Duke at Tennessee
Saturday, October 24, 1936 Share
Tennessee beat No. 2 Duke 15–13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 4–2.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°FAttendance 13,263
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1936, page 1
Read the text
Pitt SmOt1,ers Notre Dame; Tennessee Beats Duke, 1913 l5-l5 were Outstanding / j esterday among major foot ball games TO other major teams-Furdu their waloped Bolermaks Ss-o or hrsts straight victory.
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)
Duke 71% to win. Tennessee pulled the upset.
The series
Every Duke–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 14–12–2 in 28 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.
| 2003 | Tennessee 23, Duke 6 | |
| 1993 | Tennessee 52, Duke 19 | |
| 1989 | Tennessee 28, Duke 6 | |
| 1988 | Duke 31, Tennessee 26 | |
| 1982 | Duke 25, Tennessee 24 | |
| 1978 | Tennessee 34, Duke 0 |
Around this game
Duke
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeOct. 31, 1936
- SeasonDuke in 1936
- ProgramDuke history and records
Tennessee
- Next gameat GeorgiaOct. 31, 1936
- SeasonTennessee in 1936
- ProgramTennessee history and records