- Saturday, March 3 1956 -
Tennessee - 77 (Head Coach: Emmett Lowery) - [Unranked]
Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Gipe | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
Lewis Neyland | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Bill Cate | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
Bob Gentry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Carl Widseth | 7 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
Herman Thompson | 5 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
Leon Ammerman | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
Gene Simpson | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Totals | 22 | 73 | 33 | 53 | 52 | 17 | 77 |
Kentucky - 101 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 12th by AP]
Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Bird | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
Phil Grawemeyer | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 16 |
John Brewer | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Phil Johnson | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
Ray Mills | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Bill Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Burrow | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 10 |
Ed Beck | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Gerry Calvert | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Vernon Hatton | 8 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
Billy Ray Cassady | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
John Crigler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Harold Ross | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lincoln Collinsworth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Totals | 43 | 98 | 15 | 27 | 70 | 30 | 101 |
Prior Game | | | Next Game |
Georgia 143 - 66 | | | Wayne State 84 - 64 |
Jerry Bird stretches over Tennessee Volunteer Lewis Neyland (son of the UT football coach) for a layup attempt. (Neyland was called for a foul on the play).