The 1913 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the

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in the

1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season The 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1913 college football season. The season bega ...

. The Volunteers had a winning record for the first time since 1908 and won their first

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game since 1910.

Schedule

Season summary

Vanderbilt

Red Rainey Horace "Red" Rainey was a college football player. University of Tennessee Rainey was a prominent running back for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. 1913 On the 6 to 7 loss to Vanderbilt in 1913, "'Red' Rainey shone for ...

scored Tennessee's touchdown. Goat Carroll missed the kick. Tennessee's right guard S. D. Bayer drew a 33-yard, half the distance to the goal penalty for slugging, and was ejected by umpire Bradley Walker. The first down after,

Hord Boensch Benjamin Hord Boensch (March 13, 1893 – December 19, 1924) was a college football player. He was the quarterback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team in 1913. Some writers selected him All-Southern that season. Boensch kicked the ex ...

threw a touchdown pass to Enoch Brown. Brown ran the last ten yards shaking off several defenders. Boensch kicked goal and won the game for Vanderbilt.

References

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Tennessee Volunteers football seasons

Tennessee Volunteers football The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Tennessee", "Vols", "UT", or "Big Orange") represents the University of Tennessee (UT). The Vols have played football for 130 seasons, starting in 1891; their combined record of 862� ...

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