1934 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1934 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1934 record 8–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach Robert Neyland
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1934 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Tulane + 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
Alabama + 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
LSU 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 2
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Florida 2 – 2 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Mississippi 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

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

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 29 Centre* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–0    
October 5 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 19–7    
October 13 Ole Miss Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–0    
October 20 at Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 6–13    
November 2 Duke*dagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 14–6    
November 3 at Fordham* Polo Grounds • New York, NY L 12–13    
November 10 Mississippi State Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 14–0    
November 17 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 13–6    
November 29 Kentucky Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) W 19–0    
December 8 LSU Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 19–13    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 119
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