1895 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1895 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
  • W. B. Stokley (student coach)
Home stadiumBaldwin Park
Seasons
←  1894
1896  →
1895 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas  – 5 –0 –0
LSU  – 3 –0 –0
Arkansas  – 1 –0 –0
Henry Kendall  – 1 –0 –0
North Carolina  – 7 –1 –1
VMI  – 5 –1 –0
West Virginia  – 5 –1 –0
Centre  – 4 –1 –1
Wofford  – 3 –1 –0
Virginia  – 9 –3 –0
Navy  – 5 –2 –0
VAMC  – 4 –2 –0
Ole Miss  – 2 –1 –0
South Carolina  – 2 –1 –0
Tennessee  – 3 –2 –1
Tulane  – 3 –2 –0
Kentucky State  – 4 –5 –0
North Carolina A&M  – 1 –2 –1
Delaware  – 1 –3 –0
Centenary  – 1 –1 –0
Guilford  – 1 –1 –0
Wake Forest  – 0 –0 –1
Marshall  – 0 –1 –1
Columbian  – 0 –1 –1
Catholic University  – 0 –1 –0
Oklahoma  – 0 –1 –0
Furman  – 0 –2 –0
Mississippi A&M  – 0 –2 –0
Richmond  – 0 –5 –1

The 1895 Tennessee Volunteers football team unofficially represented the University of Tennessee as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In October 1894, the Athletic Association had resolved to drop varsity football and look forward to baseball in the spring of 1895. These unofficial games, referred to as "The Lost Years", are not included in NCAA statistics or in official UT win–loss records. 1895 was the second and final student-coached team.

W. B. Stokely, a UT senior who transferred from Wake Forest University in 1894, again persuaded a group of students to form a team in the fall of 1895. Stokely, who was elected captain, gave encouragement and direction to the other players. Even though the institution chose not to be represented officially on the gridiron in 1895, as in 1894, Stokely and his unofficial team kept football interest alive during this period when almost certainly it otherwise would have been allowed to lapse completely.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19vs. Knoxville YMCA
W 4–0 [1]
November 2 Maryville
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN
T 6–6 [2]
November 4at Bingham School
W 12–0 [3]
November 14at Fort McPherson
L 0–28 [4] [5]
November 28at St. Albans School (VA) Bristol, TN L 0–38 [6]
November 30 Tennessee Docs
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 40–0 [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "University of Tennessee defeats the Y.M.C.A. eleven". The Knoxville Tribune. October 20, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Six points each scored by the U. of T. boys and Maryville plungers". The Knoxville Journal. November 3, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "It was the Tennesseans' day and they pulled out a victory at Allandale". Asheville Daily Citizen. November 5, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "A football game, A Fort McPherson team and a Tennessee team meet for battle". The Atlanta Constitution. November 14, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "A very poor game, the University of Tennessee was defeated by a score of 28 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tennessee's University defeat at Bristol by Virginians". The Chattanooga Daily Times. November 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Was a farce, game of football between the Medicos and U. of T. boys". The Knoxville Tribune. December 1, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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