1962 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1962 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference

Southeastern Conference

1962 record

4–6 (2–6 SEC)

Head coach

Bowden Wyatt

Home stadium

Shields-Watkins Field

Seasons

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The 1962 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1962 college football season. The Volunteers offense scored 179 points while the defense allowed 134 points. Led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Volunteers finished season unranked with a record of 4–6.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Schedule
2 Team players drafted into in the NFL
3 References
4 External links

Regular season

On the Third Saturday in October, Alabama beat Tennessee, 27–7.
In the Border Battle, Kentucky beat Tennessee, 12–10, to claim the Beer Barrel.^[1]
In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt rivalry, Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 30–0.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Volunteers points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 29	@ Auburn	Loss	21	22	0–1
2	Oct. 6	Mississippi State	Loss	6	7	0–2
3	Oct. 13	@ Georgia Tech	Loss	0	17	0–3
4	Oct. 20	Alabama	Loss	7	27	0–4
5	Oct. 27	Tennessee Chattanooga	Win	48	14	1–4
6	Nov. 3	Wake Forest	Win	23	0	2–4
7	Nov. 10	Tulane	Win	28	16	3–4
8	Nov. 17	Mississippi	Loss	6	19	4–4
9	Nov. 24	Kentucky	Loss	10	12	4–5
10	Dec. 1	@ Vanderbilt	Win	30	0	5-5

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Team players drafted into in the NFL

Steve DeLong was drafted in the 1965 NFL Draft.^[3]

References

External links

1962 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

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