Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 29, 1952

No. 9 Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 46–⁠0. It was their 47th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 21–⁠19–⁠3 in the games on file.

Away9Tennessee8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1952
46
HomeVanderbilt3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1952
0

FinalHigh 35°F, low 29°F, 0.39 in. of snowAttendance 27,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tennessee Dubs Vanderbilt 400 Alabama Defeats Auburn 21O Win, Lose, or Draw

    Evening star, November 30, 1952, page 61

    Read the text

    Tennessee Dubs Vanderbilt 400 Alabama Defeats Auburn 21O Win, Lose, or Draw PHILADELPHIA, Nov 29-Ed Kenser linebacker for Maryland last and Redskins draftee who preferred ing to pro football tells friends he got press this week

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 79–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 81–⁠31–⁠4 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 120 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Vanderbilt 45, Tennessee 24
2024Tennessee 36, Vanderbilt 23
2023Tennessee 48, Vanderbilt 24
2022Tennessee 56, Vanderbilt 0
2021Tennessee 45, Vanderbilt 21
2020Tennessee 42, Vanderbilt 17

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