1943 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1943 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1943 record	0–0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field

1943 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Georgia Tech $	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Tulane	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Georgia	0	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0	5	–	0	–	0

$ – Conference champion Seven other SEC schools did not field a team due to World War II.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The University of Tennessee Athletic Council officially suspended varsity football in 1943 because the majority of the players were called into military service in World War II. (This was the third time that UT had its varsity football team suspended due to military service; the others were in 1898 due to the Spanish–American War and 1917–18 due to World War I.) This team had 4 players drafted into the NFL. End Frank Hubbell played until 1949, as did HB Bob Cifers. QB Jim Gaffney played two seasons for the Washington Redskins.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Frank Hubbell	End	15	152	Cleveland Rams
Jim Myers	G	15	151	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Gaffney	QB	15	149	Washington Redskins
Bob Cifers	HB	2	14	Detroit Lions

References:^[2]^[3]

References

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

Specific

↑ Scott, Richard (2008). SEC Football: 75 Years of Pride and Passion. MVP Books. p. 58. ISBN 1616731338. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
↑ "1944 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Neyland Stadium (1921–present)

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

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

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

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 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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