1954 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1954 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Alabama 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 3
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1954 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Harvey Robinson, in his second 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, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 25vs. Mississippi State
W 19–7
October 2at No. 7 Duke*
L 6–7
October 9Chattanooga*
W 20–14
October 16Alabama
L 0–2741,800
October 23Dayton*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 14–7
October 30North Carolina*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 26–20
November 6at Georgia Tech
L 7–2840,000
November 12Floridadagger
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–14
November 20Kentucky
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 13–14
November 27at Vanderbilt
L 0–26
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

  • HB #45 Johnny Majors, So.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Darris McCord Tackle 3 36 Detroit Lions
Ed Nickla Guard 14 167 Chicago Bears
Pat Oleksiak Back 18 216 Detroit Lions
Jimmy Wade Back 20 238 Philadelphia Eagles
Lamar Leachman Center 30 360 Cleveland Browns

[2][3]

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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