1948 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1948 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–4–2 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Robert Neyland (17th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1948 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 17th year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and two ties (4–4–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Mississippi State		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 6–21
October 2	at Duke*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	T 7–7
October 9	Chattanooga*	No. 20	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 26–0
October 16	Alabama		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	W 21–6	45,000
October 23	Tennessee Tech*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 41–0
October 30	No. 3 North Carolina*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, Tennessee	L 7–14
November 6	at No. 6 Georgia Tech		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 13–6
November 13	vs. Ole Miss	No. 18	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 13–16
November 20	Kentucky		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	T 0–0
November 29	at No. 15 Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–28
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Al Russas	End	13	122	Detroit Lions
Bob Lund	Back	14	141	Philadelphia Eagles

References

General

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

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