1924 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1924 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
1924 record 35 (04 SoCon)
Head coach M. B. Banks (4th year)
Captain J. G. Lowe
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
Uniform
1924 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Alabama $ 5 0 0     8 1 0
Florida 2 0 1     6 2 2
Georgia 5 1 0     7 3 0
Tulane 4 1 0     8 1 0
Washington and Lee 4 1 1     6 3 1
Mississippi A&M 3 2 0     5 4 0
Sewanee* 3 2 0     6 4 0
South Carolina 3 2 0     7 3 0
Virginia 3 2 0     5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 1     5 3 1
Vanderbilt* 3 3 0     6 3 1
VPI 2 2 3     4 2 3
VMI 2 3 1     6 3 1
North Carolina 2 3 0     4 5 0
Kentucky 2 3 0     4 5 0
Maryland 1 2 1     3 3 3
Auburn 2 4 1     4 4 1
NC State 1 4 1     2 4 2
LSU 0 3 0     5 4 0
Ole Miss 0 3 0     4 5 0
Clemson 0 3 0     2 6 0
Tennessee 0 4 0     3 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * co-member of SIAA

The 1924 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1924 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach M. B. Banks, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1924 Vols won three and lost five games (35 overall, 04 in the SoCon). Tennessee was outscored by their opponents 135 to 83 and shutout twice.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 4, 1924 Emory & Henry* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 270  
October 11, 1924 Maryville* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 2810  
October 18, 1924 Carson–Newman* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 130  
October 25, 1924 vs. Mississippi A&M Memphis, TN L 27  
November 1, 1924 at Georgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA L 033  
November 8, 1924 Centre* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 032  
November 15, 1924 at Tulane Tulane Field • New Orleans, LA L 726  
November 27, 1924 Kentucky Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) L 627  
*Non-conference game.

Players

1924 Tennessee Volunteers roster

Quarterbacks

  • 27 Billy Harkness

Halfbacks

  • 7 William Bone
  • 10 George Flowers
 

Fullbacks

Ends

  • 2 Jack Batey
  • 3 Fred Brown
 

Tackles

Guards

  • 16 Tom Robinson
  • 6 Bulman
 

Centers

  • 26 V. Vowell

Unlisted

  • 9 Robert Bond
  • 3 Fred Brown
  • 5 Rollin Wilson
  • 23 E. K. Christmas
  • 15 Harry King
  • 18 Lawrence
  • 20 Robert Lavin
  • 25 Gregory
  • 29 Everett Deaver
  • 21 Jones
  • 28 Jones
 

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References

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