Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Saturday, December 1, 1956 Share
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.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 27°FAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tennessee–Vanderbilt gameOfficially, 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.
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. BaylorJan. 1, 1957, Sugar Bowl
- SeasonTennessee in 1956
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. MissouriSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1956
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

