Best points per game avg. since 1914

[LTVol]

Heh, some of those 1914 scores, though:

Sep 26 -- Carson–Newman -- W 89–0
Oct 3 -- King (TN) -- W 55–3
Oct 10 -- Clemson -- W 27–0
Oct 17 -- at Louisville -- W 66–0
Oct 24 -- Alabama -- W 17–7
Oct 31 -- Chattanooga -- W 67–0
Nov 7 -- at Vanderbilt -- W 16–14
Nov 14 -- Sewanee -- W 14–7
Nov 26 -- Kentucky -- W 23–6

Even more amazing is that these scores came in the days before the forward pass.

Go Vols!

Before Tennessee used the forward pass, maybe, but mot before it was legal. That happened in 1906.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Before Tennessee used the forward pass, maybe, but mot before it was legal. That happened in 1906.

Right. But it became legal under more restrictive conditions than it would later have.

And there was a negative stigma around it among some coaches. The same sort of stigma General Neyland had for two-platoon football in his day.

Between the early restrictions and that stigma, the forward pass didn't see common use until a good 15-20 years after the 1914 season. It wasn't a factor in those lads scoring so many points. They did that on the ground.

 

[ftsandersvol]

Early morning drinking and posting should be banned offense..

 

[Behr]

Well it was a good guess.
BOT is all knowing.

Reminds me of Cliff Clavin.

 

[tnutater]

Reminds me of Cliff Clavin.

... where everyone knows your name.