Tennessee, compiled a record of 26–0–2.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	VPI*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 27–0	15,000	^[1]
October 7	Mississippi State	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 20–0		^[2]
October 14	at Duke*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 2–10	22,000	^[3]
October 21	Alabama	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–13	25,000	^[4]
October 28	Florida	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 13–6		^[5]
November 4	at George Washington*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 13–0	25,000	^[6]
November 11	Ole Miss	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 35–6	12,000	^[7]
November 18	Vanderbilt	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 33–6	20,000	^[8]
November 30	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 27–0		^[9]
December 9	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–7	15,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming