Chattanooga at Tennessee
Saturday, October 12, 1946 Share
No. 8 Tennessee beat Chattanooga 47–7. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 16–1–2 as played.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 42°F, 0.77 in. of rainAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 13, 1946, page 1
Read the text
Tennessee Defeats Chattanooga, AT KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 10 U.H-Tennessee toyed with Chattanooga, running in reserves fire. quently, and swamped the Moe casins AZ to 7 today before $4,000 shivering fans. Moccasin fumbles and feeble booting set up practically all of the seven Tennessee touchdowns as the Volunteers tuned up for next Saturdays clash with Ala bama here. Chattanooga’s Howard Derrick tossed a 5O-yard pass to James Layfield in the end zone for the lone Moccasin score late in the second period.
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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Chattanooga–Tennessee gameOfficially, Tennessee leads 37–2–2; as played, 38–2–2 in 42 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
Around this game
Chattanooga
- Next gamevs. Murray StateOct. 18, 1946
- SeasonChattanooga in 1946
- ProgramChattanooga history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. AlabamaOct. 19, 1946
- SeasonTennessee in 1946
- ProgramTennessee history and records

