Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 14, 1936

Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 26–⁠13. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 17–⁠9–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayTennessee6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1936
26
HomeVanderbilt3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1936
13

FinalAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 16, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 31; UCLA T. Southern California 0; Washing ton 12. Oregon O; California 28. Stanford 20; Oregon State IA. Idaho 0; Montana 16. Tennessee 26; Vanderbilt 13. Brigham Young T; Denver Uni versity 35 Colorado University 13; Utah Ag gies A. Arkansas IT; Southern Methodist 0. Notre Dame 20; Army 6. Northern g; Michigan 0. Holy Cross 32; Brown 0. Georgetown 0; Manhattan 13. Syracuse O; Columbia IT, Villanova o; Temple 6. Penn State 12; Penn 19 Duquesne 13; Carnegie Tech 0. Indiana 20; Chicago T. Navy 20; Harvard 13. Duke 27 North Carolina ‘. North Carolina State 6; Catholic University ‘. Yale 26 Princeton g. Dartmouth 20; Cornell 6. Rutgers o; New York University 46. Purdue IS; Iowa O. Cincinnati 6; Wisconsin IT. Iowa State T. Kansas State AT. Texas 19; Minnesota AT. Michigan State Al; Kansas O. Ohio State 13; Illinois 0. Pittsburgh 19; Nebraska 6. Tulsa 21; Drake 6. Missouri 21; Oklahoma IA Mississippi 0; Marquette 33. Alabama 20; Georgia Tech Is. Georgie l2. Tulane G. Louisiana State i9; Auburn 6. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 19, St. Mary’s o. GonZaga IA; Portland University 13.

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 51% to win. Tennessee won as Elo’s underdog.

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 87 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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