1935 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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The 1935 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1935 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach W. H. Britton, in his first and only year as head coach, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5 overall, 2–3 in the SEC). Britton was appointed head coach after Robert Neyland was called up to active military duty.

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 SEC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumShields–Watkins Field
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1935 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 â†’
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1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 LSU $5–0–09–2–0
Vanderbilt5–1–07–3–0
Ole Miss3–1–09–3–0
No. 15 Auburn5–2–08–2–0
No. 17 Alabama4–2–06–2–1
Tulane3–3–06–4–0
Kentucky3–3–05–4–0
Georgia Tech3–4–05–5–0
Mississippi State2–3–08–3–0
Tennessee2–3–04–5–0
Georgia2–4–06–4–0
Florida1–6–03–7–0
Sewanee0–6–02–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Southwestern (TN)*
W 20–07,500[1]
October 5North Carolina*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 13–3815,000[2]
October 12at Auburn
W 13–615,617[3]
October 19Alabamadagger
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–2520,000[4]
October 262:00 p.m.Centre*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 25–145,000–6,000[5][6][7]
November 2at Duke*
L 6–1915,000[8]
November 9vs. Ole Miss
W 14–1312,000[9]
November 16Vanderbilt
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–13[10]
November 28at Kentucky
L 0–2716,000[11]
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Team players drafted into the NFL

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Gene RoseEnd436New York Giants
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