Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Saturday, November 6, 1909 Share
Vanderbilt beat Tennessee 51–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 6–0 in the games on file.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1909, page 61
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Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee. NASHVILLE, Tenn, November Evan derbilt 81. University Of Tennessee o is the result Of today’s foot ball contest on Dudley Field. Vanderbilt outciassed their opponents and a number Of sYbstitutes were given try-out in the second half. Rushing the ball across the field without stop TO a touchdown WIS q common occurrence, happening no less than seven times.
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)
Vanderbilt 77% 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 110 since this game.
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. AlabamaNov. 13, 1909
- SeasonTennessee in 1909
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gameat Ohio StateNov. 13, 1909
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1909
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

