1935 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1935 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 LSU $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Auburn 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Tulane 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1935 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach W. H. Britton, in his first and only year as head coach, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5 overall, 2–3 in the SEC). Britton was appointed head coach after Robert Neyland was called up to active military duty.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Southwestern (TN)*
W 20–07,500[1]
October 5North Carolina*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 13–3815,000[2]
October 12at Auburn
W 13–615,617[3]
October 19Alabamadagger
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–2520,000[4]
October 26Centre*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 25–145,000[5]
November 2at Duke*
L 6–1915,000[6]
November 9vs. Ole Miss
W 14–1312,000[7]
November 16Vanderbilt
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–13[8]
November 28at Kentucky
L 0–2716,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Gene Rose End 4 36 New York Giants

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee gives Southwestern 20–0 defeat in Vols' opener". The Nashville Tennessean. September 29, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tar Heels defeat Vols, 38–13". The News and Observer. October 6, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tennessee downs Auburn, 13–6". The Birmingham News. October 13, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Crimson Tide crushes Tennessee Vols, 25 to 0". The Knoxville Journal. October 20, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Early breaks enable Vols to conquer Centre 25 to 14". The Courier-Journal. October 27, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hackney tops Blue Devils in 19–6 triumph over Vols". The News and Observer. November 3, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Vols come from behind to trim Delta team, 14–13". The Knoxville Journal. November 10, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vanderbilt beats Vols, 13 to 7". Nashville Banner. November 17, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kentucky eleven sweeps to 27-to-0 victory over Tennessee in annual football tussle". The Lexington Leader. November 29, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1936 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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