What year(s) did the Tennessee Vols win the National Title in College Football?
Wire national titles 4 1938, 1950, 1951, 1998 The 1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team won the school’s first National Championship and earned a trip to the Orange Bowl, the team’s first major bowl. They outscored their opponents 283-16. From 1946 to 1952, Neyland’s Vols had a record of 54-17-4. They won conference titles in 1946 and 1951, and National titles in 1950 and 1951. The 1951 team featured Hank Lauricella, that season’s Heisman Trophy runner up, and Doug Atkins, a future college football and NFL Hall of Fame performer. Neyland retired due to poor health in 1952, and took the position of athletic director. The Vols would see spotty success for some 40 years after that, but it would be the late 90’s before the Tennessee program had similar winning percentages. the 1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team would prove to exceed all expectation. Led by new quarterback Tee Martin and All American linebacker Al Wilson, the Vols captured another National title and would win the fir
