1917 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1917 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference

Independent

1917 record

0–3

Head coach

Home stadium

15th and Cumberland Field

Seasons

« 1916

1918 »

The University of Tennessee Athletic Council, chaired by Professor Nathan Dougherty, officially suspended varsity football during the World War I years of 1917 and 1918 because the majority of the players were called into military service. In addition, Coach John R. Bender was enlisted as an instructor at Camp John Sevier in Greenville, South Carolina.

During this period without varsity football, two unofficial teams were formed from Army recruits and students. One team represented a training unit called the Fighting Mechanics and another the Student Army Training Corps (SATC).

Student Army Training Corps Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 3, 1917	11th US Infantry Division	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 6–21
November 10, 1917	vs. Battery B Virginia Field Artillery	Chattanooga, TN	L 0–35
November 16, 1917	at Camp Gordon	Atlanta, GA	L 0–38
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern.

References

External links

1917 Tennessee Volunteers on College Football Reference

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Neyland Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle for the Barrel (Kentucky) Florida Third Saturday in October (Alabama)

Culture & lore	Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

National championship seasons in bold