Year: | 1944 |
Team: | Tennessee Volunteers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Aprank: | 12 |
Record: | 7–1–1 |
Conf Record: | 5–0–1 |
Head Coach: | John Barnhill |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Stadium: | Shields–Watkins Field |
Bowl: | Rose Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 0–25 vs. USC |
Prev Year: | 1942 |
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.
See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
Bob Dobelstein | Guard | 4 | 28 | Chicago Cardinals | |
Casey Stephenson | Back | 7 | 65 | Green Bay Packers | |
Tackle | 9 | 81 | Cleveland Rams | ||
Art Brandau | Center | 10 | 89 | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
Roy Cross | End | 10 | 90 | Brooklyn Tigers | |
Billy Bevis | Back | 12 | 119 | New York Giants | |
Jim Chadwell | Tackle | 23 | 240 | New York Giants | |
Russ Morrow | Center | 24 | 247 | Detroit Lions |