1964 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1964 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Florida 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 7 LSU 4 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Tennessee 1 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Tulane 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1964 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his first year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1 overall, 1–5–1 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 80 points while the defense allowed 121 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19Chattanooga*
W 10–628,000[1]
September 26at No. 8 Auburn
L 0–346,000[2]
October 3vs. Mississippi State
W 14–1324,609[3]
October 10Boston College*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 16–1428,000[4]
October 17No. 3 Alabama
L 8–1948,627[5]
October 24at No. 7
Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
    		• NBCT 3–359,000[6]
    November 7at No. 7 Georgia Tech
    		W 22–1450,763[7]
    November 14Ole Missdagger
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		L 0–3046,000[8]
    November 21Kentucky
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		L 7–1242,000[9]
    November 28at
    Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• L 0–730,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Steve DeLong Defensive end 1 6 Chicago Bears
    Whit Canale Defensive end 17 227 Pittsburgh Steelers

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    Awards and honors

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    12. ^ "Steve DeLong, 1964 winner of Outland Trophy, dies at 67". Knoxville News Sentinel. GoVolsXtra.com. August 19, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
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