1959 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1959 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1959 NCAA University Division 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).

1959 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 0 010 1 0
No. 3 LSU 5 1 09 2 0
No. 2 Ole Miss # 5 1 010 1 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 1 27 2 2
Auburn 4 3 07 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 25 3 2
Georgia Tech 3 3 06 5 0
Tennessee 3 4 15 4 1
No. 19 Florida 2 4 05 4 1
Kentucky 1 6 04 6 0
Tulane 0 5 13 6 1
Mississippi State 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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