1953 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1953 SEC football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Tennessee Volunteers football
1953 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1953 record	6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach	Harvey Robinson
Home stadium	Shields-Watkins Field
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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).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 26	Mississippi State	#17	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		L 0–26
October 3	Duke*		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		L 7–21
October 10	Chattanooga*		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 40–7
October 17	at Alabama		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	NBC	T 0–0
October 22	Louisville*		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 59–6
October 31	at North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC		W 20–6
November 7	LSU		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 32–14
November 14	at Florida	#18	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)		W 9–7
November 21	at #13 Kentucky		McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)		L 21–27
November 28	Vanderbilt		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN		W 33–6
November 21	at Houston*		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		L 19–33
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Specific

v t e Tennessee Volunteers football
Venues	Neyland Stadium (1921–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

1953 SEC football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3	6	–	3	–	3
#8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
#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