1960 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1960 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
1960 record6–2–2 (3–2–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ole Miss $ 5 0 1 10 0 1
No. 18 Florida 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 9 Alabama 5 1 1 8 1 2
No. 13 Auburn 5 2 0 8 2 0
Tennessee 3 2 2 6 2 2
Georgia 4 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 4 0 5 5 0
LSU 2 3 1 5 4 1
Kentucky 2 4 1 5 4 1
Tulane 1 4 1 3 6 1
Mississippi State 0 5 1 2 6 1
Vanderbilt 0 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1960 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 sixth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and two ties (6–2–2 overall, 3–2–2 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at AuburnW 10–3
October 1vs. Mississippi StateNo. 11T 0–0
October 8Tampa*W 62–7
October 15No. 15 Alabama
W 20–746,000
October 22Chattanooga*No. 12
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 35–025,200[1]
October 29North Carolina*No. 11
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 27–14
November 5at Georgia TechNo. 8L 7–1445,072
November 12No. 4 Ole MissdaggerNo. 14
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 3–24
November 19Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
T 10–10
November 26at VanderbiltW 35–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

  • TB Billy Majors, Sr.

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Mike Lucci Center 5 69 Cleveland Browns
Billy Majors Back 12 168 Philadelphia Eagles
Charlie Baker Tackle 20 279 Cleveland Browns
Lebron Shields Tackle Expansion Draft Minnesota Vikings

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References[]

General

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

Specific

  1. ^ "Vol 'horses' romp around and through Mocs, 35–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 23, 1960. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  3. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  4. ^ "1961 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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