1892 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1892 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainCharles C. Moore Jr.
Home stadiumBaseball Park
Seasons
  1891
1893  
1892 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre   6 0 0
Biddle   1 0 0
Furman   1 0 0
Mercer   1 0 0
North Carolina A&M   1 0 0
Virginia Military   4 0 1
Wake Forest   4 0 1
Johns Hopkins   7 1 0
North Carolina   5 1 0
Central (KY)   4 1 0
Sewanee   5 1 1
Navy   5 2 0
Georgetown   4 2 1
Virginia   3 2 1
Vanderbilt   4 4 0
Alabama   2 2 0
Auburn   2 2 0
Georgia   1 1 0
Virginia A&M   1 1 0
Western Maryland   0 0 1
Richmond   2 3 0
Delaware   1 2 2
Kentucky A&M   2 4 1
Tennessee   2 5 0
Trinity (NC)   1 3 0
Hampden–Sydney   0 1 0
Livingstone   0 1 0
Maryville (TN)   0 1 0
South Carolina   0 1 0
Georgia Tech   0 3 0
Maryland   0 3 0

The 1892 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1892 season. The Volunteers embarked on their second season as a full-time squad. This season saw the Vols win their first game versus Maryville College, in Maryville, Tennessee. [1] As in 1891, this was a student coached squad, made up of ragtag players. This was the first meeting of UT and Vanderbilt in their in-state rivalry game. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 153:00 p.m.at Maryville Maryville, TN W 24–0 [3]
October 21at Vanderbilt L 4–22 [4]
October 22at Sewanee L 0–54 [5]
November 22:30 p.m.Sewanee
L 0–10 [6]
November 12vs. Chattanooga Athletic Club Chattanooga, TN W 16–6 [7]
November 17Vanderbilt
  • Baseball Park
  • Knoxville, TN
L 0–12 [8]
November 24 Wake Forest
  • Baseball Park
  • Knoxville, TN
L 6–10 [9]

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References

  1. Harralson, Dan (March 19, 2020). "Tennessee football history: 1892". Vols Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  2. "Vanderbilt defeated Vols twice in 1892". Vanderbilt Commodores Athletics. November 20, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  3. "The University won". The Journal and Tribune. October 16, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Great football game, Vanderbilt vanquishes the University of Tennessee eleven". Nashville Banner. October 21, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Sewanee claims the championship". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Exciting game, Sewanee wins another football match from U of T". The Knoxville Sentinel. November 3, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "U of T Rah! Our football team victorious in yesterdays contest". The Journal and Tribune. November 13, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "U of T blanked, Vanderbilt defeats them to the tune of 12 to 0". The Journal and Tribune. November 18, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Local football, the game between the University of Tennessee team". The Journal and Tribune. November 25, 1892. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.