1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1956 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–7 vs. Baylor
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
1956 record10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 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 NCAA University Division 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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Auburn
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 37–7
October 6at Duke*No. 9
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 33–2022,000
October 13Chattanooga*No. 6
W 42–2020,000[1]
October 20AlabamaNo. 7
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)
W 24–027,500
October 27Maryland*No. 4
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–733,500
November 1North Carolina*daggerNo. 3
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 20–0
November 10at No. 2 Georgia TechNo. 3
W 6–040,000
November 19No. 19 Ole MissNo. 1
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 27–7
November 24KentuckyNo. 2
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 20–7
December 1at VanderbiltNo. 2
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 27–7
January 1vs. No. 13 BaylorNo. 2
ABCL 7–1381,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2][3]

Roster[]

  • HB #45 Johnny Majors, Sr.

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

[4][5]

References[]

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011.

Specific

  1. ^ "Stubborn Mocs laced by Vols". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  3. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1950–59". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  5. ^ "1957 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
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