Duke at Tennessee

Saturday, October 1, 1949

Duke beat Tennessee 21–⁠7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 6–⁠5–⁠2.

AwayDuke6–⁠3 in 1949
21
HomeTennessee7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1949
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 46°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ARMY, MICHIGAN TO MEET ON SATURDAY.; WEEKEND ROUNDUP

    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.

Tennessee leads 14–⁠12–⁠2 in 28 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
2003Tennessee 23, Duke 6
1993Tennessee 52, Duke 19
1989Tennessee 28, Duke 6
1988Duke 31, Tennessee 26
1982Duke 25, Tennessee 24
1978Tennessee 34, Duke 0

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