Alabama at Tennessee

Saturday, October 24, 1914

Tennessee beat Alabama 17–⁠7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 8–⁠2 as played.

AwayAlabama5–⁠4 in 1914
7
HomeTennessee9–⁠0 in 1914
17

FinalHigh 73°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TRIUMPH FOR TENNESSEE. Teamwork Defeats University of Alabama, II to z.

    Evening star, October 25, 1914, page 63

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    TRIUMPH FOR TENNESSEE. Teamwork Defeats University of Alabama, II to z. KNOXVILLE. Tenn. October 24.- Tennessee defeated University of Ala bama today, II to Z. The game was featured by the teamwork Of Tennessee and the line bucking Of the Ten nessee halves. Tennessee’s scores resuited from two touchdowns in the first period and a goal from the field in the second period. The first touch down was scored after about ten min utes Of play on a forward pass, Thorn ason to May to Cameron. which netted gain of IS yards. A few min utes later, after the ball had been car ried down the field on line bucks, a forward pass. May to Carroll, gained 25 yards and scored the second touch down. Carroll Kicked both goals and early in the second quarter Cameron drop kicked goal from the 26-yard line. This Is the first time Tennessee has beaten Alabama In twelve years.

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 60–⁠41–⁠6; as played, 61–⁠40–⁠7 in 108 meetings, counting the 98 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Tennessee 26, Alabama 10
2025Alabama 37, Tennessee 20
2024Tennessee 24, Alabama 17
2023Alabama 34, Tennessee 20
2022Tennessee 52, Alabama 49
2021Alabama 52, Tennessee 24

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