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1964 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1964 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 8 0 0 10 1 0
Florida 4 2 0 7 3 0
No. 7 LSU 4 2 1 8 2 1
Georgia 3 2 0 7 3 1
Auburn 3 3 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 5 5 0
Ole Miss 2 4 1 5 5 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 4 1 3 6 1
Tennessee 1 5 1 4 5 1
Tulane 1 4 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1964 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his first year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1 overall, 1–5–1 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 80 points while the defense allowed 121 points.

Schedule

September 19Chattanooga*

W 10–6  September 26at No. 8 Auburn

L 0–3  October 3Mississippi State

W 14–13  October 10Boston College*

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

W 16–14  October 17No. 3 Alabama

L 8–1948,627 October 24at No. 7 LSU

NBCT 3–3  November 7at No. 7 Georgia Tech

W 22–14  November 14Ole Missdagger

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

L 0–30  November 21Kentucky

L 7–12  November 28at Vanderbilt

L 0–7 

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Steve DeLong Defensive end 1 6 Chicago Bears
Whit Canale Defensive end 17 227 Pittsburgh Steelers

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1960–69". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "1965 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Steve DeLong, 1964 winner of Outland Trophy, dies at 67". Knoxville News Sentinel. GoVolsXtra.com. August 19, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.