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1958 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference| Southeastern Conference
Record| 4–6 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach|

* Bowden Wyatt (4th season)

Home stadium| Shields–Watkins Field

Seasons

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1958 Southeastern Conference football standings

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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 college 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

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Date| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 27| at No. 3 Auburn|

* Legion Field
* Birmingham, AL (rivalry)

| NBC| L 0–13| 46,000| [1]
October 4| vs. No. 11 Mississippi State|

* Crump Stadium
* Memphis, TN

| | W 13–8| 27,279| [2]
October 11| at Georgia Tech|

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, GA (rivalry)

| | L 7–21| 44,726| [3]
October 18| Alabama|

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)

| | W 14–7| 34,200| [4]
October 25| Florida State*|

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN

| | L 0–10| 23,700| [5]
November 1| No. 17 North Carolina*|

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN

| | L 7–21| 25,290| [6]
November 8| No. 11 (small) Chattanooga*|

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN

| | L 6–14| | [7]
November 15| No. 7 Ole Miss|

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN (rivalry)

| | W 18–16| 27,100| [8]
November 22| Kentucky|

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN (rivalry)

| | L 2–6| 41,600| [9]
November 29| at No. 15 Vanderbilt|

* Dudley Field
* Nashville, TN (rivalry)

| | W 10–6| 27,967| [10]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Roster

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* TB Bill Majors, So.

## Team players drafted into the NFL

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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Carl Smith | Back | 9 | 101 | Detroit Lions
Lebron Shields | Tackle | 22 | 256 | Detroit Lions

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## References

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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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Tennessee Volunteers football

Venues|

* Baseball Park (1892–1893)
* Fountain City Park (1894)
* Baldwin Park (1895–1900, 1902–1905)
* Chilhowee Park (1901, 1907)
* Baker-Himel Park (1906)
* Waite Field (1908–1920)
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