1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1928 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
1928 record 901 (601 SoCon)
Head coach Robert Neyland (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Roy Witt
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1928 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 7 0 0     10 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 1     9 0 1
Florida 6 1 0     8 1 0
VPI 4 1 0     7 2 0
Alabama 6 2 0     6 3 0
LSU 3 1 1     6 2 1
Clemson 4 2 0     8 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 0     8 2 0
Tulane 3 3 1     6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 3 0     5 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 2     5 3 2
Kentucky 2 2 1     4 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1     6 2 2
Maryland 2 3 1     6 3 1
VMI 2 3 1     5 3 2
Georgia 2 4 0     4 5 0
NC State 1 3 1     4 5 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0     2 4 2
Virginia 1 6 0     2 6 1
Washington and Lee 1 6 0     2 8 0
Sewanee 0 5 0     2 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0     1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1928 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1928 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game (901 overall, 601 in the SoCon). The only blemish on their schedule was a scoreless tie with Kentucky. Tennessee outscored their opponents 249 to 51 and posted five shutouts.

On November 17, Tennessee beat in-state rival Vanderbilt for the first time since 1916. Before 1928, Vanderbilt held a strong advantage over the Volunteers with a record of 1823 in the first 23 meetings between the two school. Since 1928, Tennessee has dominated the rivalry.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 27, 1928 Maryville* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 410  
October 6, 1928 Centre* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 417  
October 13, 1928 Ole Miss Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 1312  
October 20, 1928 at Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, AL (Third Saturday in October) W 1513  
October 27, 1928 Washington & Leedagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 267  
November 3, 1928 Carson–Newman* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 570  
November 10, 1928 Sewanee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 320  
November 17, 1928 at Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN (Rivalry) W 60  
November 29, 1928 Kentucky Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) T 00  
December 8, 1928 Florida Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) W 1312  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Players

1928 Tennessee Volunteers roster

Quarterbacks

  • 14 Roy Witt
  • 17 Bobby Dodd - So.
  • 19 Vincent Tudor
  • 38 Charles Reineke - So.

Halfbacks

  • 12 Hugh Faust - So.
  • 15 Buddy Hackman - So.
  • 28 Gene McEver - So.
  • 44 Pal McAdams - So.
  • 49 Carl Reischling
  • 52 James Decker - So.
  • 62 Edwin Corbett - So.
 

Fullbacks

  • 16 Amos Horner
  • 18 McGehee


Ends

 

Tackles

  • 13 Howard Johnson - Jr.
  • 24 Harry Thayer - So.
  • 22 James G. Johnston - Jr.
  • 29 L. Philip Beene - Jr.
  • 35 Bo Hundley - Jr.
  • 36 Harry Meyer

Guards

  • 20 L. B. "Farmer" Johnson
  • 21 Ben Fuller - Jr.
  • 27 Arthur Tripp - Sr.
  • 34 Conrad Templeton - So.
  • 35 Moss
 

Centers

  • 23 Louis Roberts - So.
  • 32 Stringer
  • 37 Jim Finney - Jr.
  • 43 George Wiggs
 

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