1957 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1957 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 3–0 vs. Texas A&M
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 13
1957 record 8–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt (3rd season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1957 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 0 0  10 0 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 0 1  9 1 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 2 1  6 2 1
No. 17 Florida 4 2 1  6 2 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 3 0  8 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 3 1  5 3 2
LSU 4 4 0  5 5 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 1  4 4 2
Georgia 3 4 0  3 7 0
Tulane 1 5 0  2 8 0
Alabama 1 6 1  2 7 1
Kentucky 1 7 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1957 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a victory over Texas A&M in the 1957 Gator Bowl.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 28 Auburn No. 8 Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee L 0–7    
October 5 Mississippi State Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 14–9    
October 12 Chattanooga* No. 19 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 28–13    
October 19 at Alabama Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) W 14–0    
October 26 at Maryland* Byrd StadiumCollege Park, Maryland W 16–0    
November 2 at North Carolina* No. 17 Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, North Carolina W 35–0    
November 9 No. 18 Georgia Techdagger No. 9 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 21–6    
November 16 No. 8 Ole Miss No. 7 Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee L 7–14    
November 23 at Kentucky No. 12 McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) L 6–20    
November 30 Vanderbilt No. 18 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 20–6    
December 28 vs. No. 9 Texas A&M No. 13 Gator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl) ABC W 3–0    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bill AndersonBack331Washington Redskins
Bobby GordonBack663Chicago Cardinals
Al CarterBack22257Chicago Bears
Bobby SandlinBack24285Baltimore Colts

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1958 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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