1939 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1939 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–0 vs. USC
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Alabama 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1939 Tennessee Volunteers represented the University of Tennessee in the 1939 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC Champions and with a loss against USC in the 1940 Rose Bowl.

Tennessee entered the season as defending

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at NC State*
W 13–012,000[2]
October 7Sewanee
W 40–018,000[3]
October 14at Chattanooga*
W 28–06,987[4]
October 21No. 8 AlabamadaggerNo. 5
W 21–040,000[5]
October 28Mercer*No. 1
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 17–06,000[6]
November 4at No. 18 LSUNo. 1
W 20–042,000[7]
November 11The Citadel*No. 1
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–08,000[8]
November 18VanderbiltNo. 1
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 13–025,000[9]
November 30at KentuckyNo. 4
W 19–019,000[10]
December 9AuburnNo. 2
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 7–025,000[11]
January 1, 1940vs. No. 3 USCNo. 2
L 0–1492,200[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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