Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 6, 1909

Vanderbilt beat Tennessee 51–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayTennessee1–⁠6–⁠2 in 1909
0
HomeVanderbilt7–⁠3 in 1909
51

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee.

    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.

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 110 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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