
1963 Tennessee
5–5 (3–5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jim McDonald. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Chattanooga 49–7Oct 26
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs | W 34–6 | 63% |
| Sep 28 | vs | L 19–23 | 56% |
| Oct 5 | vs | L 0–7 | 65% |
| Oct 12 | vs | L 7–23 | 38% |
| Oct 19 | at | L 0–35 | 16% |
| Oct 26 | vs | W 49–7 | 92% |
| Nov 9 | at | W 26–0 | 60% |
| Nov 16 | at | L 0–20 | 13% |
| Nov 23 | at | W 19–0 | 41% |
| Nov 30 | vs | W 14–0 | 79% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 14–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 92nd-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 1963.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 3–5 8th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 168–121
- Coach
- Jim McDonald
- Elo
- 1538 +16 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.8 No. 38 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1964
The 1964 draft| Rd 1 | Dick Evey OT | Chicago Bears |
| Rd 2 | Dick Evey DT | Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
All-SEC
1 first teamFirst team
Steve DeLongOGAP-1; UPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1963 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–0–1 | 7–1–2 | 7 | |
| 6–1 | 9–2 | 5 | |
| 6–2 | 9–2 | 8 | |
| 4–1–2 | 7–2–2 | ||
| 4–2 | 7–4 | ||
| 4–3 | 7–3 | ||
| 3–3–1 | 6–3–1 | ||
| 3–5 | 5–5 | ||
| 2–4 | 4–5–1 | ||
| 0–5–2 | 1–7–2 | ||
| 0–5–1 | 3–6–1 | ||
| 0–6–1 | 1–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.