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1946 Tennessee

9–⁠2 (5–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Neyland, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1946, game by game: won vs. Georgia Tech 13–9; won at Duke 12–7; won vs. Chattanooga 47–7; won vs. No. 7 Alabama 12–0; lost vs. Wake Forest 6–19; won vs. No. 9 North Carolina 20–14; won vs. Ole Miss 18–14; won at Boston College 33–13; won vs. Kentucky 7–0; won at Vanderbilt 7–6; lost vs. No. 13 Rice 0–8+40−13Won 13–9 vs. Georgia Tech+4Georgia TechWon 12–7 at Duke+5DukeWon 47–7 vs. Chattanooga+40ChattanoogaWon 12–0 vs. No. 7 Alabama+12No. 7 AlabamaLost 6–19 vs. Wake Forest-13Wake ForestWon 20–14 vs. No. 9 North Carolina+6No. 9 North CarolinaWon 18–14 vs. Ole Miss+4Ole MissWon 33–13 at Boston College+20Boston CollegeWon 7–0 vs. Kentucky+7KentuckyWon 7–6 at Vanderbilt+1VanderbiltLost 0–8 vs. No. 13 Rice-8No. 13 Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsGeorgia TechW 13–⁠972%
Oct 5atDukeW 12–⁠751%
Oct 12vsChattanoogaW 47–⁠794%
Oct 19vs7AlabamaW 12–⁠053%
Oct 26vsWake ForestL 6–⁠1972%
Nov 2vs9North CarolinaW 20–⁠1465%
Nov 9vsOle MissW 18–⁠1486%
Nov 16atBoston CollegeW 33–⁠1360%
Nov 23vsKentuckyW 7–⁠073%
Nov 30atVanderbiltW 7–⁠670%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs13RiceOrange BowlL 0–⁠862%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 8–⁠0 in the Orange Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 8
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Final: 7

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 1946.

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Georgia

Consensus All-AmericanDick Huffman, OT

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 4
Points
175–⁠97
Coach
Bob Neyland
Elo
1657 +39 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.1 No. 13 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Frank HubbellEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠011–⁠03
Tennessee5–⁠09–⁠27
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠29–⁠211
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠37–⁠4
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠37–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠43–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠62–⁠7
Florida0–⁠50–⁠9

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