Tennessee football’s top 10 upset wins one week after bad loss
![Tennessee players Jalen Hurd, left, Alvin Kamara, and Joshua Dobbs celebrate following the Vols' 38-31 win over Georgia Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Neyland Stadium. Utvsugathroughtheyears28 Tennessee players Jalen Hurd, left, Alvin Kamara, and Joshua Dobbs celebrate following the Vols' 38-31 win over Georgia Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Neyland Stadium. Utvsugathroughtheyears28](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/0e8e1e942de7b8722196511e44b3701df0dfbbd080ce6b9a0b2600faff9cf6de.jpg)
3. 1958: Upset No. 7 ranked Ole Miss Rebels 18-16
Previous week: Lost to the Chattanooga Mocs 14-6
Talk about a crazy swing. Tennessee football would face Chattanooga regularly during this time, but the Vols always won. However, in 1958, they were reeling as a program under Bowden Wyatt. After a 2-2 start, the Vols had lost three straight, including a 10-0 shutout to the Florida State Seminoles and a 21-7 embarrassment to the No. 17 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.
Chattanooga coming into town was supposed to get them back on track. However, inexplicably, the Vols laid an egg. All-American Chattanooga quarterback Johnny Green led two time-consuming scoring drives, one for each half, and did what he was supposed to do to allow the little brothers of the state pull of a win they never should have earned.
This dropped the Vols to 2-5 on the year. How did they respond? Well, four days later, Johnny Vaught’s 7-1 and top 10 Ole Miss Rebels came to town. This should have been an easy win for Vaught’s team, but just like UT did a week prior, the Rebels fell asleep, and somehow, Wyatt’s team pulled off an 18-16 shocker to end its skid.
By the way, the next two weeks would involve UT being upset by the Kentucky Wildcats and upsetting the Vanderbilt Commodores. that was a two-week period that we had lower on this list, proving just how crazy the 1958 season was for Wyatt’s program. The Vols finished that year with a 4-6 record, beginning a downward slide.