1955 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1955 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1955 record 6–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt (1st season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1955 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0  10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 1 1  8 2 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 1 1  9 1 1
Tennessee 3 2 1  6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 3 0  8 3 0
Mississippi State 4 4 0  6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 1  6 3 1
Tulane 3 3 1  5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1  3 5 2
Florida 3 5 0  4 6 0
Georgia 2 5 0  4 6 0
Alabama 0 7 0  0 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1955 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, 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, three losses and one tie (6–3–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 24 Mississippi State Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee L 7–13    
October 1 No. 16 Duke* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–21    
October 8 Chattanooga* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 13–0    
October 15 at Alabama Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) W 20–0    
October 22 Dayton* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 53–7    
October 29 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, North Carolina W 48–7    
November 5 No. 8 Georgia Techdagger Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee T 7–7    
November 12 at Florida Florida FieldGainesville, Florida (Rivalry) W 20–0    
November 19 at Kentucky No. 17 McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) L 0–23    
November 26 No. 19 Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 20–14    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Tom TracyBack550Detroit Lions
Buddy CruzeEnd12143Chicago Bears

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. "1956 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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