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1926 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1926 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 0 0 9 0 1
Tennessee 5 1 0 8 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 0 8 1 0
South Carolina 4 2 0 6 4 0
Georgia 4 2 0 5 4 0
Virginia 4 2 1 6 2 2
VPI 3 2 1 5 3 1
Washington and Lee 3 2 1 4 3 2
Georgia Tech 4 3 0 4 5 0
North Carolina 3 3 0 4 5 0
Auburn 3 3 0 5 4 0
LSU 3 3 0 6 3 0
Ole Miss 2 2 0 5 4 0
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0 5 4 0
VMI 2 4 0 5 5 0
Tulane 2 4 0 3 5 1
Maryland 1 3 1 5 4 1
Clemson 1 3 0 2 7 0
Florida 1 4 1 2 6 2
Kentucky 1 4 1 2 6 1
NC State 0 4 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 0 5 0 2 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

September 25, 1926Carson–Newman*

W 13–0 October 2, 1926North Carolina

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 34–0 October 9, 1926at LSU

W 14–7 October 15, 1926Maryville*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 33–0 October 23, 1926Centre*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 30–7 October 30, 1926at Mississippi A&M

W 33–0 November 6, 1926Sewaneedagger

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 12–0 November 13, 1926at Vanderbilt

L 3–20 November 25, 1926Kentucky

W 6–0

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1920–29". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 17, 2012.