1936 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1936 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2–2 (3–1–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons
←  1935
1937  →
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 LSU $ 6 –0 –09 –1 –1
No. 4 Alabama 5 –0 –18 –0 –1
Auburn 4 –1 –17 –2 –2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 –1 –26 –2 –2
Mississippi State 3 –2 –07 –3 –1
Georgia 3 –3 –05 –4 –1
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –15 –5 –1
Tulane 2 –3 –16 –3 –1
Vanderbilt 1 –3 –13 –5 –1
Kentucky 1 –3 –06 –4 –0
Florida 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
Ole Miss 0 –3 –15 –5 –2
Sewanee 0 –5 –00 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1936 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his tenth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and two ties (6–2–2 overall, 3–1–2 in the SEC).

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Chattanooga *
W 13–07,000 [1]
October 3at North Carolina *
L 6–1415,000 [2]
October 10 Auburn
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–615,000 [3]
October 17at Alabama
T 0–015,000 [4]
October 24No. 2 Duke *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 15–1313,263 [5]
October 31at Georgia
W 46–0 [6]
November 7 Maryville (TN) *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–05,000 [7]
November 14at Vanderbilt
W 26–1320,000 [8]
November 26 Kentucky No. 17
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 7–620,000 [9]
December 5vs. Ole Miss No. 17
T 0–017,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Phil Dickens Back652 Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. ↑ "Blue and Gold loses to Vols in bitter war". The Chattanooga Times. September 27, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Tar Heels best Vols". The News and Observer. October 4, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Auburn defeats Tennessee with three plays left, 6–0". The Birmingham News. October 11, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Vols battle Crimson Tide to scoreless tie". The Knoxville Journal. October 18, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tennessee upsets Duke, 15 to 13". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 25, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Georgia is crushed by Tennessee, 46–0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Vols overpower scrappy Maryville team, 34–0". The Knoxville Journal. November 8, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Vols vanquish Vandy by 26–13". The Nashville Tennessean. November 15, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Cats outplay Vols but lose 7 to 6 before 20,000". The Courier-Journal. November 27, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Rebels battle Vols to scoreless deadlock". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. December 6, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "1937 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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