1949 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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Ranking
APNo. 17
1949 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulane $ 5 1 0 7 2 1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 1 0 9 3 0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 1 1 7 2 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 0 7 3 0
No. 9 LSU 4 2 0 8 3 0
Alabama 4 3 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 4 0 5 5 0
Auburn 2 4 2 2 4 3
Ole Miss 2 4 0 4 5 1
Florida 1 4 1 4 5 1
Georgia 1 4 1 4 6 1
Mississippi State 0 6 0 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Tennessee Volunteers represented the University of Tennessee in the 1949 season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 18th year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, two losses, and one tie (7–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

September 24Mississippi State

W 10–0  October 1Duke*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

L 7–21  October 8Chattanooga*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 39–7  October 15at Alabama

T 7–7  October 22Tennessee Tech*

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 36–6  October 29at No. 13 North Carolina*

W 35–6  November 5Georgia TechdaggerNo. 14

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

L 13–30  November 12at Ole Miss

W 35–7  November 19at No. 11 Kentucky

W 6–0  November 26VanderbiltNo. 18

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)

W 26–20 

Template:CFB Schedule End

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Norm Messeroll Tackle 15 185 New York Yankees

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 121
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. ^ "1950 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.