All-Time Results: 1940-1949 - University of Tennessee Athletics

All-Time Results: 1940-1949

July 15, 2003 | Football

All-Time Football Results

1891-1899 ?	1900-1909 ?	1910-1919 ?	1920-1929 ?	1930-1939
1940-1949 ?	1950-1959 ?	1960-1969 ?	1970-1979 ?	1980-1989
1990-1999 ?	2000-Present ?	?	?	?

1949 -- Won 7 Lost 2 Tied 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 24	Mississippi State	Knoxville	-	10-0	W
Oct. 1	Duke	Knoxville	-	7-21	L
Oct. 8	Chattanooga	Knoxville	-	39-7	W
Oct. 15	Alabama	Birmingham	-	7-7	T
Oct. 22	Tennessee Tech	Knoxville	-	36-6	W
Oct. 29	North Carolina	Chapel Hill	--/13	35-6	W
Nov. 5	Georgia Tech	Knoxville	14/--	13-30	L
Nov. 12	Mississippi	Memphis	-	35-7	W
Nov. 19	Kentucky	Lexington	--/11	6-0	W
Nov. 26	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	18/--	26-20	W
?	?	?	?	214-104	?

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1948 -- Won 4 Lost 4 Tied 2
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 25	Mississippi State	Knoxville	-	6-21	L
Oct. 2	Duke	Durham	-	7-7	T
Oct. 9	Chattanooga	Knoxville	20/--	26-7	W
Oct. 16	Alabama	Knoxville	-	21-6	W
Oct. 23	Tennessee Tech	Knoxville	-	41-0	W
Oct. 30	North Carolina	Knoxville	--/3	7-14	L
Nov. 6	Georgia Tech	Atlanta	--/6	13-6	W
Nov. 13	Mississippi	Memphis	18/--	13-16	L
Nov. 20	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	0-0	T
Nov. 27	Vanderbilt	Nashville	--/15	6-28	L
?	?	?	?	140-98	?

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1947 -- Won 5 Lost 5
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 27	Georgia Tech	Atlanta	?	0-27	L
Oct. 4	Duke	Knoxville	?	7-19	L
Oct. 11	Chattanooga	Knoxville	?	26-7	W
Oct. 18	Alabama	Birmingham	?	0-10	L
Oct. 25	Tennessee Tech	Knoxville	?	49-0	W
Nov. 1	North Carolina	Chapel Hill	?	6-20	L
Nov. 8	Mississippi	Memphis	?	13-43	L
Nov. 15	Boston College	Knoxville	?	38-13	W
Nov. 22	Kentucky	Lexington	?	13-6	W
Nov. 29	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	?	12-7	W
?	?	?	?	164-152	?

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1946 -- Won 9 Lost 2
SEC CHAMPIONS
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 28	Georgia Tech	Knoxville	-	13-9	W
Oct. 5	Duke	Durham	-	12-7	W
Oct. 12	Chattanooga	Knoxville	8t/--	47-7	W
Oct. 19	Alabama	Knoxville	9/7	12-0	W
Oct. 26	Wake Forest	Knoxville	4/--	6-19	L
Nov. 2	North Carolina	Knoxville	10/9	20-14	W
Nov. 9	Mississippi	Memphis	7/--	18-14	W
Nov. 16	Boston College	Boston	8/--	33-13	W
Nov. 23	Kentucky	Knoxville	7/--	7-0	W
Nov. 30	Vanderbilt	Nashville	8/--	7-6	W
Orange Bowl
Jan. 1	Rice	Miami	7/10	0-8	L
?	?	?	?	175-97	?

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1945 -- Won 8 Lost 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 29	Wake Forest	Knoxville	-	7-6	W
Oct. 6	William & Mary	Knoxville	-	48-13	W
Oct. 13	Chattanooga	Knoxville	18/--	30-0	W
Oct. 20	Alabama	Birmingham	--/6	7-25	L
Oct. 27	Villanova	Knoxville	-	33-2	W
Nov. 3	North Carolina	Knoxville	-	20-6	W
Nov. 10	Mississippi	Memphis	-	34-0	W
Nov. 24	Kentucky	Lexington	14/--	14-0	W
Dec. 1	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	17/--	45-0	W
?	?	?	?	238-52	?

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1944 -- Won 7 Lost 1 Tied 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 30	Kentucky	Knoxville	-	26-13	W
Oct. 7	Mississippi	Memphis	-	20-7	W
Oct. 14	Florida	Knoxville	15/--	40-0	W
Oct. 21	Alabama	Knoxville	17/--	0-0	T
Oct. 28	Clemson	Knoxville	19t/--	26-7	W
Nov. 4	Louisiana State	Baton Rouge	16/--	13-0	W
Nov. 18	Temple	Knoxville	17/--	27-14	W
Nov. 25	Kentucky	Lexington	15/--	21-7	W
Rose Bowl-
Jan. 1	Southern California	Pasadena	7/12	0-25	L
?	?	?	?	173-73	?

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1943 -- (NO TEAM)

WORLD WAR II

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1942 -- Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 1
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 26	South Carolina	Columbia	-	0-0	T
Oct. 3	Fordham	Knoxville	-	30-14	W
Oct. 10	Dayton	Knoxville	-	34-6	W
Oct. 17	Alabama	Birmingham	15t/4	0-8	L
Oct. 24	Furman	Knoxville	17t/--	52-7	W
Oct. 31	Louisiana State	Knoxville	20/19	26-0	W
Nov. 7	Cincinnati	Knoxville	13/--	34-12	W
Nov. 14	Mississippi	Memphis	11/--	14-0	W
Nov. 21	Kentucky	Knoxville	11/--	26-0	W
Nov. 28	Vanderbilt	Nashville	10/--	19-7	W
Sugar Bowl
Jan. 1	Tulsa	New Orleans	7/4	14-7	W
?	?	?	?	249-61	?

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1941 -- Won 8 Lost 2
			AP Rank
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result
Sept. 20	Furman	Knoxville	-	32-6	W
Oct. 4	Duke	Durham	-	0-19	L
Oct. 11	Dayton	Knoxville	-	26-0	W
Oct. 18	Alabama	Knoxville	-	2-9	L
Oct. 25	Cincinnati	Knoxville	-	21-6	W
Nov. 1	Louisiana State	Baton Rouge	-	13-6	W
Nov. 8	Howard	Knoxville	-	28-6	W
Nov. 15	Boston College	Boston	--/18	14-7	W
Nov. 22	Kentucky	Lexington	-	20-7	W
Nov. 29	Vanderbilt	Knoxville	--/12	26-7	W
?	?	?	?	182-73	?

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1940 -- Won 10 Lost 1
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS -- Dunkel, Williamson
SEC CHAMPIONS
?	?	?	AP Rank	?	?
Date	Opponent	Site	UT/Opp	Result	?
Sept. 28	Mercer	Knoxville	-	49-0	W
Oct. 5	Duke	Knoxville	-	13-0	W
Oct. 12	Chattanooga	Knoxville	-	53-0	W
Oct. 19	Alabama	Birmingham	5/--	27-12	W
Oct. 26	Florida	Knoxville	5/--	14-0	W
Nov. 2	Louisiana State	Knoxville	7/--	28-0	W
Nov. 9	Southwestern	Memphis	5/--	40-0	W
Nov. 16	Virginia	Knoxville	5/--	41-14	W
Nov. 23	Kentucky	Knoxville	6/--	33-0	W
Nov. 30	Vanderbilt	Nashville	6/--	20-0	W
Sugar Bowl
Jan. 1	Boston College	New Orleans	4/5	13-19	L
?	?	?	?	332-45	?

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