1959 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1959 Tennessee Volunteers football
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
	Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1959 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 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	Source
September 26	No. 3 Auburn		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 3–0
October 3	Mississippi State	No. 9	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 22–6
October 10	No. 3 Georgia Tech	No. 8	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–14	45,021
October 17	at Alabama	No. 14	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	T 7–7	42,000
October 24	Chattanooga*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 23–0	25,000	^[1]
October 31	at North Carolina*	No. 20	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 29–7
November 7	No. 1 LSU	No. 13	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 14–13	45,682
November 14	vs. Ole Miss	No. 9	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 7–37
November 21	at Kentucky	No. 20	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 0–20
November 28	Vanderbilt		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–14
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Jerry DeLucca	Tackle	Expansion Draft		Dallas Cowboys

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

^ "Vols avenge Chattanooga upset, 23–0". Johnson City Press. October 25, 1959. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
^ "1960 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

v t Tennessee Volunteers football
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

1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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