1955 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1955 Tennessee Volunteers football
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
	Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

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	Source
September 24	Mississippi State		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 7–13
October 1	No. 16 Duke*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–21	25,500
October 8	Chattanooga*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 13–0	13,500	^[1]
October 15	at Alabama		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	W 20–0	35,000
October 22	Dayton*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 53–7
October 29	at North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 48–7
November 5	No. 8 Georgia Tech		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	T 7–7	50,000
November 12	at Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	W 20–0
November 19	at Kentucky	No. 17	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 0–23
November 26	No. 19 Vanderbilt		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 20–14
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

Specific

^ "Mocs hold Tennessee to 13–0 win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 9, 1955. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
^ "1956 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

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Venues	Waite Field (1892–1920) Shields-Watkins Field (1921–1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Porter Cup
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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