Tennessee at Chattanooga

Saturday, October 16, 1920

Tennessee beat Chattanooga 35–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 7–⁠1–⁠2 as played.

AwayTennessee7–⁠2 in 1920
35
HomeChattanooga3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1920
0

FinalHigh 81°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Chattanooga news's story: VOLS WEIGHT DECIDES ISSUE TenneSSee's Heavier Eleven Batters Chattanooga for 35 to O Victory. HOLT IS STAR OF FRACAS

    The Chattanooga news, Chattanooga, Tenn., October 18, 1920, page 9

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    VOLS WEIGHT DECIDES ISSUE TenneSSee’s Heavier Eleven Batters Chattanooga for 35 to O Victory. HOLT IS STAR OF FRACAS Depending primarily upon a “HoIt over Hatcher” smash which the lighter Chattanooga forwards were they at all times correctly dlau. ! noSed II, Coach John r. Benders Vols defeated Coach Slko williams MoeeaslnS at Chamberlain field, ! 30 70 0 Saturday, In all but weight and Drawn the ! Moccasns showed to equal advanta 4, with their orange striped opponents ! Williams charges exhibited far more dash and pep, greater repertoire and . superior technique, but, outwelghed ! from thirty TO tifty pounds To the man, ! tho result was foregone conclusion. | In Justice to Tennessee, however, II must be stated that Bender kept his ! entire first string back field of Blair. | Evans and the Campbell brothers on | tho sIdelines. Ho also purnosely COW In view OF the fact that hundreds OF Sewanee adhorents were present TO get rs accurate “A line as possible on Ten nessoes play. Bender never forgot for an instant that he must grapple with tho Tigers here Nov. 10. Duo to the facts lust chronicled and to the excessive heat. which retarded the play OF both eleVcns, the contest was far less spectacular than tho oElothorpo battle the preceding Saturday firy-yard dash by Overbey for touchdown In tho third period after in tcrceptlng Chattanooga forward pass. Straight Football. Tennessee played straight football, which brought them consistent gains. The Vols scored In every quarter, maxi ing ono touchdown each In the first, second and fourth quarters and two In tho third. Tho Individual star Of the contest lNII N.tAn n appeared at left half for Tennessee. How Bender figures this Lad second string man was n mystery to Chattanoogans who saw him In action SatuIS, day. Plungtng over Hatcher. Holt was simply unstoppablo. Chattanooga play with Sullivan on tho sidelines did not develop any indivldual stars. The entire eleven played praiseworthy ball and reflected great credit on Coach williams Marquette and Sussdort at ends stubbornly resisted Tennossoo’s tackle HmRshes with the aid OF Capt. Redd, Roach and Page, owens. Krug ana Ansell frequently piled up the heavy Vol backs on smashes over the center OF the line. Clark ran his team well and Saundoris, Reed, Cato, Raulston and Farrell did all that could be expected of backs | of their weight against Tennessae’S | heavy tackles and ends The lineup | and summary follow: IcnnosSCe, CHATTANOOGA NICHOLSON ...,.,..,..,s.,.. MArQueltN Left END. III Sloan ..,.”,,,,,.,...,..,. Reed Left Tackle. II Robinson Observation-Disclosures. KING Left Guard. Bradford NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., owens Center. #.-....,........-.-.-..-...,, -AnAell Right Guard. Co n;.,:‘..,.;,....,,... Page Right Tackle. i Lane ,,,,..,.,.s,,...s bussdOrt Right End. Quarterback. II Holt .....,.,...,..,..,... Reed 10Y Left Half. Dotzen NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Saunders Right Half, l’hllllpB Observation-Disclosures cate Fullback. Summary! TouChdowns--DltZen. 2: Hatcher, >; overly. Goals from touohiowns-Hntchcr, 6. Substitutes, for renn essee--O OVERLY for Dietxen, KEN 1ody for Nicholson, Hurley for Sloan, Doak for StrelgeL Duncan for Lane. II evans for Smith, Boone for Holt; for chattanooga, Bach for Page, Raulston or Reed. Time for quartors-ib, lb. g. ~. Roforeo--Tolly (Sowanoe). fnplrc-Rike (Ohlo wesleyan. Head North Carolna),

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)

Chattanooga 55% to win. Tennessee won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Tennessee leads 37–⁠2–⁠2; as played, 38–⁠2–⁠2 in 42 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Tennessee 69, Chattanooga 3
2019Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0
2014Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 10
1969Tennessee 31, Chattanooga 0
1966Tennessee 28, Chattanooga 10
1964Tennessee 10, Chattanooga 6

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