Furman at Tennessee
Saturday, October 24, 1942 Share
No. 17 Tennessee beat Furman 52–7. It was their second meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 30, 1942, page 1
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Punts and Passes by rushing alone, 822 yards, as our five opponents have done by combined rushing and pass ing, 866 yards” The Bluejackets’ own total Of tense has netted 1925 yards. What do you have to do to VIM” asks Hinkle. ATLANTA – The University of Georgia, after winning a dozen straight games since Oct. 20, 1941, plays unbeaten- united Alabama as the 18th game here Saturday-and on Halloween. GREENVILLE, S. c. Fur man University football players are still chuckling about Ten nessee’s third stringers, w h o looked bigger and brawnier than the varsity to the firing Puppies last Saturday. Finally an exasperated Fur man player complained. OH sal mountainous Tennessee reserve, we’re bigger but we’re dumber.” tennessee beat Furman 52–7. STATE COLLEGE. Miss. - Mississippi State and the Uni versity of Mississippi will play their annual football game here Saturday, Nov. FL, instead of Saturday, Nov. %. School officials announced the shift in dates yesterday. Gasoline rationing will 60 into effect in Mississippi Nov. %.
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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Furman–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 2026 | Tennessee 56, Furman 9 | |
| 1942 | Tennessee 52, Furman 7 | |
| 1941 | Tennessee 32, Furman 6 |
Around this game
Furman
- Next gameat MiamiOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonFurman in 1942
- ProgramFurman history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. LSUOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonTennessee in 1942
- ProgramTennessee history and records

