Tennessee at Duke

Saturday, October 14, 1933

Duke beat Tennessee 10–⁠2. It was their third meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayTennessee7–⁠3 in 1933
2
HomeDuke9–⁠1 in 1933
10

FinalHigh 68°F, low 49°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: What, Again?

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 16, 1933, page 1

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    What, Again? By Times Special DURHAM. N. c., Oct. To- - Wallace Wade is football enemy No. l at the University of Tennessee today. Back in 1880, Wallace Wade’s Alabama team ended a long winning streak for Tennessee’s football warriors. The Volunteers came back and won twenty-siX games in a row. Then up popped Wallace Wade again. His Duke Blue Devils ended the victory string here Saturday, beating the Volunteers, 10 to 2.

  • The Evening star's story: SCOre by ptIIOuS. = = Tennessee ....... y S",S Duke @ 3 I-lU

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1933, page 63

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    SCOre by ptIIOuS. = = Tennessee ....... y S”,S Duke @ 3 I-lU down, Cornelius; point after touchdown. Cornelius (placement; field goal, Cornelius. Referee-Mr. Arnold (Auburnl: Umpire Mr.. Sebripg KANSAS. Head linesman- Mr. Strupper Georgia Tech). Field judge Mr.. STREET (Auburn).

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 57% to win. Duke won as Elo’s underdog.

Tennessee leads 14–⁠12–⁠2 in 28 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2003Tennessee 23, Duke 6
1993Tennessee 52, Duke 19
1989Tennessee 28, Duke 6
1988Duke 31, Tennessee 26
1982Duke 25, Tennessee 24
1978Tennessee 34, Duke 0

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