1940 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1940 Tennessee Volunteers represented the University of Tennessee in the 1940 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 5–0 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a loss against Boston College in the 1941 Sugar Bowl.

1940 Tennessee Volunteers football
National champion (Dunkel)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–19 vs. Boston College
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (5–0 SEC)
Head coach
  • Robert Neyland (14th season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 110 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 09 2 0
Alabama 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 3 2 16 4 1
LSU 3 3 06 4 0
Georgia 2 3 15 4 1
Florida 2 3 05 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 25 3 2
Tulane 1 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 13 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 03 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

This team won the school's second national championship after being recognized as national champion under the Dunkel System, a power index system devised by Dick Dunkel Sr.

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