Tennessee Formation

In this episode, we talk with Football Archaeology founder Timothy P. Brown and a recent Tidbit he wrote that examines an extremely odd offensive formation used once by the University of Tennessee long ago.

As rules changed in football, innovative coaches came up with new schemes and formations seeking to gain an advantage over the defenses they faced. in the 1930s Coach Bob Neyland at the University of Tennesse placed a variation of the Single Wing that provided his teams with success. Neyland took advantage of a recent rule change in that era that allowed the man to take the snap to be able to run with the ball. The Tennessee Volunteers had their quarterback not directly under center to take the snap often times in this new Tennesee Formation. The QB would sometimes line up behind a guard facing the sideline. Check out the Football Archaeology post with photos of the strange scheme.

The sidesaddle Quarterback and Tennessee Formation

The old Sidesaddle Quarterback and Tennessee Formation are dusted off and examined along with their originator and usage by Timothy P Brown.

View on WWW.FOOTBALLARCHAEOLOGY.COM

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Timothy P Brown

Tim Brown, one of the foremost experts on early college football, is the host and founder of FootballArchaeology.com. Tim's love of the gridiron's past goes beyond just the website. Mr Brown, to date, is the author of three books on football history, appears on various football history podcasts, and has been quoted in articles by The Athletic, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He guest authors articles on UniWatch, and his research on the 1920s West Point Cavalry Detachment teams contributed to All American: The Power of Sports, currently on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.

His books include: Fields of Friendly Strife; How Football Became Football: 150 Years of the Game's Evolution; and Hut! Hut! Hike! A History of Football Terminology, which explores the history of football’s words and expressions and how they became connected to the game.

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Here is some more informamtion on the website run by our guest, Timothy P. Brown and his Football Archaeology site and his books.

Football Archaeology

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com is a website dedicated to preserving pigskin history. digs into gridiron history to examine how football’s evolution shapes today's game. The site has a variety of articles, history of football word origins, and Daily Tidbits, which have a daily football factoid that shares some quite interesting items and aspects of the gridiron in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way Visit the site at Today's Tidbits.

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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.