1909 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1909 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1909 college football season. The Volunteers went 1–6–2, their worst season since 1906, when they compiled the same record. George Levene served the final year of his three-year tenure as head coach.

1909 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	1–6–2 (0–5 SIAA)
Head coach	George Levene (3rd season)
Captain	Nathan Dougherty
Home stadium	Waite Field
Seasons ← 1908 1910 →

1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Sewanee $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
LSU	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Howard (AL)	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	4	–	2
The Citadel	0	–	1	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	2
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Central University*	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	T 0–0		[1]
October 9	North Carolina*	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–3		[2]
October 16	at Kentucky State College	Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 0–17	2,000	[3]
October 23	Georgia	Waite Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–3		[4]
October 30	Georgia Tech	Waite Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–29		[5]
November 6	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–51		[6]
November 13	Alabama	Waite Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–10		[7]
November 20	at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	T 0–0		[8]
November 25	Transylvania*	Waite Field Knoxville, TN	W 11–0		[9]
*Non-conference game