1950 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1950
Sagarin)
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 20–14 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 4
Record11–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 1 0 11 1 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 0 11 1 0
No. 16 Alabama 6 2 0 9 2 0
No. 20 Tulane 3 1 1 6 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 2 0 5 6 0
Georgia 3 2 1 6 3 3
Mississippi State 3 4 0 4 5 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 0 7 4 0
LSU 2 3 2 4 5 2
Florida 2 4 0 5 5 0
Ole Miss 1 5 0 5 5 0
Auburn 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1950 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the

Mississippi State in the second game of the season. The Vols handed #3 Kentucky, coached by Bear Bryant, its only loss and defeated #3 Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic
en route to an 11–1 record.

Prominent players

The 1950 Tennessee team featured

tackle Bill "Pug" Pearman were named as All-Americans
in 1950.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23
Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
  • W 56–023,000[2]
    September 30at Mississippi StateNo. 4L 0–7[3]
    October 7at No. 14 Duke*W 28–730,000[4]
    October 14Chattanooga*No. 14
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN
    W 41–015,000[5]
    October 21AlabamaNo. 18
    W 14–950,000[6]
    October 28Washington and Lee*No. 8
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN
    W 27–2020,000[7]
    November 4North Carolina*daggerNo. 11
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN
    W 16–038,000[8]
    November 11Tennessee Tech*No. 11
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN
    W 48–14[9]
    November 18Ole MissNo. 9
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    W 35–0[10]
    November 25No. 3 KentuckyNo. 9
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    W 7–045,000[11]
    December 2at
    Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
  • W 43–028,000[12]
    January 1vs. No. 3 Texas*No. 4W 20–1475,500[13]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ 2017 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2017. p. 113. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
    2. Newspapers.com
      .
    3. Newspapers.com
      .
    4. Newspapers.com
      .
    5. Newspapers.com
      .
    6. Newspapers.com
      .
    7. Newspapers.com
      .
    8. Newspapers.com
      .
    9. Newspapers.com
      .
    10. Newspapers.com
      .
    11. Newspapers.com
      .
    12. Newspapers.com
      .
    13. Newspapers.com
      .