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1934 Tennessee

8–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Neyland.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1934, game by game: won vs. Centre 32–0; won at North Carolina 19–7; won vs. Ole Miss 27–0; lost at Alabama 6–13; won vs. Duke 14–6; lost at Fordham 12–13; won vs. Mississippi State 14–0; won at Vanderbilt 13–6; won vs. Kentucky 19–0; won vs. LSU 19–13+32−7Won 32–0 vs. Centre+32CentreWon 19–7 at North Carolina+12North CarolinaWon 27–0 vs. Ole Miss+27Ole MissLost 6–13 at Alabama-7AlabamaWon 14–6 vs. Duke+8DukeLost 12–13 at Fordham-1FordhamWon 14–0 vs. Mississippi State+14Mississippi Sta…Won 13–6 at Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltWon 19–0 vs. Kentucky+19KentuckyWon 19–13 vs. LSU+6LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsCentreW 32–⁠093%
Oct 6atNorth CarolinaW 19–⁠761%
Oct 13vsOle MissW 27–⁠077%
Oct 20atAlabamaL 6–⁠1343%
Oct 27vsDukeW 14–⁠655%
Nov 3atFordhamL 12–⁠1363%
Nov 10vsMississippi StateW 14–⁠087%
Nov 17atVanderbiltW 13–⁠656%
Nov 29vsKentuckyW 19–⁠083%
Dec 8vsLSUW 19–⁠1359%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 19–⁠13; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 27th-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 1934.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
175–⁠58
Coach
Bob Neyland
Elo
1710 +79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.3 No. 7 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

2 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Murray WarmathOGAP-1; UP-2
  • Charles VaughanQBAP-2; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulane8–⁠010–⁠1
Alabama7–⁠010–⁠0
Tennessee5–⁠18–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠36–⁠3
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠42–⁠7
Georgia Tech0–⁠61–⁠9

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