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1933 Tennessee

7–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Neyland.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1933, game by game: won vs. Virginia Tech 27–0; won vs. Mississippi State 20–0; lost at Duke 2–10; lost vs. Alabama 6–12; won vs. Florida 13–6; won at George Washington 13–0; won vs. Ole Miss 35–6; won vs. Vanderbilt 33–6; won at Kentucky 27–0; lost at LSU 0–7+29−8Won 27–0 vs. Virginia Tech+27Virginia TechWon 20–0 vs. Mississippi State+20Mississippi Sta…Lost 2–10 at Duke-8DukeLost 6–12 vs. Alabama-6AlabamaWon 13–6 vs. Florida+7FloridaWon 13–0 at George Washington+13George Washingt…Won 35–6 vs. Ole Miss+29Ole MissWon 33–6 vs. Vanderbilt+27VanderbiltWon 27–0 at Kentucky+27KentuckyLost 0–7 at LSU-7LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsVirginia TechW 27–⁠072%
Oct 7vsMississippi StateW 20–⁠089%
Oct 14atDukeL 2–⁠1057%
Oct 21vsAlabamaL 6–⁠1262%
Oct 28vsFloridaW 13–⁠676%
Nov 4atGeorge WashingtonW 13–⁠069%
Nov 11vsOle MissW 35–⁠678%
Nov 18vsVanderbiltW 33–⁠669%
Nov 30atKentuckyW 27–⁠072%
Dec 9atLSUL 0–⁠755%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 7–⁠0; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1933.

Consensus All-AmericanBeattie Feathers, RB

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
176–⁠47
Coach
Bob Neyland
Elo
1696 +25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.1 No. 18 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Talmadge Maples
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • J.B. EllisOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
LSU3–⁠0–⁠27–⁠0–⁠3
Georgia3–⁠18–⁠2
Tennessee5–⁠27–⁠3
Tulane4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Vanderbilt2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
Auburn2–⁠25–⁠5
Florida2–⁠35–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠35–⁠5
Georgia Tech2–⁠55–⁠5
Mississippi State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Sewanee0–⁠63–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.