Chattanooga at Tennessee
Saturday, October 13, 1951 Share
No. 3 Tennessee beat Chattanooga 42–13. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 21–1–2 as played.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 43°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 14, 1951, page 50
Read the text
Tennessee Swamps 42–13 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Oct. 13.- Hal Ledyard, passer with the craftsmanship OF a frontiersman. gave Tennessee some trouble today, but the Volunteers had too many weapons and defeated Chattanooga, AZ to l3. Ledyard tosses befuddled Ten nessees secondary for three quarters. But in the final period two fell into Vol hands and one was run back for a touchdown He fired 20 times and completed IA for 179 yards. Freshman Jimmy Wade grabbed one of the two Ledyard passes that backfired and raced “a yards for a touch down. Passes set up both Chattanooga touchdowns. Fullback Earl Dukes Iplunged across from the one in the second period and Halfback Dick Hostetler went seven yards in the third period. Tennessee, the Nations third ranking team. scored in every lperiod. Fullback Andy Kozar Ibulled over from the one midway lin the first quarter to touch of TenneSSee’s scoring spree.
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 90% 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 18 since this game.
Around this game
Chattanooga
- Next gameat VanderbiltNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonChattanooga in 1951
- ProgramChattanooga history and records
Tennessee
- Next gameat AlabamaOct. 20, 1951
- SeasonTennessee in 1951
- ProgramTennessee history and records

