1961 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1961 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1961 record	6–4 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field

	Conf					Overall
1961 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama §	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
#4 LSU §	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#5 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#13 Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1961 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 30	Auburn	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		L 21–24
October 7	Mississippi State	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 17–3
October 14	Tulsa*	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 52–6
October 21	at #5 Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	ABC	L 3–34	48,000
October 28	Chattanooga*	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 20–7
November 4	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC		L 21–22
November 11	#9 Georgia Tech	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 10–6
November 18	#6 Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN		L 10–24
November 25	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)		W 26–16
December 2	Vanderbilt	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 41–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Glenn Glass	Halfback	17		Chicago Bears

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Neyland Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky Vanderbilt

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

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

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