Coach Robert Neyland fielded his third team at Tennessee after returing from active duty in the United States Army and it resulted in the General's first National Championship, as well as arguably one of the greatest teams in SEC and NCAA history. In 1938, The Vols went 10-0 in the regular season and then shutout fellow unbeaten Oklahoma in the '39 Orange Bowl, 17-0, snapping the Sooners 14 game win streak and beginning another long winning streak for General Neyland.

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  • Coach Robert Neyland fielded his third team at Tennessee after returing from active duty in the United States Army and it resulted in the General's first National Championship, as well as arguably one of the greatest teams in SEC and NCAA history. In 1938, The Vols went 10-0 in the regular season and then shutout fellow unbeaten Oklahoma in the '39 Orange Bowl, 17-0, snapping the Sooners 14 game win streak and beginning another long winning streak for General Neyland. UT was selected by a solid majority of polls and selectors as the National Champions, with 24 crowning the Vols. Heisman Trophy winner Davey O'Brien and his undefeated TCU Horned Frogs were second with 14. The 1938 team was the first of 3 consecutive teams that had undefeated regular seasons, and win 3 consecutive conference titles before coach Neyland left for World War II. The '38 Vols also began a historic streak this season. By shutting out their last seven opponents, the Vols would begin a streak of 17 consecutive shutouts and 71 consecutive shutout quarters, NCAA records to this day. The streak would conclude in 1939, when UT would become the last NCAA football team to shutout every regular season opponent. Athlon Sports has named the 1938 Tennessee team as the third best college football team of all time.
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  • Coach Robert Neyland fielded his third team at Tennessee after returing from active duty in the United States Army and it resulted in the General's first National Championship, as well as arguably one of the greatest teams in SEC and NCAA history. In 1938, The Vols went 10-0 in the regular season and then shutout fellow unbeaten Oklahoma in the '39 Orange Bowl, 17-0, snapping the Sooners 14 game win streak and beginning another long winning streak for General Neyland.
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  • 1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team
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