1954 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1954 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1954 record 4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach Harvey Robinson (2nd season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1954 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 6 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Florida 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Kentucky 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Georgia 3 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
No. 13 Auburn 3 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
Mississippi State 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Alabama 3 –3 –2  4 –5 –2
LSU 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tulane 1 –6 –1  1 –6 –3
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1954 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Harvey Robinson, in his second 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, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 25 at Mississippi State Crump Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 19–7    
October 2 at No. 7 Duke* Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina L 6–7    
October 9 Chattanooga* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 20–14    
October 16 Alabama Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) L 0–27    
October 23 Dayton* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 14–7    
October 30 North Carolina* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 26–20    
November 6 at Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta L 7–28    
November 12 Floridadagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) L 0–14    
November 20 Kentucky Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) L 13–14    
November 27 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 0–26    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Darris McCordTackle336Detroit Lions
Ed NicklaGuard14167Chicago Bears
Pat OleksiakBack18216Detroit Lions
Jimmy WadeBack20238Philadelphia Eagles
Lamar LeachmanCenter30360Cleveland Browns

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. ↑ "1955 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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