Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 8, 1913

Vanderbilt beat Tennessee 7–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 8–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayTennessee6–⁠3 in 1913
6
HomeVanderbilt5–⁠3 in 1913
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: AUBURN PERFECT b VANQUISHIN

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 9, 1913, page 14

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    AUBURN PERFECT b VANQUISHIN pall easily. However, Carroll’s kick went wide of the cross bars and consequently lest the game. Vanderbilts touchdown in the second quarter can be attributed to the penaliz- Ing of the Tennessee elevent distance of 3S yards after Bayer was put out of the game for slugging This put the ball on Iennessee’s 35-yard line. Beonsch, quick to grasp the opportnnity, caught the opposing defense unr awares by making forward pass ON the frst down.. He hurled the ball acenfately on the outstretched arms OF Capt e. BROWN who whirled and rushed 10 yards across the goal line, shaking Off several tacltlers. Beonsch kicked out to Skies who heeled the ball and Beonsch then cleaved the goal posts with a pretty goal. throughout the remainder of the game the two teams battled on even terms IN see-saw manner, nether being able TO cross the others goal line. although threatening several times. The lineup: Vanderbilt-Chester, left end; White left tackle;s- Putnam, left guard; Hufft man, center; 5. Turner, .AsISew, Reyer | right guard; Warren, right tackle; H. ! Brown, right end: Curtin, Boenisch, quarterback; Skies left halfback: Mcqueen, Cohen, right halfback: Turner, fullback. Tennessee-=Carroll, left end; Haley,- left iei tNVSiif. w. Suseiut heistdh’ oofTeii center; Bayer, Taylor, right guard Kel- | ley, right tackle; Mcclure. right end: May, quarterback Thomason, left half back; Rainer. Dawson. right q talfback !; | Lindsay, fullback. .-aet 81 81 q – szas Is Summary: Touchdowns. Rainey, e. Brown. Goals from touchdowns, Boensch Officials: Umpire, Walker; referee, verweibie; head iinesman. Allen Brown. Time of quarters. 15 minutes z. Score: First quarter, Tennessee 6. Vanderbilt %: seq ond quarter, Vanderbilt 7, Tennessee s. third quarter, Vanderbilt 7.sTennessee G.. | Final score. Vanderbilt { Tennesseea6.

  • The Evening star's story: HAD CLOSE SHAVE. Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee by One Point. z to 6.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1913, page 16

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    HAD CLOSE SHAVE. Vanderbilt Defeats Tennessee by One Point. z to 6. NASHVILLE Tenn, November s. Playing Vanderbilt tea standstill in practically every department Of the game, the University of Tennessee eleven was robbed of tie with the commodores today through failure to kick goal after touchdown. Vanderbilt won, to 6. Showing a versatile attack. the volunteers started the game with rush and scored their touchdown in the first period. Getting the ball on Vanderbilts 45-yard line on a punt, Tennessee whirled it down the field in series of line plunges and dashes around end. Rainey. halfback. scored from Vanderbili’s 14-yard line on an end run. CAROLS attempted goal went wide of the cross har Vanderbilt’s touchdown was made in the second quarter. Tennessee was pc naIized half the distance to the goal a distance of 33 yards, for the smuggling of Bayer Guard Bayer was put out Of the game. With the ball on the Tennessee 35-yard line, Beonsch made a forward pass to Capt E. Brown, who whiYled yards across the goal line

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story: The lineup: Vanderbilt.

    Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., November 9, 1913, page 31

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    The lineup: Vanderbilt. Summary: Touchdowns-Rainey, E. Brown. Goals from touchdown BoensCh. Substitutions-Van Boensch for Curtin, Askew for C. Turner, Cohen for Mcqueen, Reyer for Askew, Mcqueen for Cohen AS kew for Reyer. For Tennessee, Tay- Ior for Boyer, Rawson for Rainey, g. Sorrell for Mclean Officials Umpire Walker, Virginia; Referee VerWeibie. Harvard. Head Linesman Allen Brown, Vanderbilt Score First quarter. Tennessee, 6; Wander Dilt. 0; second quarter, Vanderbilt, 7; Tennessee, 6; third quarter, Wander hilt, 7; Tennessee, 6. Final score Vanderbilt Z; Tennessee, 6.

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.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Vanderbilt 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 108 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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