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1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1956 Tennessee Volunteers football
UT Volunteers logo.svg
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–7 vs. Baylor
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 2
1956 record 10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0     10 1 0
#4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0     10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0     6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0     7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0     7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0     6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0     6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0     5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0     2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0     4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0     3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0     3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1956 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bowden Wyatt, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC Champions and with a loss against Baylor in the Sugar Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 275 points while the defense allowed 88 points.

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