Chattanooga at Tennessee

Saturday, October 12, 1940

Tennessee beat Chattanooga 53–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 14–⁠1–⁠2 as played.

AwayChattanooga1–⁠1 in 1940
0
HomeTennessee10–⁠1 in 1940
53

FinalHigh 77°F, low 45°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 14, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores SATURDAY, Oct. 12, (P) - Michigan State 20-Purduc Il Columbia 20-Dartmouth Colgate 20-BroWn 3 Navy 12-Princeton 6 Fordham 20-Tulane ‘ Southern Methodisct Pitts burg ‘ Syracuse AZ New York Uni versity 13 Cornell 45-Army 0 Pennsylvania 50-Yale ‘ North Carolina 21 - Texas Christian II Holy Cross 18-Carnegie Tech 0. Michigan 26-Hardvard 0 Boston College 33-Temple 20 Nebraska 13-Indiana 2 Notre Dame-26 Georgia Tech 26. Southern Cal. 13-Illinois Ohio State 3-Northwestern 6 Mississippi 28-Georgia IA Missouri 24-Kansas State l3 Wisconsin 12-IoWa 30 West Virginia 13-Penn State IT, Auburn 7-Mississippi State ‘ Lake Forrest 0-Clemson 39 Tennessee 53-Chattanooga 0 Oklahoma 16-Texas 19 Kentucky 7-Vanderbilt T. Washington 10-Oregon 0. Gonzaga 25-Idaho 0 Washington 9-California 6 Stanford 7-Santa Clara 6 Texas A and M 7-Ucla 0

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 97% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 37–⁠2–⁠2; as played, 38–⁠2–⁠2 in 42 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Tennessee 69, Chattanooga 3
2019Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0
2014Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 10
1969Tennessee 31, Chattanooga 0
1966Tennessee 28, Chattanooga 10
1964Tennessee 10, Chattanooga 6

Around this game

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