1960 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
1960 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ole Miss $ 5 0 1 10 0 1
No. 18 Florida 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 9 Alabama 5 1 1 8 1 2
No. 13 Auburn 5 2 0 8 2 0
Tennessee 3 2 2 6 2 2
Georgia 4 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 4 0 5 5 0
LSU 2 3 1 5 4 1
Kentucky 2 4 1 5 4 1
Tulane 1 4 1 3 6 1
Mississippi State 0 5 1 2 6 1
Vanderbilt 0 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1960 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and two ties (6–2–2 overall, 3–2–2 in the SEC).

Schedule

September 24at Auburn

W 10–3  October 1Mississippi StateNo. 11

T 0–0  October 8Tampa*

W 62–7  October 15No. 15 Alabama

W 20–7  October 22Chattanooga*No. 12

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 35–0  October 29North Carolina*No. 11

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

W 27–14  November 5at Georgia TechNo. 8

L 7–14  November 12No. 4 Ole MissdaggerNo. 14

  • Shields-Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN

L 3–24  November 19Kentucky

T 10–10  November 26at Vanderbilt

W 35–0 

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Mike Lucci Center 5 69 Cleveland Browns
Billy Majors Back 12 168 Philadelphia Eagles
Charlie Baker Tackle 20 279 Cleveland Browns
Lebron Shields Tackle Expansion Draft Minnesota Vikings

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. ^ "1961 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.