1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1929 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
1929 record 9–0–1 (6–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach Robert Neyland (4th year)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Howard Johnson
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1929 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Tulane $ 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1     9 – 0 – 1
North Carolina 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Florida 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
VMI 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Duke 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Clemson 3 – 3 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
VPI 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 5 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Virginia 1 – 3 – 2     4 – 3 – 2
Maryland 1 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 2
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 2     1 – 6 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 3 – 1     1 – 5 – 2
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 1     2 – 5 – 2
NC State 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 8 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1929 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1928 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game (9–0–1 overall, 6–0–1 in the SoCon). In a virtual repeat of the previous year, a tie with Kentucky spoiled Tennessee's perfect season. Playing eight home games, the Volunteers outscored their opponents 330 to 13 and posted eight shutouts.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 28, 1929 Centre* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 40–6  
October 5, 1929 at Chattanooga* Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN W 20–0  
October 12, 1929 Ole Miss Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 52–7  
October 19, 1929 Alabamadagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) W 6–0  
October 26, 1929 at Washington & Lee Maher Field • Roanoke, VA W 39–0  
November 2, 1929 Auburn Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–0  
November 9, 1929 Carson–Newman* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 73–0  
November 16, 1929 Vanderbilt Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) W 13–0  
November 28, 1929 at Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) T 6–6  
December 7, 1929 South Carolina Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 54–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Players

1929 Tennessee Volunteers roster

Quarterbacks

  • 17 Bobby Dodd - Jr.
  • 12 Hugh Faust - Jr.
  • 38 Charles Reineke - Jr.

Halfbacks

  • 15 Buddy Hackman - Jr.
  • 28 Gene McEver - Jr.
  • 44 Pal McAdams - Jr.
  • 52 Edwin Corbett - Jr.
  • 14 John Allen - So.
  • 16 Theodore Disney - So.
  • 44 Charles Gillespie - So.
  • 27 Paul D. Heydrick - So.
  • 32 James Whitaker - So.
  

Fullbacks

  • 13 James Decker - Jr.
  • 40 William G. Cox - So.
  • 18 Charles Kohlhase - So.
  • 46 Oliver McKeehan - So.

Ends

  • 26 Paul Hug - Jr.
  • 31 Fritz Brandt - Jr.
  • 39 Houston Herndon - Sr.
  • 33 James Clemmer - So.
  • 25 Laird Holt - So.
  • 54 Charles Talbot - So.
  

Tackles

  • 13 Howard Johnson - Sr.
  • 22 James G. Johnston - Sr.
  • 29 L. Philip Beene - Sr.
  • 35 Bo Hundley - Sr.
  • 20 Eugene S. Mayer - So.
  • 42 Ray Saunders - So.
  • 55 Oscar Derryberry - So.

Guards

  • 21 Ben Fuller - Sr.
  • 24 Harry Thayer - Jr.
  • 34 Conrad Templeton - Jr.
  • 30 Herbert Brown - Jr.
  • 45 Herman Hickman - So.
  • 56 Bowen Hughes - Jr.
  

Centers

  • 23 Louis Roberts - Jr.
  • 37 Jim Finney - Sr.
  • 47 David K. Mitchell - Jr.
  

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References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1920–29". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/fbpro/main.php?bid=593&pg=18&catid=62
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