1894 Tennessee Volunteers football team

American college football season February 2026 January 2019 1894 Tennessee Volunteers football Independent 2–0–2 W. B. Stokley (student coach) The 1894 Tennessee Volunteers football team unofficially represented the University of Tennessee as an independent during the 1894 season. In October 1894, the Athletic Association had resolved to drop varsity football and look forward to baseball in the spring of 1895. After the humiliating 1893 season with two wins and four imposing defeats, only two athletes willing to admit they had played on the 1893 team returned to campus in 1894. To complicate matters further, the practice field, located just west of the main entrance to the Hill, was being graded and improved. Soon after the Athletic Association's decision, W. B. Stokely, a Tennessee senior who transferred from Wake Forest University, persuaded a group of students to form a team in the fall of 1894. Stokely, who was elected captain, gave encouragement and direction to the other players. Even though the institution chose not to be represented officially on the gridiron in 1894, Stokely and his unofficial team kept football interest alive during this period when almost certainly it otherwise would have been allowed to lapse completely. These unofficial games, referred to as "The Lost Years", are not included in NCAA statistics or in official Tennessee win–loss records.Lay Ken Tennessee football history: 1894-1895 Vols Wire USA Today 2020-03-24 https://volswire.usatoday.com/2020/03/24/tennessee-football-history-1894-1895/ 2024-11-26 Schedule November 3 t 1894 Maryville Scots Maryville (TN) Fountain City Park Knoxville, TN 0–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81062406/neither-side-could-score/ The Journal and Tribune Neither side could score November 4, 1894 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com November 10 t y Knoxville Athletic Club Knoxville, TN 8–8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81062556/football-game-between-athletics-and-univ/ The Journal and Tribune Football game between Athletics and University of Tennessee November 11, 1894 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com November 29 w y Knoxville YMCA Fountain City Park Knoxville, TN 12–4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81062556/football-game-between-athletics-and-univ/ The Journal and Tribune Splendid game of football at Fountain City Park in which Athletics go down before the stalwart sluggers from University Hill November 30, 1894 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com December 8 w y 1894 Carson–Newman Parsons Carson–Newman Jefferson City, TN 18–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35468429/ut-v-cn-18-0-in-1894/ The Journal and Tribune University of Tennessee defeats Carson and Newman team by a score of 18 to 0 December 9, 1894 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com References Tennessee Category:Tennessee Volunteers football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Tennessee Volunteers football