1949 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1949 Tennessee Volunteers represented the University of Tennessee in the 1949 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 18th year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, two losses, and one tie (7–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Mississippi State		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 10–0	32,000	[1]
October 1	Duke*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 7–21	40,000	[2]
October 8	Chattanooga*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 39–7	15,000	[3]
October 15	at Alabama		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	T 7–7	41,000	[4]
October 22	Tennessee Tech*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 36–6	10,000	[5]
October 29	at No. 13 North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 35–6		[6]
November 5	Georgia Tech	No. 14	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 13–30	45,000	[7]
November 12	vs. Ole Miss		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 35–7	28,054	[8]
November 19	at No. 11 Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 6–0	38,000	[9]
November 26	Vanderbilt	No. 18	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 26–20	42,000	[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

^[11]

Rankings

References

Further reading

• "Soph-Loaded UT Vols Set to Return as SEC Power," The Tennessean, Sept. 18, 1949, p. 5-B.

This college football 1940s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e