Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Saturday, December 1, 1956

No. 2 Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 27–⁠7. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 24–⁠20–⁠3 in the games on file.

Away2Tennessee10–⁠1 in 1956
27
HomeVanderbilt5–⁠5 in 1956
7

FinalHigh 52°F, low 27°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Vols Turn Back 'Vandy,27.7,to Finish Unbeaten

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 2, 1956, page 81

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    Vols Turn Back ‘Vandy,27.7,to Finish Unbeaten NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. / [P). Little Johnny Majors passed and ran the ball-hawking Ten .nessee Vols to a 27–⁠7 victory over Vanderbilt today for their 10th straight football victory and \ bid to the Sugar Bowl. The Vols Immediately announced accept ance of the invitation. The victory against a fired-up squad Of Commodores gave Ten

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 68% 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 69 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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