1942 Tennessee Volunteers football team
1942 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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Sugar Bowl Champions | |
Sugar Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Tulsa | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 7 |
1942 record | 9–1–1 (4–1 SEC) |
Head coach | John Barnhill |
Home stadium | Shields-Watkins Field |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#2 Georgia $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#7 Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#18 Mississippi State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 Alabama | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#16 Auburn | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1942 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, one loss and one tie (9–1–1 overall, 4–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a victory against Tulsa in the 1943 Sugar Bowl.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 26 | at South Carolina* | Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC | T 0–0 | ||||||
October 3 | Fordham* | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 40–14 | ||||||
October 10 | Dayton* | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 34–6 | ||||||
October 17 | at No. 4 Alabama | No. 15 | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) | L 0–8 | |||||
October 24 | Furman* | No. 17 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 52–7 | |||||
October 31 | No. 19 LSU | No. 20 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 26–0 | |||||
November 7 | Cincinnati* | No. 13 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 34–12 | |||||
November 14 | at Ole Miss | No. 11 | Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN | W 14–0 | |||||
November 21 | Kentucky | No. 11 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) | W 26–0 | |||||
November 28 | at Vanderbilt | No. 10 | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 19–7 | |||||
January 1, 1943 | vs. No. 4 Tulsa | No. 7 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | W 14–7 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
- Reference:[1]
Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
Al Hust | End | 3 | 29 | Chicago Cardinals |
References
General
- 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
Specific
- ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 120
- ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
- ↑ "1943 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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