1953 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1953 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1953 record 6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach Harvey Robinson (1st season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1953 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 –0 –3  6 –3 –3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Ole Miss 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
No. 17 Auburn 4 –2 –1  7 –3 –1
Mississippi State 3 –1 –3  5 –2 –3
Tennessee 3 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
LSU 2 –3 –3  5 –3 –3
Florida 1 –3 –2  3 –5 –2
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Georgia 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Tulane 0 –7 –0  1 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1953 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Harvey Robinson, in his first year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 26 Mississippi State No. 17 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–26    
October 3 Duke* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 7–21    
October 10 Chattanooga* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 40–7    
October 17 at Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) NBC T 0–0    
October 22 Louisville* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 59–6    
October 31 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 20–6    
November 7 LSUdagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 32–14    
November 14 at Florida No. 18 Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (Rivalry) W 9–7    
November 21 at No. 13 Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) L 21–27    
November 28 Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 33–6    
November 21 at Houston* Rice Stadium • Houston L 19–33    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bill BarbishBack895Cleveland Browns
Bob FisherTackle10115Pittsburgh Steelers

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

Specific

  1. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. ↑ "1954 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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