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]
| Date
| Opponent#
| Rank#
| Site
| 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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