1935 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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.[1]

1935 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1935 record4–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
LSU $ 5 0 0  9 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0  7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 1 0  9 3 0
Auburn 5 2 0  8 2 0
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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Southwestern (TN)*W 20–0
October 5North Carolina*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 13–38
October 10at AuburnW 13–6
October 19Alabama
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–2520,000
October 26Centre*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 25–14
November 2at Duke*L 6–19
November 9at Ole MissW 14–13
November 16Vanderbilt
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–13
November 28at KentuckyL 0–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

[1]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Gene RoseEnd436New York Giants

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 119
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1936 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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