- 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).
