1963 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1963 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1963 record5–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
No. 5 Auburn 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Alabama 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 4 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
LSU 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Florida 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Vanderbilt 0 – 5 – 2 1 – 7 – 2
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Tulane 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Jim McDonald, in his first and only year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5 overall, 3–5 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Richmond*
W 34–6
September 28Auburn
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 19–23
October 5Mississippi State
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 0–7
October 12Georgia Techdagger
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–2351,527
October 19at No. 9 Alabama
L 0–3553,454
October 26Chattanooga*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 49–722,000[1]
November 9at Tulane
W 26–010,000[2]
November 16vs. No. 3 Ole Miss
L 0–20
November 23at Kentucky
W 19–0
November 30Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 14–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Dick Evey Tackle 1 14 Chicago Bears
Bob Zvolerin Tackle 12 158 Washington Redskins
Ed Beard Tackle 14 183 San Francisco 49ers

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References[]

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ "'Hungry' Vols chew up Mocs, 49–7". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 27, 1963. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vols cut down Green Wave, 26–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 10, 1963. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 123
  4. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  5. ^ "1964 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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