1955 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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).

1955 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1955 record6–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coachBowden Wyatt (1st season)
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0  10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 2 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 24Mississippi StateL 7–13
October 1No. 16 Duke*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 0–21
October 8Chattanooga*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 13–0
October 15at AlabamaW 20–035,000
October 22Dayton*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 53–7
October 29at North Carolina*W 48–7
November 5No. 8 Georgia Tech
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
T 7–750,000
November 12at FloridaW 20–0
November 19at KentuckyNo. 17L 0–23
November 26No. 19 Vanderbilt
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 20–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Tom TracyBack550Detroit Lions
Buddy CruzeEnd12143Chicago Bears

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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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