1958 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1958 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–6 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 1 – 3 5 – 2 – 3
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Alabama 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
No. 14 Florida 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 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).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 3 Auburn
NBCL 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 18Alabama
W 14–734,200[4]
October 25Florida 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 Missdagger
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 18–1627,100[8]
November 22Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 2–641,600[9]
November 29at No. 15
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• W 10–627,967[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    • TB Bill Majors, So.

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Carl Smith Back 9 101 Detroit Lions
    Lebron Shields Tackle 22 256 Detroit Lions

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