1942 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1942 Tennessee Volunteers football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Tulsa
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record9–1–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1942 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1942 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, one loss and one tie (9–1–1 overall, 4–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a victory against Tulsa in the 1943 Sugar Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at South Carolina*
T 0–014,000[1]
October 3Fordham*
W 40–1425,000[2]
October 10Dayton*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–6[3]
October 17at No. 4 AlabamaNo. 15
L 0–825,000[4]
October 24Furman*No. 17
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 52–7[5]
October 31No. 19 LSUNo. 20
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 26–015,000[6]
November 7Cincinnati*No. 13
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–126,000[7]
November 14vs. Ole MissNo. 11
W 14–010,000[8]
November 21KentuckydaggerNo. 11
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 26–020,000[9]
November 28at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• W 19–719,000[10]
    January 1vs. No. 4 TulsaNo. 7
    		W 14–770,000[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    Rankings

    See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
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    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Al Hust End 3 29 Chicago Cardinals

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