1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team
| 1956 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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SEC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 13–7 vs. Baylor | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 2 |
| AP | No. 2 |
| 1956 record | 10–1 (6–0 SEC) |
| Head coach | Bowden Wyatt |
| Home stadium | Shields-Watkins Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Tennessee $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Georgia Tech | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1956 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC Champions and with a loss against Baylor in the Sugar Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 275 points while the defense allowed 88 points.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 29 | at Auburn | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | W 37–7 | ||||||
| October 6 | at Duke* | No. 9 | Duke Stadium • Durham, NC | W 33–20 | |||||
| October 13 | Chattanooga* | No. 6 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 42–20 | |||||
| October 20 | Alabama | No. 7 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) | W 24–0 | |||||
| October 27 | Maryland* | No. 4 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 34–7 | 33,500 | ||||
| November 1 | North Carolina* |
No. 3 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 20–0 | |||||
| November 10 | at No. 2 Georgia Tech | No. 3 | Grant Field • Atlanta, GA | W 6–0 | |||||
| November 19 | No. 19 Ole Miss | No. 1 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN | W 27–7 | |||||
| November 24 | Kentucky | No. 2 | Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) | W 20–7 | |||||
| December 1 | at Vanderbilt | No. 2 | Dudley Field • Nashville, TN | W 27–7 | |||||
| January 1, 1957 | vs. No. 13 Baylor | No. 2 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 7–13 | 81,000 | |||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| John Gordy | Tackle | 2 | 24 | Detroit Lions |
| Frank Kolinsky | Tackle | 28 | 329 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
References
General
- 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011.
Specific
- ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
- ↑ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1950–59". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
- ↑ "1957 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
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