Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 12, 1938

No. 4 Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 14–⁠0. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 18–⁠10–⁠3 in the games on file.

Away4Tennessee11–⁠0 in 1938
14
HomeVanderbilt6–⁠3 in 1938
0

Final0.03 in. of rainAttendance 23,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 14, 1938, page 40 (results column)

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    ’19–⁠0, with Lou Zontini running “a yards for the first touchdown. Georgetown went bowl-conscious by drubbing West Virginia, 40. at Morgartown. Maryland took its seventh pasteing of the season at GAINESVILLE, Fla, AT. American University was spilled by Haver. ford, 27-O, on the Eagle Field. Navy spotted Columbia nine points and then won the ball game in the second half, 14–⁠9 Oklahoma preserved its undefeated and united status by turn ing back Missouri, 21–⁠10. Georgia surprised in some quarters by holding Alabama to 14–⁠14. Pitt, with Goldberg on the sidelineS, punched Ne bras a around at Lincoln, 1870, while Tennessee whipped Vanderbilt, 14–⁠0. Carnegie Tech, conqueror of mighty Pittsburgh, barged over Duquesne, 21–⁠0, and Wisconsin topped U. C. L. A., 14–⁠7, in a Pa cific intersectional tilt. Northwestern and Michigan waged a Scoreless draw to ruin each others hopes for the Big Ten title. while Ohio State moved closer to the same crown by shellacking Illinois, 32–⁠14. Harvard trampled Virginia, 40–⁠13, and Penn and Penn State played to a TT deadlock.

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 53% 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 85 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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