1959 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1959 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1959 record	5–4–1 (3–4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field
Seasons

1959 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5/5 Georgia †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#3/3 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#2/2 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#10/13 Alabama	4	–	1	–	2			7	–	2	–	2
#NR/15 Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
#19/19 Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	0	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1959 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1959 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1 overall, 3–4–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	#3 Auburn		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 3–0
October 3	Mississippi State	#9	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 22–6
October 10	#3 Georgia Tech	#8	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 7–14
October 17	at Alabama	#14	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	T 7–7
October 24*	Chattanooga		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 23–0
October 31*	at North Carolina	#20	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 29–7
November 7†	#1 LSU	#13	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 14–13
November 14	Ole Miss	#9	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 7–37
November 21	at Kentucky	#20	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)	L 0–20
November 28	Vanderbilt		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–14
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Team players drafted into in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Jerry DeLucca	Tackle	Expansion Draft		Dallas Cowboys

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References

General

• (PDF) 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tenn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2011_record_book.pdf. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

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