1958 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1958 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–6 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt (4th season)
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field

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

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 28	at No. 3 Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	NBC	L 0–13
October 1	vs. No. 11 Mississippi State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN		W 13–8
October 11	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 7–21	44,726
October 18	Alabama	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)		W 14–7	34,200
October 25	Florida State*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN		L 0–10
November 1	No. 17 North Carolina*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN		L 7–21
November 8	Chattanooga*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN		L 6–14
November 12	No. 7 Ole Miss	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN		W 18–16
November 22	Kentucky	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		L 2–6
November 29	at No. 15 Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 10–6
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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

References

General

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

Specific