Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Saturday, November 29, 1941 Share
Tennessee beat No. 12 Vanderbilt 26–7. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 18–13–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 34°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 30, 1941, page 24
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Tennessee Beats Vanderbilt, 26–7 Vols Power Puts End TO Foes Bowl Hopes CONTINUED from Page Three) a 15-yard penalty on Tennessee for roughing the kicker. Slater. a 158-pound back, passed II yards to Bud Hubbell, an end for the first touchdown in the second quarter. He scored HIM self at center from the 1-yard line in the same quarter. Cifers came into the game In 1.-THE third quarter TO throw a a. yard touchdown pass TO the val liable Mr.. Hubbell and then he climaxed Tennessee’s glorious triumph with a 24-yard run around end in the last quarter. Charles Mitchell. Tennessee’s extra point specialist. kicked two out OF four Until today he had missed but three all season. Bernie Rolling bucked over tackle for Vanderbilt’s touchdown from the 1-yard line after a Al yard drive that saw the Com modores showing their offensive class for the only time all day. AS is always the case before these teams go into their annual battle. all sorts Of rumors are started by partisan fans and Ipressmen. This year the word was out that Vandy had been working all season on a secret play” just for use against Tennessee. We now can let you in on the play. 1T WAS STOPPING TENNESSEE ON THE 1-YARD LINE. Twice the Commodore line rose Iup in supreme gallantry to throw back the charging Volunteers on the 1-yard marker. But both times the Volunteers took the ball after Vanderbilt kicked and went all the way. This was A game in which the Itackling and blocking was SO savage that one wondered al times why even these well-condltoned youngsters didn’t break each other in two.

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 30, 1941, page 55
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State Bes Ole Miss 60 for Sc Crown tennessee Ruins Vanderbilt PSI Georgia Defeats Tech, q to O, On Sinkwich’s Bullet Passes Bulldogs Resort to Air When Jockets’ Hard Charging Checks Line Attack ATLANTA. ga thrilling chapter in the long and bitter football rivalry of Georgia and Georgia Tech written Field today the churnng Sinkwich. With the sensational SnkWich tossing the pigkn far wide and handsome the shred Georgia Bulldogs buried Techs Yellow
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. Tennessee pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Tennessee gameOfficially, 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 82 since this game.
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. Tennessee TechSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1941
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Tennessee
- Next gameat South CarolinaSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonTennessee in 1941
- ProgramTennessee history and records

