Wake Forest at Tennessee

Saturday, September 25, 1937

Tennessee beat Wake Forest 32–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWake Forest3–⁠6 in 1937
0
HomeTennessee6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1937
32

FinalHigh 83°F, low 55°FAttendance 7,500

In the newspapers

  • The Henderson daily dispatch's story: CAROLINA IN TIE, DUKE TRIMS v.P.L. Wake Forest Falls Victim r. Tennessee, 32-0; N. c. State Idle

    Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, September 27, 1937, page 1

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    CAROLINA IN TIE, DUKE TRIMS v.P.L. Wake Forest Falls Victim r. Tennessee, 32–⁠0; N. c. State Idle All Big Five teams, with the excen ton of N. c. State College, saw actin’ during the weekend, the biggest s,a prise of the games being South Carr lina’s 1913 deadlock with North Co. lima at Chapel Hill Saturday aftau noon. Duke had little trouble trimm;nn the V. P. I. Gobblers Is to 0 md the arcs in Greensboro Saturday noht and Davidson found little Erskin, ~ liking to the tune of 81 to 6 with Teeny Lafferty being the big noise in the Cats backfield Wake Forast Demon Deacons fell victims to Ten1 nessee’s powerful eleven, 80 to 0 South Cardinals passing attack was just too, much for the Tar Heels ~ handle, aerial heaves accounting fon both touchdowns of the Gamecoks Carolina opened the game, FLASHING plenty of power on the ground, rolns up touchdown in eight plays. The Gobblers never seriously threat. ened Duke as Upton, OMara and Hackney rolled over the goal line with Duke counters. Tennessee crushed Wake Forest with plenty of reserve material the latter playing much of the game against the Baptists in Knoxville The weather was more suitable for baseball as players and fans alike sweated through the contest. Tho night game in Greensboro was some, what cooler, after old Sol had SET from the spectators standpoint.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tennessee leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Tennessee 31, Wake Forest 29
1972Tennessee 45, Wake Forest 6
1970Tennessee 41, Wake Forest 7
1962Tennessee 23, Wake Forest 0
1946Wake Forest 19, Tennessee 6
1945Tennessee 7, Wake Forest 6

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