1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1956 Tennessee Volunteers football
National champion (SR)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 7–13 vs. Baylor
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons
  1955
1957  
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 010 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 010 1 0
Florida 5 2 06 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 07 3 0
Auburn 4 3 07 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 06 4 0
Tulane 3 3 06 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 05 5 0
Alabama 2 5 02 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 04 6 0
LSU 1 5 03 7 0
Georgia 1 6 03 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.

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Auburn W 35–744,000 [1]
October 6at Duke *No. 9W 33–2022,000 [2]
October 13 Chattanooga *No. 6W 42–2020,000 [3]
October 20 Alabama No. 7
W 24–027,500 [4]
October 27 Maryland *No. 4
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 34–733,500 [5]
November 1 North Carolina *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 3
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 20–027,000 [6]
November 10at No. 2 Georgia Tech No. 3W 6–040,000 [7]
November 17No. 19 Ole Miss No. 1
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 27–7 [8]
November 24 Kentucky No. 2
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 20–745,000 [9]
December 1at Vanderbilt No. 2W 27–728,000 [10]
January 1vs. No. 13 Baylor No. 2 ABC L 7–1381,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John Gordy Tackle224 Detroit Lions
Frank KolinskyTackle28329 Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. "Majors stars as Vols whip Auburn 35–7". The Park City Daily News. September 30, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tennessee routs Duke, 33–20". The News and Observer. October 7, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Stubborn Mocs laced by Vols". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tennessee smacks 'Bama 24–0". Kingsport Times-News. October 21, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Volunteers rap Maryland, 34–7". Richmond Times Dispatch. October 28, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "UT Vols hammer Tar Heels, 20–0". Elizabethton Star. November 4, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tennessee trips Tech, seeks No. 1". Fort Lauderdale News. November 11, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Vols rally to beat Rebs, 27–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Majors pilots Vols over Kentucky, 20 to 7". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 25, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Majors is star in 27 to 7 romp". The Huntsville Times. December 2, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Team effort earns Bears bowl victory over Vols". Corpus Christi Times. January 2, 1957. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1957 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.