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1893 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1893 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHoward Ijams
Home stadiumBaseball Park
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland     6 0 0
Texas     4 0 0
Central (KY)     2 0 0
Howard     2 0 0
North Carolina A&M     2 0 0
Vanderbilt     6 1 0
Auburn     3 0 2
Virginia     8 2 0
Ole Miss     4 1 0
Centre     4 1 0
Trinity (NC)     3 1 0
VMI     3 1 0
Kentucky State College     5 2 1
Delaware     2 1 0
Georgia Tech     2 1 0
Guilford     2 1 0
West Virginia     2 1 0
William & Mary     2 1 0
Navy     5 3 0
Richmond     3 2 0
Georgetown     4 4 0
Sewanee     3 3 0
Furman     1 1 0
Georgia     2 2 1
Western Maryland     1 1 0
Johns Hopkins     2 3 2
North Carolina     3 4 0
Tennessee     2 4 0
Tulane     1 2 0
Wake Forest     1 2 0
Hampden–Sydney     0 1 0
LSU     0 1 0
Maryville (TN)     0 1 0
Mercer     0 1 0
Wofford     0 1 0
VAMC     0 2 0
Alabama     0 4 0

The 1893 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee as an independent the 1893 college football season. The 1893 season was Tennessee's third season as a varsity squad. The 1893 varsity team was to be the last until 1896 because the university "wanted to put emphasis on academics." The Vols went 2–5, losing the first five games.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 21Kentucky State College
L 0–56[1]
November 3at North CarolinaChapel Hill, NCL 0–60[2]
November 4at Trinity (NC)
L 0–70[3]
November 6at Wake ForestWake Forest, NCL 0–64[4]
November 8at North Carolina A&MRaleigh, NCL 6–12[5]
November 18Maryville
  • Baseball Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 32–0
November 30Asheville Athletic
  • Baseball Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 12–6[6]

References

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  1. ^ "State college wins the Knoxville football game by score of 56 to 0". The Lexington Leader. October 22, 1893. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "The University wins". The Charlotte Observer. November 4, 1893. Retrieved November 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Trinity victorious, the University of Tennessee meets a second defeat". The News and Observer. November 5, 1893. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wake Forest 64; Tennessee 0". The Charlotte Observer. November 7, 1893. Retrieved November 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Warm wirelets". The Wilmington Morning Star. November 9, 1893. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tennessee, rah! The varsity football team downs the Asheville Athletes". The Journal and Tribune. December 1, 1893. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.