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1950 Tennessee Volunteers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1950
team	Tennessee Volunteers
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	3
APRank	4
record	11–1
conf_record	4–1
head_coach	Robert Neyland
hc_year	19th
off_scheme	Single-wing
def_scheme	Multiple
stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
champion	National champion (Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, CFRA, NCF)
Co-national champion (Sagarin)
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
bowl	[Cotton Bowl Classic](1951-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_result	W 20–14 vs. [Texas](1950-texas-longhorns-football-team)

Co-national champion (Sagarin) Cotton Bowl Classic champion The 1950 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1950 college football season. Led by head coach Robert Neyland, the Volunteers lost only one game, a 7–0 upset at Mississippi State in the second game of the season. The Vols handed #3 Kentucky, coached by Bear Bryant, its only loss and defeated #3 Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic en route to an 11–1 record.

Big Seven champion Oklahoma finished the regular season 10–0 and was named national champions by the AP Poll, but lost to Kentucky, whom Tennessee earlier defeated, in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee was the only top five team that year to win their bowl game. Tennessee was named national champion by NCAA-designated major selectors of Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, College Football Researchers Association, and National Championship Foundation, while named co-champion by Sagarin (ELO-Chess).

Prominent players

The 1950 Tennessee team featured Hank Lauricella, the following season's Heisman Trophy runner-up, and Doug Atkins, a future member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In addition, guard Ted Daffer and tackle Bill "Pug" Pearman were named as All-Americans in 1950.

Schedule

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References

(July 2017). "2017 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records". The National Collegiate Athletic Association.
(September 24, 1950). "Souped-up Vols trim Southern, 56–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(October 1, 1950). "Mississippi State upsets Tennessee". The Los Angeles Times.
(October 8, 1950). "Tennessee blasts Duke, 28–7". The Commercial Appeal.
(October 15, 1950). "Vols smash outmanned Moccasins, 41 to 0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(October 22, 1950). "Vols smash Bama 14–9 in annual grid classic". Kingsport Times-News.
(October 29, 1950). "Vols explode long runs to edge W&L, 27–20". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(November 5, 1950). "Tennessee beats UNC". Rocky Mount Telegram.
(November 12, 1950). "Vols triumph TPI in Rebel warmup". The Chattanooga Times.
(November 19, 1950). "Tennessee rips Ole Miss 35–0". The Courier-Journal.
(November 26, 1950). "Kentucky's undefeated record broken by Tennessee 7–0". The Clarion-Ledger.
(December 3, 1950). "Tennessee drubs Vanderbilt, 43–0". Lexington Herald-Leader.
(January 2, 1951). "Last-half rally gives Tennessee 20 to 14 victory". The Odessa American.

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