1957 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1957 Tennessee Volunteers football
Gator Bowl Champions
Gator Bowl, W 3–0 vs. Texas A&M
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 13
1957 record 8–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
1957 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Auburn $ 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
#7 Ole Miss 5 – 0 – 1     9 – 1 – 1
#14 Mississippi State 4 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
#17 Florida 4 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
#13 Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 2
LSU 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 1     4 – 4 – 2
Georgia 3 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Alabama 1 – 6 – 1     2 – 7 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 7 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1957 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his third year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a victory over Texas A&M in the 1957 Gator Bowl.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 28 Auburn No. 8 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 0–7    
October 5 Mississippi State Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 14–9    
October 12 Chattanooga* No. 19 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 28–13    
October 19 at Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) W 14–0    
October 26 at Maryland* Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 16–0    
November 2 at North Carolina* No. 17 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 35–0    
November 9 No. 18 Georgia Techdagger No. 9 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 21–6    
November 16 No. 8 Ole Miss No. 7 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN L 7–14    
November 23 at Kentucky No. 12 McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) L 6–20    
November 30 Vanderbilt No. 18 Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 20–6    
December 28 vs. No. 9 Texas A&M No. 13 Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) ABC W 3–0    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Bill Anderson Back 3 31 Washington Redskins
Bobby Gordon Back 6 63 Chicago Cardinals
Al Carter Back 22 257 Chicago Bears
Bobby Sandlin Back 24 285 Baltimore Colts

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. ↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. ↑ "1958 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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