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1962 Tennessee

4–⁠6 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1962, game by game: lost at Auburn 21–22; lost at Mississippi State 6–7; lost at Georgia Tech 0–17; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 7–27; won vs. Chattanooga 48–14; won vs. Wake Forest 23–0; won vs. Tulane 28–16; lost vs. No. 3 Ole Miss 6–19; lost vs. Kentucky 10–12; won at Vanderbilt 30–0+34−20Lost 21–22 at Auburn-1AuburnLost 6–7 at Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–17 at Georgia Tech-17Georgia TechLost 7–27 vs. No. 2 Alabama-20No. 2 AlabamaWon 48–14 vs. Chattanooga+34ChattanoogaWon 23–0 vs. Wake Forest+23Wake ForestWon 28–16 vs. Tulane+12TulaneLost 6–19 vs. No. 3 Ole Miss-13No. 3 Ole MissLost 10–12 vs. Kentucky-2KentuckyWon 30–0 at Vanderbilt+30Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29atAuburnL 21–⁠2241%
Oct 6atMississippi StateL 6–⁠756%
Oct 13atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠1734%
Oct 20vs2AlabamaL 7–⁠2731%
Oct 27vsChattanoogaW 48–⁠1494%
Nov 3vsWake ForestW 23–⁠079%
Nov 10vsTulaneW 28–⁠1681%
Nov 17vs3Ole MissL 6–⁠1928%
Nov 24vsKentuckyL 10–⁠1264%
Dec 1atVanderbiltW 30–⁠068%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 30–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 95th-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 1962.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠134
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1532 −33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.2 No. 37 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Mallon FairclothRBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠010–⁠03
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠3
Kentucky2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Mississippi State2–⁠53–⁠6
Tennessee2–⁠64–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠9
Tulane0–⁠70–⁠10

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