Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt

Saturday, September 29, 1945

Vanderbilt beat Tennessee Tech 12–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayTennessee Tech0–⁠2 in 1945
0
HomeVanderbilt3–⁠6 in 1945
12

FinalAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee Tech, 1870

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 30, 1945, page 11

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    Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee Tech, 1870 NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 90 R-Vanderbilt returned to formal football today after two years OF informal” play by administering . 1910 defeat to Tennessee Tech behre an estimated 5000 persons. A young, driving sophomore back Joe Graves, scored both touch downs On short line plunges. Vandy’s Commodores outplayed the Eagles all the way, marking up 10 first downs to five for their opponents.

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)

Vanderbilt 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Vanderbilt leads 6–⁠0–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1947Vanderbilt 68, Tennessee Tech 0
1946Vanderbilt 35, Tennessee Tech 0
1945Vanderbilt 12, Tennessee Tech 0
1942Vanderbilt 52, Tennessee Tech 0
1941Vanderbilt 42, Tennessee Tech 0
1940Vanderbilt 21, Tennessee Tech 0

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