1951 Tennessee Volunteers football team
| 1951 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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Consensus national champion SEC co-champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 13–28 vs. Maryland | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 10–1 (5–0 SEC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| Home stadium | Shields–Watkins Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Georgia Tech + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Poll
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The 1951 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the
Litkenhous, United Press International (coaches poll), and Williamson,[1] leading to a consensus national champion designation.[1]
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The game against Alabama on the Third Saturday in October that season was the first ever nationally televised game for both teams. The Vols were a dominant team in the regular season, winning their first nine games by a combined score of 338 to 61 before thwarting a spirited effort by in-state rival Vanderbilt in the last game of the regular season, 35–27.
Prominent players
The 1951 Tennessee Volunteers featured
James Haslam Jr., a future business and civic leader in Knoxville, was a captain on the 1952 team, and a prominent member of the 1951 squad. The team featured six all-conference players: Lauricella, Atkins, Ted Daffer, John Michaels, Bill Pearman, and Bert Rechichar. Laricella, Daffer, and Pearman were also named All-Americans
following the year.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | Mississippi State | No. 1 | W 14–0 | 35,000 | [2] | |||
| October 6 | No. 16 Duke* | No. 3 |
| W 26–0 | 45,000 | [3] | ||
| October 13 | Chattanooga* | No. 3 |
| W 42–13 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
| October 20 | at Alabama | No. 2 | CBS | W 27–13 | 44,000 | [5] | ||
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* | No. 1 |
| W 68–0 | [6][7] | ||
| November 3 | at North Carolina* | No. 1 | W 27–0 | 41,000 | [8] | |||
| November 10 | Washington and Lee* | No. 1 |
| W 60–14 | 20,000 | [9] | ||
| November 17 | at Ole Miss | No. 2 | W 46–21 | 32,000 | [10] | |||
| November 24 | at No. 9 Kentucky | No. 1 | W 28–0 | 36,000 | [11] | |||
| December 1 | Vanderbilt | No. 1 |
| W 35–27 | 45,000 | [12] | ||
| January 1 | vs. No. 3 Maryland* | No. 1 | L 13–28 | 82,271 | [13] | |||
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