1945 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1945 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 14
1945 record 8–1 (3–1 SEC)
Head coach John Barnhill
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1945 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
#14 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
#15 LSU 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#18 Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Auburn 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
Tulane 1 – 3 – 1     2 – 6 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1945 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his 4th year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1 overall, 3–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 29 Wake Forest* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 7–6    
October 6 William & Mary* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 48–13    
October 13 Chattanooga* No. 18 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 30–0    
October 20 at No. 6 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) L 7–25    
October 27 Villanova* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 33–2    
November 3 North Carolina* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 20–6    
November 10 at Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN W 34–0    
November 24 at Kentucky No. 14 McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) W 14–0    
December 1 Vanderbiltdagger No. 17 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 45–0    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Walter Slater Back 3 37 Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Vugrin Guard 26 241 Chicago Cardinals
Bob Long Back 26 268 Philadelphia Eagles

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 121
  2. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. ↑ "1946 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.