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1935 Tennessee

4–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by W.H. Britton.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1935, game by game: won vs. Rhodes 20–0; lost vs. North Carolina 13–38; won at Auburn 13–6; lost vs. Alabama 0–25; won vs. Centre 25–14; lost at Duke 6–19; won vs. Ole Miss 14–13; lost vs. Vanderbilt 7–13; lost at Kentucky 0–27+20−27Won 20–0 vs. Rhodes+20RhodesLost 13–38 vs. North Carolina-25North CarolinaWon 13–6 at Auburn+7AuburnLost 0–25 vs. Alabama-25AlabamaWon 25–14 vs. Centre+11CentreLost 6–19 at Duke-13DukeWon 14–13 vs. Ole Miss+1Ole MissLost 7–13 vs. Vanderbilt-6VanderbiltLost 0–27 at Kentucky-27Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsRhodesW 20–⁠095%
Oct 5vsNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠3865%
Oct 12atAuburnW 13–⁠656%
Oct 19vsAlabamaL 0–⁠2554%
Oct 26vsCentreW 25–⁠1491%
Nov 2atDukeL 6–⁠1939%
Nov 9vsOle MissW 14–⁠1362%
Nov 16vsVanderbiltL 7–⁠1364%
Nov 28atKentuckyL 0–⁠2753%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kentucky 27–⁠0; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 99th-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 1935.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
98–⁠155
Coach
W.H. Britton
Elo
1508 −132 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.2 No. 72 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 4Gene Rose ENew York Giants

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠17–⁠3
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠3
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠63–⁠7
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

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