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 Vanderbilt
W 10–627,967[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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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References

  1. ^ "Auburn's late push trips Vols, 13–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 28, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Stubborn Vols defeat big Mississippi State". The Commercial Appeal. October 5, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgia Tech trips upstart Vols, 21–7 on three big kicks". The Selma Times-Journal. October 12, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Majors toe, sneak trips slam Bama". Evansville Press. October 19, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Seminoles pounce on Vols 10–0". The Tennessean. October 26, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "UNC defeats Vols for first time in 10 years". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fired-up Mocs humiliate Vols, 14–6". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 9, 1958. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vols upset Ole Miss 18–16 on Etter's 75-yard sprint". Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 16, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kentucky repulses repeated Vol threats for 6–2 victory". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 23, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Vols sparked by Majors to 10–6 upset of Vandy". The Courier-Journal. November 30, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1959 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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