1958 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1958 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1958 record 4–6 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1958 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 LSU $ 6 0 0     11 0 0
#4 Auburn 6 0 1     9 0 1
#11 Ole Miss 4 2 0     9 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 3     5 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 0     4 6 0
Alabama 3 4 1     5 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 1     5 4 1
#14 Florida 2 3 1     6 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 1     5 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0     4 6 0
Tulane 1 5 0     3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0     3 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1958 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 28 at No. 3 Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, AL NBC L 0–13    
October 1 No. 11 Mississippi State Crump StadiumMemphis, TN W 13–8    
October 11 at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA L 7–21    
October 18 Alabama Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) W 14–7    
October 25 Florida State* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 0–10    
November 1 No. 17 North Carolina* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 7–21    
November 8 Chattanooga* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 6–14    
November 12 No. 7 Ole Missdagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 18–16    
November 22 Kentucky Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) L 2–6    
November 29 at No. 15 Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 10–6    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Carl Smith Back 9 101 Detroit Lions
Lebron Shields Tackle 22 256 Detroit Lions

References

General

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1959 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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