1944 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1944 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1944 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1 overall, 5–0–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a loss against USC in the 1945 Rose Bowl.

1944 Tennessee Volunteers football
Rose Bowl, L 0–25 vs. USC
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
1944 record7–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0  8 3 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 0 1  7 1 1
Georgia 4 2 0  7 3 0
Alabama 3 1 2  5 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0  6 2 0
LSU 2 3 1  2 5 1
Ole Miss 2 3 0  2 6 0
Tulane 1 2 0  4 3 0
Kentucky 1 5 0  3 6 0
Florida 0 3 0  4 3 0
Auburn 0 4 0  4 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0  3 0 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 30KentuckyW 26–13
October 7vs. Ole MissW 20–7
October 14FloridaNo. 15
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 40–0
October 21AlabamaNo. 17
T 0–032,000
October 28Clemson*No. 19
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 26–7
November 4at LSUNo. 16W 13–0
November 18Temple*No. 17
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 27–14
November 25at KentuckyNo. 15W 21–7
January 1vs. No. 7 USCNo. 12L 0–2591,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bob DobelsteinGuard428Chicago Cardinals
Casey StephensonBack765Green Bay Packers
Dick HuffmanTackle981Cleveland Rams
Art BrandauCenter1089Pittsburgh Steelers
Roy CrossEnd1090Brooklyn Tigers
Billy BevisBack12119New York Giants
Jim ChadwellTackle23240New York Giants
Russ MorrowCenter24247Detroit Lions

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. 120
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1945 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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