1934 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1934 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record8–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons
  1933
1935  
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Tulane + 8 0 010 1 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 0 010 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 08 2 0
LSU 4 2 07 2 2
Georgia 3 2 07 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 06 3 0
Florida 2 2 16 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 14 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 05 5 0
Auburn 1 6 02 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 02 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 04 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1934 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1934 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 292:30 p.m. Centre *W 32–07,500 [1] [2]
October 5at North Carolina *W 19–7 [3]
October 13 Ole Miss
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 27–010,000 [4]
October 20at Alabama L 6–1318,000 [5]
October 27 Duke *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 14–620,000 [6]
November 3at Fordham *L 12–1325,000 [7]
November 10 Mississippi State
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 14–05,000 [8]
November 17at Vanderbilt W 13–620,000 [9]
November 29 Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 19–018,000 [10]
December 8 LSU
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 19–1318,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. Thomson, Marvin (September 29, 1934). "Vols Open Grid Season Today With Centre On Muddy Field". The Knoxville Journal . Knoxville, Tennessee. pp. 8–9 . Retrieved August 3, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. "Centre no match for Tennessee; beaten 32–0". The Lexington Herald. September 30, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Carolina loses". The News and Observer. October 7, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Phil Dickens leads Vols to 27–0 victory over Ole Miss". The Knoxville Journal. October 14, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tennessee Vols fall before surging Crimson Tide, 13 to 6". The Knoxville Journal. October 21, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tennessee bests Duke, 14–6". The News and Observer. October 28, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Rams down Tennessee in last period". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Dickens leads Vols to 14–0 victory over Mississippi State". The Knoxville Journal. November 11, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Wildcats lose to Tennessee by 19 to 0". The Lexington Leader. November 30, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tennessee skirts ends to down Vanderbilt, 13–6". Nashville Banner. November 18, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Vols score in last 2 minutes to beat L.S.U." Monroe Morning World. December 9, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.