1955 Tennessee

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1955, game by game: lost vs. Mississippi State 7–13; lost vs. Duke 0–21; won vs. Chattanooga 13–0; won at Alabama 20–0; won vs. Dayton 53–7; won at North Carolina 48–7; tied vs. Georgia Tech 7–7; won at Florida 20–0; lost at Kentucky 0–23; won vs. Vanderbilt 20–14+46−23Lost 7–13 vs. Mississippi State-6Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–21 vs. Duke-21DukeWon 13–0 vs. Chattanooga+13ChattanoogaWon 20–0 at Alabama+20AlabamaWon 53–7 vs. Dayton+46DaytonWon 48–7 at North Carolina+41North CarolinaTied 7–7 vs. Georgia Tech0Georgia TechWon 20–0 at Florida+20FloridaLost 0–23 at Kentucky-23KentuckyWon 20–14 vs. Vanderbilt+6Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 20–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 17

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 1955.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
188–⁠92
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1554 +78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.8 No. 19 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 5Tom Tracy BDetroit Lions

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Charley RaderOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt4–⁠38–⁠3
Mississippi State4–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Florida3–⁠54–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama0–⁠70–⁠10

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