In 1900, the Tennessee Volunteers football team (coached by J.A. Pierce) tied with Vanderbilt with T 0-0 score on October 22.
The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Tennessee", "Vols" and "UT") represents the University of Tennessee (UT). 
Tennessee's football program began in 1891, organized in large part by Henry Denlinger, a teacher who had played at Princeton. The 1902 team scored on rival Vanderbilt for the first time, and also featured halfback Tootsie Douglas, who booted a 109-yard punt (the field length was 110 yards in those days) in a blizzard, against John Heisman's Clemson Tigers. 
Joseph Audley Pierce (August 31, 1874  June 23, 1956) was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Tennessee, serving from 1899 to 1900 and compiling a record of 941. 
