1944 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1944 Tennessee Volunteers football
1944 Tennessee Volunteers football
Rose Bowl, L 0–25 vs. USC
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 12
Record	7–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach	John Barnhill (3rd season);
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
	Seasons ← 1942 1945 →

The 1944 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1944 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1 overall, 5–0–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a loss against USC in the 1945 Rose Bowl.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Kentucky		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 26–13	15,000	^[1]
October 7	vs. Ole Miss		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 20–7	15,000	^[2]
October 14	Florida	No. 15	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 40–0	8,000	^[3]
October 21	Alabama	No. 17	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	T 0–0	32,000	^[4]
October 28	Clemson*	No. 19	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 26–7	11,000	^[5]
November 4	at LSU	No. 16	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 13–0	22,000	^[6]
November 18	Temple*	No. 17	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 27–14	15,000	^[7]
November 25	at Kentucky	No. 15	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 21–7		^[8]
January 1	vs. No. 7 USC	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–25	91,000	^[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	15т (1)	17	19т	16	18	17	15	10	12

Schedule

1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
No. T–13 Georgia Tech $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Auburn	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0	3	–	0	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll