Vanderbilt at Tennessee

Saturday, October 9, 1920

Vanderbilt beat Tennessee 20–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 11–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1920
20
HomeTennessee7–⁠2 in 1920
0

FinalHigh 76°F, low 42°FAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, October 10, 1920, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Ge ,rgia Tech. 66; Davidson 0. Sewance 55; Georgetown Universi- ty 0. Georgia 37; South Carolina 0. Virginia Military Institute 22; Uni versity of Virginia 6. Vanderbilt 20; Tennessee 0. University of Alabama ,45; Birming- ham Southern 0. j. .. University1o 1of Florida 2i; Newberry CollegeO. j, :E II 4:::ii Mercer University 5e, Lanier Uni vcrsity 0. Tulane 29; Mississippi College O.. Oglethorp University IA; Universi- ty of Chattanooga IA; tie. Rice Institute 28; Baylor Univer- sity 0. Texas A. and M. 8; Southern Meth odist University 0. Texas University fl; Howard Payne 2. University of Iowa 63; Cornell 0. Iowa State 28; Grinnell 0. Kentucky State 31; Maryville Ohio Army 27; Middlesboro Ohio 0. Ohio State 37; Oberlin O.. Illinois Al; Drake 0. Iowa 63; Cornell 0. Arkansas 0, Hendricks 0. At Tulsa, Kendall college 20, Okla homa Aggies IA. At Lawrencea University of Kan sas 6, Washburn O.. University of Oklahoma 16, Gen. tral State Normal ‘. Lehigh 9, Rutgers 0. Dickinson 19, St. John 0. Colgate 7, Allegheny I. Carnegie Tech 21, Westminster 0. Washington and Jefferson 67, Kal- amazoo 0. Washington college 0, St. Mary 19. Deleware IA, George Washington T. Richmond one, Catholic university 10. University of Wyoming 10, Uni vaisity of Denver. r. University of North Dakota 55, Fargo college Q Georgetown, 27, North Carolina State Q. Ohio University Q, University of Gineinnati G..

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Vanderbilt 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 79–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 81–⁠31–⁠4 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 120 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Vanderbilt 45, Tennessee 24
2024Tennessee 36, Vanderbilt 23
2023Tennessee 48, Vanderbilt 24
2022Tennessee 56, Vanderbilt 0
2021Tennessee 45, Vanderbilt 21
2020Tennessee 42, Vanderbilt 17

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