1954 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1954 Tennessee Volunteers football
1954 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Harvey Robinson (2nd season);
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
	Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1954 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Harvey Robinson, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Record4–6 (1–5 SEC)

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1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 13 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	6	–	3
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Ole Miss's game against Arkansas counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	vs. Mississippi State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 19–7	28,523	^[1]
October 2	at No. 7 Duke*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–7	30,000	^[2]
October 9	Chattanooga*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 20–14		^[3]
October 16	Alabama	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	L 0–27	41,800	^[4]
October 23	Dayton*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 14–7	21,000	^[5]
October 30	North Carolina*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 26–20		^[6]
November 6	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 7–28	40,000	^[7]
November 12	Florida	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–14	20,000	^[8]
November 20	Kentucky	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–14	31,800	^[9]
November 27	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–26	27,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Darris McCord	Tackle	3	36	Detroit Lions
Ed Nickla	Guard	14	167	Chicago Bears
Pat Oleksiak	Back	18	216	Detroit Lions
Jimmy Wade	Back	20	238	Philadelphia Eagles
Lamar Leachman	Center	30	360	Cleveland Browns

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