1953 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1953 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1953 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Harvey Robinson, in his first year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).

1953 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1953 record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins Field
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 –0 –3  6 –3 –3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Ole Miss 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
No. 17 Auburn 4 –2 –1  7 –3 –1
Mississippi State 3 –1 –3  5 –2 –3
Tennessee 3 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
LSU 2 –3 –3  5 –3 –3
Florida 1 –3 –2  3 –5 –2
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Georgia 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Tulane 0 –7 –0  1 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26Mississippi StateNo. 17
L 0–26
October 3Duke*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 7–21
October 10Chattanooga*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 40–7
October 17at Alabama
NBCT 0–040,000
October 22Louisville*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 59–6
October 31at North Carolina*
W 20–6
November 7LSU
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 32–14
November 14at FloridaNo. 18
W 9–7
November 21at No. 13 Kentucky
L 21–27
November 28Vanderbilt
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 33–6
November 21at Houston*
L 19–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bill BarbishBack895Cleveland Browns
Bob FisherTackle10115Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

Specific

  1. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 122
  2. 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
  3. "1954 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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