Vanderbilt at Tennessee

Saturday, November 16, 1929

Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 13–⁠0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 16–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt7–⁠2 in 1929
0
HomeTennessee9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1929
13

FinalHigh 60°F, low 54°F, 0.14 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 18, 1929, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Santa Clara IS; Stanford ‘. Oregon 16; Oregon State 0. California ‘; Washington 0. Notre Dame IS; Southern Cali fornia 12. Washington State 13; Montana O. Gonzaga 20; Idaho IA. St. Mary 24; University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles 0. Tennessee 13; Vanderbilt 0. Indiana 19; Northwestern fl. Drake 2; Iowa State O. Alabama IA; Georgia Tech 0. Harvard 12; Holy Cross 6. Colgate 21; Syracuse 0. Michigan T; Minnesota 6. Illinois 20; Chicago G. Purdue T; Iowa 0. Utah A; Wyoming 0. Nebraska IS; Oklahoma 13. Yale 13; Princeton 0, Army 89; Dickinson ‘. Pittsburgh 34 Carnegie 13. New York University IA; Missouri 0. Dartmouth IS; Cornell A. Georgetown O; West Virginia 0. Pennsylvania 20 Columbia 0.

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)

Tennessee 64% 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 94 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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