1950 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1950 Tennessee Volunteers football
National Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 20–14 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
1950 record	11–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Robert Neyland
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field

1950 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Kentucky $	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#16 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#20 Tulane	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	3
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1950 season. Led by head coach Robert Neyland, the Volunteers lost only one game, a 7–0 upset at Mississippi State in the second game of the season. The Vols handed #3 Kentucky, coached by Bear Bryant, its only loss and defeated #2 Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic en route to an 11–1 record.

Big Seven champion Oklahoma finished the regular season 10–0 and was named national champions by the AP Poll, but lost to Kentucky, who Tennessee earlier defeated, in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee was the only top five team that year to win their bowl game. Thus, Tennessee was voted national champions by a preponderance of selectors, with 18 to Oklahoma's 11.^[1]

Prominent players

The 1950 Tennessee team featured Hank Lauricella, the following season's Heisman Trophy runner-up, and Doug Atkins, a future member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In addition, guard Ted Daffer and tackle Bill "Pug" Pearman were named as All-Americans in 1950.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 23, 1950	Mississippi Southern*	No. 4	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 56–0
September 30, 1950	at Mississippi State	No. 4	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	L 0–7
October 7, 1950	at No. 14 Duke*		Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 28–7
October 14, 1950	Chattanooga*	No. 14	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 41–0
October 21, 1950	Alabama	No. 18	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	W 14–9
October 28, 1950	Washington and Lee*	No. 8	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 27–20
November 4, 1950	North Carolina*	No. 11	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 16–0
November 11, 1950	Tennessee Tech*	No. 11	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 48–14
November 18, 1950	Ole Miss	No. 9	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 35–0
November 25, 1950	No. 3 Kentucky	No. 9	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 7–0
December 2, 1950	at Vanderbilt	No. 4	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 43–0
January 1, 1951	vs. No. 3 Texas*	No. 4	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	W 20–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "1950 National Championships". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-11-12.

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Shields-Watkins Field (1921-1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Hail Mary between the Hedges

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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