1959 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1959 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1959 record 5–4–1 (3–4–1 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt (5th season)
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
1959 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 3 LSU 5 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 2 Ole Miss 5 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 10 Alabama 4 –1 –2  7 –2 –2
Auburn 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –2 –2  5 –3 –2
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Tennessee 3 –4 –1  5 –4 –1
No. 19 Florida 2 –4 –0  5 –4 –1
Kentucky 1 –6 –0  4 –6 –0
Tulane 0 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
Mississippi State 0 –7 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1959 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1 overall, 3–4–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 No. 3 Auburn Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 3–0    
October 3 Mississippi State No. 9 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 22–6    
October 10 No. 3 Georgia Tech No. 8 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 7–14    
October 17 at Alabama No. 14 Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October) T 7–7    
October 24 Chattanooga* Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 23–0    
October 31 at North Carolina* No. 20 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 29–7    
November 7 No. 1 LSUdagger No. 13 Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 14–13    
November 14 Ole Miss No. 9 Crump Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee L 7–37    
November 21 at Kentucky No. 20 McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel) L 0–20    
November 28 Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–14    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Jerry DeLuccaTackleExpansion DraftDallas Cowboys

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. ↑ "1960 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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