1963 Tennessee

5–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jim McDonald.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1963, game by game: won vs. Richmond 34–6; lost vs. Auburn 19–23; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–7; lost vs. Georgia Tech 7–23; lost at No. 9 Alabama 0–35; won vs. Chattanooga 49–7; won at Tulane 26–0; lost at No. 3 Ole Miss 0–20; won at Kentucky 19–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 14–0+42−35Won 34–6 vs. Richmond+28RichmondLost 19–23 vs. Auburn-4AuburnLost 0–7 vs. Mississippi State-7Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–23 vs. Georgia Tech-16Georgia TechLost 0–35 at No. 9 Alabama-35No. 9 AlabamaWon 49–7 vs. Chattanooga+42ChattanoogaWon 26–0 at Tulane+26TulaneLost 0–20 at No. 3 Ole Miss-20No. 3 Ole MissWon 19–0 at Kentucky+19KentuckyWon 14–0 vs. Vanderbilt+14Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

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 1Dick Evey OTChicago Bears
Rd 2Dick Evey DTBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

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
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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