1965 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1965 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1965 Tennessee Volunteers football
1965 Tennessee Volunteers football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Bluebonnet Bowl, W 27–6 vs. Tulsa
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1965 record	8–1–2 (2–1–2 SEC)
Head coach	Doug Dickey (2nd season);
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium
	Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his second year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, one loss and two ties (8–1–2 overall, 2–1–2 in the SEC) and a victory over Tulsa in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	Army*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 21–0
September 25	Auburn		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		T 13–13
October 9	South Carolina*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 24–3
October 16	at Alabama		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)		T 7–7	65,680
October 23	Houston*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 17–8
November 6	No. 7 Georgia Tech*		Neyland Stadium (rivalry)		W 21–7	52,174
November 13	vs. Ole Miss	No. 8	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	NBC	L 13–14
November 20	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		W 19–3
November 27	Vanderbilt	No. 9	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 21–3
December 4	No. 5 UCLA*	No. 7	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 37–34	44,495
December 18	vs. Tulsa	No. 7	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl)	NBC	W 27–6	40,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1965 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`16`	Dewey Warren	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

General

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

Specific

v t Tennessee Volunteers football
Venues	Waite Field (1892–1920) Shields-Watkins Field (1921–1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Porter Cup
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1965 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Auburn	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 7 Tennessee	2	–	1	–	2	8	–	1	–	2
Ole Miss	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 8 LSU	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll