re: Toughest SEC team ever?

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We are more like the 'Hollywood' team of the conference

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Agreed.

I am dead serious: if my alma mater had lost to 2012 Arkansas I would be pimping that score on a daily basis too.

1938 Tennessee Volunteers

eptember 24, 1938 Sewanee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 26–3
October 1, 1938 Clemson* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 20–7
October 8, 1938 Auburn Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 7–0
October 15, 1938 at Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) W 13–0
October 22, 1938 The Citadel* #8 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 44–0
October 29, 1938 LSU #8 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 14–6
November 5, 1938 Chattanooga* #6 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 45–0
November 12, 1938 at Vanderbilt #4 Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 14–0
November 24, 1938 Kentucky #4 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 46–0
December 3, 1938 vs. Mississippi State #4 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN W 47–0
January 2, 1939 vs. #4 Oklahoma* #2 Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) W 17–0

How about a modern day bad arse? The defense gave up 25 points for the year! The 1961 Alabama Nat'l Champs!

Date

Opponent#

Rank#

Site

Result

Attendance



September 23

at Georgia

#3

Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

W 32–6

44,000



September 30

vs. Tulane

#4

Ernest F. Ladd Memorial Stadium • Mobile, Alabama

W 9–0

33,000



October 7

at Vanderbilt

#4

Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee

W 35–6

32,500



October 14

NC State*

#3

Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama

W 26–7





October 21

Tennessee

#5

Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October)

W 34–3

48,000



October 28

at Houston*

#4

Jeppesen Stadium • Houston, Texas

W 17–0

24,000



November 4

Mississippi State

#4

Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama

W 24–0

39,000



November 11

Richmond*

#2

Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama

W 66–0





November 18

Georgia Tech

#2

Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama

W 10–0

53,000



December 2

vs. Auburn

#1

Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)

W 34–0

54,000



January 1, 1962

vs. #9 Arkansas*

#1

Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana (Sugar Bowl)

W 10–3

82,910

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Also: I think the SEC didn't come into existence until 1932 or something, so that is a "South Conference" team that was called "University of the South".

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I know you guys are the noobs but all the core SEC schools have been bonded since the late 1800's. The SEC may have been formed in 1932 but the schools were all conference mates through 2 conference morphs. The PCC went out of business in the 1950's but the PAC is still here. Nobody calls it the Western Conference anymore but the B1G uses all those old wins in their record books.

As for the topic, The Iron Men were all kinds of badass!

1959 Ole Miss was pretty good too:

September 19, 1959 Houston* Houston, TX W 16–0
September 26, 1959 Kentucky Lexington, KY W 16–0
October 3, 1959 Memphis State* Oxford, MS W 43–0
October 10, 1959 Vanderbilt Nashville, TN W 33–0
October 17, 1959 Tulane* Oxford, MS W 53–7
October 24, 1959 Arkansas* Memphis, TN W 28–0
October 31, 1959 LSU Baton Rouge, LA L 3–7
November 7, 1959 UT Chattanooga* #5 Oxford, MS W 58–0
November 14, 1959 Tennessee Memphis, TN W 37–7
November 28, 1959 Mississippi State #2 Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl) W 42–0
January 1, 1960 LSU New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) W 21–0


Only allowed 21 points all year. Of course, this is where LSU mentions Billy Cannon.