1954 Tennessee

4–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harvey Robinson.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1954, game by game: won vs. Mississippi State 19–7; lost at No. 7 Duke 6–7; won vs. Chattanooga 20–14; lost vs. Alabama 0–27; won vs. Dayton 14–7; won vs. North Carolina 26–20; lost at Georgia Tech 7–28; lost vs. Florida 0–14; lost vs. Kentucky 13–14; lost at Vanderbilt 0–26+12−27Won 19–7 vs. Mississippi State+12Mississippi Sta…Lost 6–7 at No. 7 Duke-1No. 7 DukeWon 20–14 vs. Chattanooga+6ChattanoogaLost 0–27 vs. Alabama-27AlabamaWon 14–7 vs. Dayton+7DaytonWon 26–20 vs. North Carolina+6North CarolinaLost 7–28 at Georgia Tech-21Georgia TechLost 0–14 vs. Florida-14FloridaLost 13–14 vs. Kentucky-1KentuckyLost 0–26 at Vanderbilt-26Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Vanderbilt 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 111th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1954.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
105–⁠164
Coach
Harvey Robinson
Elo
1465 −107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.4 No. 60 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 3Darris McCord OTDetroit Lions

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠09–⁠26
Georgia Tech6–⁠28–⁠3
Kentucky5–⁠27–⁠3
Florida5–⁠25–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠313
Mississippi State3–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠3
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.