1909 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1909 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1909 record	1–6–2 (0–5 SIAA)
Head coach	George Levene
Captain	Nathan Dougherty
Home stadium	15th and Cumberland Field

1909 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Sewanee $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Gordon	1	–	2	–	0	1	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	2
Memphis U. School	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	2

$ – Conference champion

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2, 1909	Centre*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0
October 9, 1909	North Carolina*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–3
October 16, 1909	at Kentucky	Lexington, KY	L 0–17
October 23, 1909	Georgia	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–3
October 30, 1909	Georgia Tech	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–29
November 6, 1909	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 0–51
November 13, 1909	Alabama	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–10
November 20, 1909	at Chattanooga*	Chattanooga, TN	T 0–0
November 25, 1909	Transylvania*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 11–0
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.

Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues	Shields-Watkins Field (1921-1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)

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

Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Hail Mary between the Hedges

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 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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