1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1956 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC Champions
Sugar Bowl, L 13–7 vs. Baylor
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#2
1956 record	10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field

1956 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#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 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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	at Auburn		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 37–7
October 6	at Duke*	#9	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC		W 33–20
October 13	Chattanooga*	#6	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 42–20
October 20	Alabama	#7	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)		W 24–0
October 27	Maryland*	#4	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 34–7	33,500
November 1	North Carolina*	#3	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 20–0
November 10	at #2 Georgia Tech	#3	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 6–0
November 19	#19 Ole Miss	#1	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 27–7
November 24	Kentucky	#2	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)		W 20–7
December 1	at Vanderbilt	#2	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 27–7
January 1, 1957	vs. #13 Baylor	#2	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 7–13	81,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

• References:^[1][2]

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

• References:^[3][4]

References

General

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

Specific

1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
2. "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1950–59". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
3. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
4. "1957 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.