1957 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1957 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 3–0 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 13
Record8–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 0 1 9 1 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 2 1 6 2 1
No. 17 Florida 4 2 1 6 2 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 3 0 8 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 3 1 5 3 2
LSU 4 4 0 5 5 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 1 4 4 2
Georgia 3 4 0 3 7 0
Tulane 1 5 0 2 8 0
Alabama 1 6 1 2 7 1
Kentucky 1 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1957 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1957 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 third year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a victory over Texas A&M in the 1957 Gator Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28AuburnNo. 8L 0–742,000[1]
October 5Mississippi State
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 14–925,000[2]
October 12Chattanooga*No. 19
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 28–1321,500[3]
October 19at AlabamaW 14–032,000[4]
October 26at
Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
  • W 16–026,000[5]
    November 2at North Carolina*No. 17W 35–034,000[6]
    November 9No. 18 Georgia TechdaggerNo. 9
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    W 21–645,500[7]
    November 16vs. No. 8 Ole MissNo. 7L 7–1431,000[8]
    November 23at KentuckyNo. 12L 6–2036,500[9]
    November 30VanderbiltNo. 18
    • Shields–Watkins Field
    • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    W 20–638,000[10]
    December 28vs. No. 9 Texas A&M*No. 13ABCW 3–043,709[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Bill Anderson Back 3 31 Washington Redskins
    Bobby Gordon Back 6 63 Chicago Cardinals
    Al Carter Back 22 257 Chicago Bears
    Bobby Sandlin Back 24 285 Baltimore Colts

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