1962 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1962 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1962 record4–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Ole Miss $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 5 Alabama 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 7 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Florida 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 3
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Tulane 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 2–6 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 179 points while the defense allowed 134 points.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Auburn
L 21–22
October 6vs. Mississippi State
L 6–7
October 13at Georgia Tech
L 0–1752,223
October 20No. 2 Alabama
CBSL 7–2744,600
October 27Chattanooga*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 48–14[1]
October 24Wake Forest*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 23–022,325
November 10Tulane
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 28–1619,965[2]
November 17No. 3 Ole Missdagger
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 6–19
November 24Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 10–12
December 1at Vanderbilt
W 30–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Hungry Vols feast on Mocs". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 28, 1962. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vols withstand Tulane's aerial blitz, 28–16". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 11, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1960–69". University of Tennessee Athletics. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
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