Tennessee at Chattanooga

Saturday, November 4, 1916

Tennessee beat Chattanooga 12–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 6–⁠1–⁠2 as played.

AwayTennessee8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1916
12
HomeChattanooga0–⁠4 in 1916
7

FinalHigh 76°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: TENNESSEE TURNS DEFEAT INTO A WIN

    The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 5, 1916, page 14

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    TENNESSEE TURNS DEFEAT INTO A WIN Chattanooga, November 4.-Recovering a tumble on Chattanooga’s S5-yard line in the last few minutes of play here today, Tennessee, through 15-yard for ward pass to G.. Vowel and a series OF line plunges, scored touchdown and turned rs score for Chattanooga into d 12–⁠7 victory. The Vols ripped UP the Chattanooga line readily throughout the game, but We’re unable to stop Chattanoogas brilliant forward passing consist entity.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 37–⁠2–⁠2; as played, 38–⁠2–⁠2 in 42 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Tennessee 69, Chattanooga 3
2019Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0
2014Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 10
1969Tennessee 31, Chattanooga 0
1966Tennessee 28, Chattanooga 10
1964Tennessee 10, Chattanooga 6

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