1925 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1925 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–2–1 (2–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captain J. G. Lowe
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Uniform
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Seasons
  1924
1926  
1925 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama + 7 0 010 0 0
No. 6 Tulane + 5 0 09 0 1
North Carolina 4 0 17 1 1
Washington and Lee 5 1 05 5 0
Virginia 4 1 17 1 1
Georgia Tech 4 1 16 2 1
Kentucky 4 2 06 3 0
Florida 3 2 08 2 0
Auburn 3 2 15 3 1
VPI 3 3 15 3 2
Vanderbilt 3 3 06 3 0
Tennessee 2 2 15 2 1
South Carolina 2 2 07 3 0
Georgia 2 4 04 5 0
Sewanee 1 4 04 4 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 03 4 1
VMI 1 5 05 5 0
LSU 0 2 15 3 1
NC State 0 4 13 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 05 5 0
Clemson 0 4 01 7 0
Maryland 0 4 02 5 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") was an American football team that represented the University of Tennessee as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. In its fifth and final year under head coach M. B. Banks, Tennessee compiled a 5–2–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in 12th place in the conference, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 129 to 73. [1] The team played its home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Emory and Henry *W 51–0 [2]
October 10 Maryville (TN) *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TB
W 13–0 [3]
October 17at Vanderbilt L 7–34 [4]
October 24 LSU
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
T 0–0 [5]
October 31 Georgia
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 12–7 [6]
November 7at Centre *
W 12–01,000 [7]
November 14 Mississippi A&M Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 14–9 [8]
November 26at Kentucky L 20–23 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "1925 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. "Tennessee Backs Romp on Emory and Henry". Nashville Tennessean. October 4, 1925. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee Uses Forty Players In Victory". Nashville Tennessean. October 11, 1925. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Blinkey Horn (October 18, 1925). "Vanderbilt's Great Rally Tramples Tennessee: Gil Reece Runs 95 Yards For Touchdown". Nashville Tennessean. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tennessee and L.S.U. in Scoreless Deadlock". Nashville Tennessean. October 25, 1925. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tennessee Stops Georgia Aerials for 12-7 Victory". Nashville Tennessean. November 1, 1925. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Volunteers Defeat Centre By 12-0 On Muddy Field Before 1,000 Spectators". The Courier-Journal. November 8, 1925. p. VI-2 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Thousands See U.T. Triumph Over Miss A. and M. By 14 To 9". The Kingsport Times. November 15, 1925. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Wildcats Claw Triumphant Way to 23-20 Victory Over Tennessee". The Courier-Journal. November 27, 1925. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.