The 1940 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1940 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fourteenth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 5–0 in the SEC), as SEC Champions and with a loss against Boston College in the 1941 Sugar Bowl. This team won the school's second national championship after being crowned champions by the Williamson and Dunkel polls.[1]
Schedule[]
| Date
|
Opponent#
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Rank#
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Site
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Result
|
| September 28*
|
Mercer
|
|
Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 49–0
|
| October 5*
|
Duke
|
|
Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 13–0
|
| October 12*
|
Chattanooga
|
|
Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 55–0
|
| October 19
|
at Alabama
|
#5
|
Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)
|
W 27–12
|
| October 26
|
Florida
|
#5
|
Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)
|
W 14–0
|
| November 2†
|
LSU
|
#7
|
Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 28–0
|
| November 9*
|
at [[{{{school}}}|Southwestern]]
|
#5
|
Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN
|
W 41–0
|
| November 16*
|
Virginia
|
#5
|
Shield-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 41–14
|
| November 23
|
Kentucky
|
#6
|
Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)
|
W 33–0
|
| November 30
|
at Vanderbilt
|
#6
|
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
|
W 20–0
|
| January 1, 1941*
|
vs. #4 Boston College
|
#6
|
Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)
|
L 13–19
|
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.
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