Alabama at Tennessee

Saturday, October 16, 1948

Tennessee beat Alabama 21–⁠6. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 17–⁠11–⁠2 as played.

AwayAlabama6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1948
6
HomeTennessee4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1948
21

FinalHigh 79°F, low 49°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: 5 l1{l6 E8o FOOTBALL { SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 18, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    5 l1{l6 E8o FOOTBALL { SCORES Final scores of leading football ames played during the weekend re as follows: Wash. State 10; Washington 0. Oregon 2; Southern Cal T. California 42; Oregon s. o. Stanford 35; UCLA IA. Penn 20; Columbia IA. Alabama 6; Tennessee 21. Auburn 0; Georgia Tech 27. Rochester ‘; Tufts 26. Colby IA; Amherst 27. Yale IT; Wisconsin T. Illinois O; Minnesota 6. Harvard T. Army 20. N. Carolina IS; N. Caro-. State o. Williams 0; Bowdoin .34. Marquette T: Pitt 21. Marietta 6; Capital 13. Michigan 28; Northwestern 0. Michigan s. 61; Arizona 2. Duke 13; Maryland 12. Rutgers 22; Princeton 6. Missouri 35; Navy IA. Brown 14: Holy Cross 6. Haverord T; Drexel 6. Cornell 34; Syracuse ‘. “. Virginia ‘; Penn State 37. Colgate Is; Dartmouth fl. Maine 6: Connecticut 34. Hobart 0; Trinity 52. Tex. Christian 27; Tex. AM IA. Utah State T; Wichita U. 20. Notre Dame A. Nebraska 13. Mississippi T; Tulane 20. Colorado T; Iowa State Is. Purdue 20; Iowa 13. Arkansas 6; Texas IA. Ohio State IT; Indiana 0. Maryland 25; Albright o. Brown IA; Holy Cross 6. haverford ‘; Drexel 6. Cornell 34; Syracuse 2. West Virginia 2; rem State 37. Maine 6; Connecticut 34. 4AOi~es4 U, OG. Vanderbilt 26; Kentucky z. Nevada AS; St. Mary’s 20. Utah IT; Denver 0. Whitman 39; Northern Idaho 0. Pacific Univ. 28; Linf.eld IA. San Diego State ‘; Pepperdine 6. San Jose State AT; California 7oly ‘. College of Idaho 40; Eastern Ore on ?. Doans 20; Colorado College IA. Chico (Calif) State 19; Califor- lia Agg.es T. Whittier 27; California Tech 6. Eastern Washington IA; Whit forth B. Montana 14; Montana State 0. Occidental 40; Calf. Poly 0. Colorado ARM 21; Wyoming 20 Oklahoma ARM 27; USF 20. Idaho State 38; Colorado State 6. Southern Oregon 26; San Fran isco ‘. Wake Forest fl; Duquesne 15. Lafayette 46; Muhlenberg B. Florida fl; Rollins 12. Georgia 22; Louisiana State 0. Virginia Military 9; Richmond 0 Hardin Simmons 28; New Mexico 9. Arizona State (Tempe) 70; Ari- Ona State (Flagstaff) o. Southern Methodist 33; Rice ‘. Baylor 13; Texas Tech O. Abilene Christian 39; western ‘olorado 14.

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)

Alabama 53% to win. Tennessee won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Alabama leads 60–⁠41–⁠6; as played, 61–⁠40–⁠7 in 108 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Tennessee 26, Alabama 10
2025Alabama 37, Tennessee 20
2024Tennessee 24, Alabama 17
2023Alabama 34, Tennessee 20
2022Tennessee 52, Alabama 49
2021Alabama 52, Tennessee 24

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