1963 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1963 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Ole Miss $ 5 0 1 7 1 2
No. 5 Auburn 6 1 0 9 2 0
No. 8 Alabama 6 2 0 9 2 0
Mississippi State 4 1 2 7 2 2
LSU 4 2 0 7 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 0 7 3 0
Florida 3 3 1 6 3 1
Tennessee 3 5 0 5 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0 4 5 1
Vanderbilt 0 5 2 1 7 2
Kentucky 0 5 1 3 6 1
Tulane 0 6 1 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Jim McDonald, in his first and only year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5 overall, 3–5 in the SEC).

The rivalry game against Kentucky was one of only 6 games not to be canceled or postponed due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day before. It went ahead as scheduled.