1958 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1958 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record4–6 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 0 011 0 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 0 19 0 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 3 2 09 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 35 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 04 6 0
Alabama 3 4 15 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 15 4 1
No. 14 Florida 2 3 16 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 15 4 1
Georgia 2 4 04 6 0
Tulane 1 5 03 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1958 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 fourth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 3 Auburn NBC L 0–1346,000 [1]
October 4vs. No. 11 Mississippi State W 13–827,279 [2]
October 11at Georgia Tech L 7–2144,726 [3]
October 18 Alabama W 14–734,200 [4]
October 25 Florida State *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 0–1023,700 [5]
November 1No. 17 North Carolina *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 7–2125,290 [6]
November 8No. 11 (small) Chattanooga *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 6–14 [7]
November 15No. 7 Ole Miss Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 18–1627,100 [8]
November 22 Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 2–641,600 [9]
November 29at No. 15 Vanderbilt W 10–627,967 [10]
  • *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
Carl SmithBack9101 Detroit Lions
Lebron ShieldsTackle22256 Detroit Lions

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References

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