1937 Tennessee

6–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Neyland.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1937, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 32–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 27–0; tied at Duke 0–0; lost vs. Alabama 7–14; won vs. Sewanee 32–0; won vs. Georgia 32–0; lost at Auburn 7–20; lost vs. Vanderbilt 7–13; won at Kentucky 13–0; won vs. Ole Miss 32–0+32−13Won 32–0 vs. Wake Forest+32Wake ForestWon 27–0 vs. Virginia Tech+27Virginia TechTied 0–0 at Duke0DukeLost 7–14 vs. Alabama-7AlabamaWon 32–0 vs. Sewanee+32SewaneeWon 32–0 vs. Georgia+32GeorgiaLost 7–20 at Auburn-13AuburnLost 7–13 vs. Vanderbilt-6VanderbiltWon 13–0 at Kentucky+13KentuckyWon 32–0 vs. Ole Miss+32Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 32–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 15

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 1937.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
189–⁠47
Coach
Bob Neyland
Elo
1608 +55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.2 No. 14 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠09–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠28
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠26–⁠2–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠27–⁠2
Mississippi State3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia Tech3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Florida3–⁠44–⁠7
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠2–⁠26–⁠3–⁠2
Ole Miss0–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

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