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1964 Tennessee

4–⁠5–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1964, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 10–6; lost at No. 8 Auburn 0–3; won vs. Mississippi State 14–13; won vs. Boston College 16–14; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 8–19; tied at No. 7 LSU 3–3; won at No. 7 Georgia Tech 22–14; lost vs. Ole Miss 0–30; lost vs. Kentucky 7–12; lost at Vanderbilt 0–7+8−30Won 10–6 vs. Chattanooga+4ChattanoogaLost 0–3 at No. 8 Auburn-3No. 8 AuburnWon 14–13 vs. Mississippi State+1Mississippi Sta…Won 16–14 vs. Boston College+2Boston CollegeLost 8–19 vs. No. 3 Alabama-11No. 3 AlabamaTied 3–3 at No. 7 LSU0No. 7 LSUWon 22–14 at No. 7 Georgia Tech+8No. 7 Georgia TechLost 0–30 vs. Ole Miss-30Ole MissLost 7–12 vs. Kentucky-5KentuckyLost 0–7 at Vanderbilt-7Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsChattanoogaW 10–⁠694%
Sep 26at8AuburnL 0–⁠330%
Oct 3vsMississippi StateW 14–⁠1360%
Oct 10vsBoston CollegeW 16–⁠1456%
Oct 17vs3AlabamaL 8–⁠1933%
Oct 24at7LSUT 3–⁠324%
Nov 7at7Georgia TechW 22–⁠1420%
Nov 14vsOle MissL 0–⁠3047%
Nov 21vsKentuckyL 7–⁠1267%
Nov 28atVanderbiltL 0–⁠762%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Vanderbilt 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 109th-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 1964.

Outland TrophySteve DeLong, MG

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
80–⁠121
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1478 −47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.3 No. 59 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 1Steve DeLong OTChicago Bears

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠010–⁠11
Florida4–⁠27–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠25–⁠5
LSU4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠17
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tennessee1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠43–⁠7

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