1926 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1926 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record8–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
CaptainBilly Harkness
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons
  1925
1927  
1926 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 0 09 0 1
Tennessee 5 1 08 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 08 1 0
South Carolina 4 2 06 4 0
Georgia 4 2 05 4 0
Virginia 4 2 16 2 2
VPI 3 2 15 3 1
Washington and Lee 3 2 14 3 2
Georgia Tech 4 3 04 5 0
North Carolina 3 3 04 5 0
Auburn 3 3 05 4 0
LSU 3 3 06 3 0
Ole Miss 2 2 05 4 0
Mississippi A&M 2 3 05 4 0
VMI 2 4 05 5 0
Tulane 2 4 03 5 1
Maryland 1 3 15 4 1
Clemson 1 3 02 7 0
Florida 1 4 12 6 2
Kentucky 1 4 12 6 1
NC State 0 4 04 6 0
Sewanee 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1926 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his first year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1926 Vols won eight and lost one game (8–1 overall, 5–1 in the SoCon). They won their first seven games of the season before losing to in-state rival, Vanderbilt. Tennessee outscored their opponents 151 to 34 and posted five shutouts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25 Carson–Newman *W 13–0 [1]
October 2 North Carolina
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–0 [2]
October 9at LSU W 14–7 [3]
October 16 Maryville (TN) *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 6–0 [4]
October 23 Centre *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 30–7 [5]
October 30at Mississippi A&M W 33–0 [6]
November 6 Sewanee Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 12–0 [7]
November 13at Vanderbilt L 3–20 [8]
November 25 Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 6–0 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tennessee–Vanderbilt football rivalry</span> American college football rivalry

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References

  1. "Tennessee defeats Carson–Newman 13 to 0". The Knoxville Journal. September 26, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tar Heels humiliated by Volunteers, 34–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 3, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee Volunteers defeat Louisiana State University Tigers". The Shreveport Times. October 10, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Volunteers hard pushed for 6 to 0 win". The Knoxville Journal. October 17, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Colonels lose to Vols by 30–7". The Courier-Journal. October 24, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tennessee holds A. and M. helpless". The Clarion-Ledger. October 31, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tennessee defeats Sewanee". The Chattanooga Times. November 7, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Spears carries Vandy to 20–3 win over Vols". The Tennessean. November 14, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Vols beat Wildcats, 6 to 0". The Lexington Herald. November 26, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.