1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1956 Tennessee Volunteers football
UT Volunteers logo.svg
SEC Champions
Sugar Bowl, L 13–7 vs. Baylor
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches #2
AP #2
1956 record 10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
Seasons
« 1955 1957 »
1956 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0     10 1 0
#4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0     10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0     6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0     7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0     7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0     6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0     6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0     5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0     2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0     4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0     3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0     3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1956 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC Champions and with a loss against Baylor in the Sugar Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 275 points while the defense allowed 88 points.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 29 at Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 37–7    
October 6 at Duke* #9 Duke StadiumDurham, NC W 33–20    
October 13 Chattanooga* #6 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 42–20    
October 20 Alabama #7 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) W 24–0    
October 27 Maryland* #4 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 34–7   33,500
November 1 North Carolina*dagger #3 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 20–0    
November 10 at #2 Georgia Tech #3 Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 6–0    
November 19 #19 Ole Miss #1 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–7    
November 24 Kentucky #2 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) W 20–7    
December 1 at Vanderbilt #2 Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 27–7    
January 1, 1957 vs. #13 Baylor #2 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 7–13   81,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
John Gordy Tackle 2 24 Detroit Lions
Frank Kolinsky Tackle 28 329 Pittsburgh Steelers

References

General

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Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
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