# 1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1929 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1928 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game (9–0–1 overall, 6–0–1 in the SoCon). In a virtual repeat of the previous year, a tie with Kentucky spoiled Tennessee's perfect season. Playing eight home games, the Volunteers outscored their opponents 330 to 13 and posted eight shutouts.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 28 | Centre* | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 40–6 | 8,000 |
| October 5 | at Chattanooga* | Chamberlain FieldChattanooga, TN | W 20–0 | 10,000 |
| October 12 | Ole Miss | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 52–7 | |
| October 19 | Alabama | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 6–0 | 20,000 |
| October 26 | at Washington and Lee | Maher FieldRoanoke, VA | W 39–0 | |
| November 2 | Auburn | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 27–0 | |
| November 9 | Carson–Newman* | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN | W 73–0 | |
| November 16 | Vanderbilt | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 13–0 | |
| November 28 | at Kentucky | Stoll FieldLexington, KY (rivalry) | T 6–6 | 20,000 |
| December 7 | South Carolina | Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | W 54–0 | 10,000 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecoming ||||||

## Players
### Line

| Number | Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight |
| 29 | L. Philip Beene | tackle |
| 31 | Fritz Brandt | end | Erwin, Tennessee |
| 30 | Herbert Brown | guard |
| 33 | James Clemmer | end |
| 55 | Oscar Derryberry | tackle |
| 37 | Jim Finney | center |
| 21 | Ben Fuller | guard |
| 39 | Houston Herndon | end |
| 45 | Herman Hickman | guard | Johnson City, Tennessee | Baylor School | 5'10" | 225 |
| 25 | Laird Holt | end |
| 26 | Paul Hug | end | | Kingsport High | | 172 |
| 56 | Bowen Hughes | guard |
| 35 | Bo Hundley | tackle |
| 13 | Howard Johnson | tackle |
| 22 | James G. Johnston | tackle |
| 20 | Eugene S. Mayer | tackle |
| 47 | David K. Mitchell | center |
| 23 | Louis Roberts | center |
| 42 | Ray Saunders | tackle | | | 6'0" | 184 |
| 54 | Charles Talbot | end |
| 34 | Conrad Templeton | guard |
| 24 | Harry Thayer | guard |

### Backfield

| Number | Player | Position | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight |
| 14 | John Allen | halfback |
| 52 | Edwin Corbett | halfback |
| 40 | William G. Cox | fullback |
| 13 | Quinn Decker | fullback |
| 16 | Theodore Disney | halfback |
| 17 | Bobby Dodd | quarterback | Kingsport, Tennessee | Kingsport High | 6'1" | 170 |
| 12 | Hugh Faust | quarterback |
| 44 | Charles Gillespie | halfback |
| 15 | Buddy Hackman | halfback | Nashville, Tennessee | Hume-Fogg High | 5'11" | 175 |
| 27 | Paul D. Heydrick | halfback |
| 18 | Charles Kohlhase | fullback |
| 44 | Pal McAdams | halfback |
| 28 | Gene McEver | halfback | Bristol, Virginia | Bristol High | 5'10" | 185 |
| 46 | Oliver McKeehan | fullback |
| 38 | Charles Reineke | quarterback |
| 32 | James Whitaker | halfback |