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1948 Tennessee

4–⁠4–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Neyland.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1948, game by game: lost vs. Mississippi State 6–21; tied at Duke 7–7; won vs. Chattanooga 26–0; won vs. Alabama 21–6; won vs. Tennessee Tech 41–0; lost vs. No. 3 North Carolina 7–14; won at No. 6 Georgia Tech 13–6; lost at Ole Miss 13–16; tied vs. Kentucky 0–0; lost at No. 15 Vanderbilt 6–28+41−22Lost 6–21 vs. Mississippi State-15Mississippi Sta…Tied 7–7 at Duke0DukeWon 26–0 vs. Chattanooga+26ChattanoogaWon 21–6 vs. Alabama+15AlabamaWon 41–0 vs. Tennessee Tech+41Tennessee TechLost 7–14 vs. No. 3 North Carolina-7No. 3 North CarolinaWon 13–6 at No. 6 Georgia Tech+7No. 6 Georgia TechLost 13–16 at Ole Miss-3Ole MissTied 0–0 vs. Kentucky0KentuckyLost 6–28 at No. 15 Vanderbilt-22No. 15 Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsMississippi StateL 6–⁠2156%
Oct 2atDukeT 7–⁠740%
Oct 9vsChattanoogaW 26–⁠075%
Oct 16vsAlabamaW 21–⁠647%
Oct 23vsTennessee TechW 41–⁠096%
Oct 30vs3North CarolinaL 7–⁠1433%
Nov 6at6Georgia TechW 13–⁠623%
Nov 13atOle MissL 13–⁠1631%
Nov 20vsKentuckyT 0–⁠061%
Nov 27at15VanderbiltL 6–⁠2834%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Vanderbilt 28–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 6: 18

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 1948.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
140–⁠98
Coach
Bob Neyland
Elo
1556 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.2 No. 19 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jim PowellEAP-2; UP-1
  • Norman MeserollOTAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Hal LittlefordRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠09–⁠28
Ole Miss6–⁠18–⁠115
Tulane5–⁠19–⁠113
Vanderbilt4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠112
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Florida1–⁠55–⁠5
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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