1913 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1913 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–3 (1–3 SIAA)
Head coach	Zora Clevenger (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Straight T
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	Sam Hayley
Home stadium	Waite Field
Uniform
Seasons ←  1912 1914  →

1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Auburn $	8	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Mississippi A&M	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Mercer	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Kentucky	0	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Central University	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Tulane	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1913 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Volunteers had a winning record for the first time since 1908 and won their first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association game since 1910.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27	Carson–Newman *	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 58–0	[1]
October 4	Athens School of the University of Chattanooga *	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 95–0	[2]
October 11	Maryville (TN) *	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 75–0	[3]
October 18	vs. Sewanee	Andrews Field Chattanooga, TN	L 6–17	[4]
October 27	Davidson *	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 9–0	[5]
November 1	Chattanooga *	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 21–0	[6]
November 8	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–7	[7]
November 14	at Alabama	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	L 0–6	[8]
November 27	at Kentucky	Stoll Athletic Field Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 13–7	[9]
*Non-conference game

Game summaries

Vanderbilt

Red Rainey scored Tennessee's touchdown. Goat Carroll missed the kick. ^[10] Tennessee's right guard S. D. Bayer drew a 33-yard, half the distance to the goal penalty for slugging, and was ejected by umpire Bradley Walker. The first down after, Hord Boensch threw a touchdown pass to Enoch Brown. Brown ran the last ten yards shaking off several defenders. ^[10] Boensch kicked goal and won the game for Vanderbilt.

References

1. "Football season of 1913 is formally ushered in". The Journal and Tribune. September 28, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Volunteers roll up heavy score against Athens team". The Journal and Tribune. October 5, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tennessee's attack put the Maryville eleven to rout". The Journal and Tribune. October 12, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Sewanee's superior rushing power carries Tigers to victory over Tennessee". The Chattanooga Times. October 19, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tennessee wins over Davidson". The Charlotte News. October 28, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Chattanooga loses thriller to Tennessee". The Chattanooga Times. November 2, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Commodores win from Tennessee by 7 to 6 score". Nashville Tennessean. November 2, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Alabama wins fierce game from Volunteers". Knoxville Sentinel. November 15, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "State loses to Tennessee 13–7". Lexington Leader. November 28, 1913. Retrieved August 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. Bill Traughber (November 25, 2014). "1913 Rewind: Commodores rally to stay undefeated against Vols". Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.