Duke at Tennessee
Saturday, October 1, 1949 Share
Duke beat Tennessee 21–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 6–5–2.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 46°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 3, 1949, page 6 (results column)
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ARMY, MICHIGAN TO MEET ON SATURDAY.; WEEKEND ROUNDUP (By Ufle ASSOCldJeQ FTeSSJ Army and Michigan, two of the nations college football titans, clash i, in an old time Donnybrook Satur- day at Ann Arbor. Although this probably will rate as the No. l fracas of the day several other tilts are calculated to hoist the tlood pressure. For in- stance: Texas and Oklahoma. Ohio State and Southern Califor- mia at Los Angeles. And down in Baltimore, re- juvenated Navy eleven tackles Duke. There are plenty of others on top, too. West Points new team, showing no signs of weakness through gradu- ation, plastered Penn State last week, APT. Michigan carved out a 27–7 verdict over Stanford Ohio State continued its high scoring antics by submerging In- diana, 46–7, and Southern Cali fornia had no trouble downing Washington State, 35–7. For the second week in row, Duke came through flying, pasting Tennessee 21–7. Navy’s young Mid shipmen overpowered Princeton, 28–7. Notre Dame polished off Wash ington 27–7. Minnesota entertains North western in one of the mid-west’s major frays. Minnesota sank Ne braska, 28–6, last week, while Pittsburgh scored the days major upset by knocking off Northwest ern’s Rose Bowl champs, l6–7 In the deep South, Tulane rolled over Georgia Tech, 18–0. North Carolina took a 21–14 ver- dict over Georgia. In the Southwest, Southern Methodist remained among the un- beaten by outlasting Missouri, 28–27 FROM CHICAGO William D. Burke of Chicago is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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 59% to win. Duke won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Duke–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 14–12–2 in 28 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 2003 | Tennessee 23, Duke 6 | |
| 1993 | Tennessee 52, Duke 19 | |
| 1989 | Tennessee 28, Duke 6 | |
| 1988 | Duke 31, Tennessee 26 | |
| 1982 | Duke 25, Tennessee 24 | |
| 1978 | Tennessee 34, Duke 0 |
Around this game
Duke
- Next gameat NavyOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonDuke in 1949
- ProgramDuke history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. ChattanoogaOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonTennessee in 1949
- ProgramTennessee history and records

