Arkansas vs. Tennessee

Arkansas and Tennessee have 22 meetings on file, the first in 1907; Tennessee leads the series 15–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Tennessee has won the last 2.

Arkansas wins
7
Tennessee wins
15
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1907
Longest streak
6 Tennessee
Current streak
2 Tennessee
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
1990s2–⁠6
2000s1–⁠4
2010s2–⁠0
2020s2–⁠2
Both ranked
5 meetings: Arkansas 1, Tennessee 4; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
13.2 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas
5–⁠5 Arkansas’s record at home
At Tennessee
8–⁠2 Tennessee’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Arkansas first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas’s biggest win2011: Arkansas 49, Tennessee 7by 42 points
  2. Tennessee’s biggest win2000: Tennessee 63, Arkansas 20by 43 points
  3. Upset1992: Arkansas 25, Tennessee 24Arkansas had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1999: Arkansas 28, Tennessee 24Arkansas had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2024: Arkansas 19, Tennessee 14Arkansas had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1998: Tennessee 28, Arkansas 24No. 10 Arkansas at No. 1 Tennessee
  7. Ranked showdown1989: Tennessee 31, Arkansas 27No. 10 Arkansas at No. 8 Tennessee
  8. Ranked showdown2006: Arkansas 31, Tennessee 14No. 13 Tennessee at No. 11 Arkansas

Coach against coach

YearsArkansasSeriesTennessee
1993–⁠1997Danny Ford0–⁠5Phillip Fulmer
1998–⁠2007Houston Nutt2–⁠5Phillip Fulmer

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Ford 0–⁠5 against Fulmer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas and Tennessee, 1907 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Joe Ferguson Arkansas1971

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2006.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 10, 202615Tennessee 24, Arkansas 17at Arkansas
Oct 11, 202512Tennessee 34, Arkansas 31at Tennessee
Oct 5, 2024Arkansas 19, 4Tennessee 14at Arkansas
Nov 7, 2020Arkansas 24, Tennessee 13at Arkansas
Oct 3, 2015Arkansas 24, Tennessee 20at Tennessee
Nov 12, 20118Arkansas 49, Tennessee 7at Arkansas
Nov 10, 200722Tennessee 34, Arkansas 13at Tennessee
Nov 11, 200611Arkansas 31, 13Tennessee 14at Arkansas
Oct 5, 200210Tennessee 41, Arkansas 38at Tennessee
Sep 8, 20018Tennessee 13, Arkansas 3at Arkansas
Nov 11, 2000Tennessee 63, Arkansas 20at Tennessee
Nov 13, 1999Arkansas 28, 3Tennessee 24at Arkansas
Nov 14, 19981Tennessee 28, 10Arkansas 24at Tennessee
Nov 15, 19975Tennessee 30, Arkansas 22at Arkansas
Nov 16, 199612Tennessee 55, Arkansas 14at Tennessee
Oct 7, 199510Tennessee 49, 18Arkansas 31at Arkansas
Oct 8, 1994Tennessee 38, Arkansas 21at Tennessee
Oct 9, 199311Tennessee 28, Arkansas 14at Arkansas
Oct 10, 1992Arkansas 25, 4Tennessee 24at Tennessee
Jan 1, 19908Tennessee 31, 10Arkansas 27Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Dec 20, 19719Tennessee 14, 18Arkansas 13Neutral siteLiberty Bowl
Nov 18, 1907Tennessee 14, Arkansas 2at Tennessee

Every game is listed as played on the field.