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1958 Tennessee

4–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1958, game by game: lost at No. 3 Auburn 0–13; won vs. No. 11 Mississippi State 13–8; lost at Georgia Tech 7–21; won vs. Alabama 14–7; lost vs. Florida State 0–10; lost vs. No. 17 North Carolina 7–21; lost vs. Chattanooga 6–14; won vs. No. 7 Ole Miss 18–16; lost vs. Kentucky 2–6; won at No. 15 Vanderbilt 10–6+7−14Lost 0–13 at No. 3 Auburn-13No. 3 AuburnWon 13–8 vs. No. 11 Mississippi State+5No. 11 Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–21 at Georgia Tech-14Georgia TechWon 14–7 vs. Alabama+7AlabamaLost 0–10 vs. Florida State-10Florida StateLost 7–21 vs. No. 17 North Carolina-14No. 17 North CarolinaLost 6–14 vs. Chattanooga-8ChattanoogaWon 18–16 vs. No. 7 Ole Miss+2No. 7 Ole MissLost 2–6 vs. Kentucky-4KentuckyWon 10–6 at No. 15 Vanderbilt+4No. 15 Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27at3AuburnL 0–⁠1338%
Oct 4vs11Mississippi StateW 13–⁠860%
Oct 11atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠2147%
Oct 18vsAlabamaW 14–⁠778%
Oct 25vsFlorida StateL 0–⁠1074%
Nov 1vs17North CarolinaL 7–⁠2160%
Nov 8vsChattanoogaL 6–⁠1492%
Nov 15vs7Ole MissW 18–⁠1626%
Nov 22vsKentuckyL 2–⁠657%
Nov 29at15VanderbiltW 10–⁠627%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 10–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 104th-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 1958.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
77–⁠122
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1494 −121 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 42 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Bobby UranoOGAP-3; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠011–⁠01
Auburn6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠14
Ole Miss3–⁠29–⁠211
Vanderbilt2–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee4–⁠34–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠114
Georgia Tech2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠63–⁠6

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