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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–6 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–4 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–2 |
- 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
- Arkansas’s biggest win2011: Arkansas 49, Tennessee 7by 42 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win2000: Tennessee 63, Arkansas 20by 43 points
- Upset1992: Arkansas 25, Tennessee 24Arkansas had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1999: Arkansas 28, Tennessee 24Arkansas had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2024: Arkansas 19, Tennessee 14Arkansas had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1998: Tennessee 28, Arkansas 24No. 10 Arkansas at No. 1 Tennessee
- Ranked showdown1989: Tennessee 31, Arkansas 27No. 10 Arkansas at No. 8 Tennessee
- Ranked showdown2006: Arkansas 31, Tennessee 14No. 13 Tennessee at No. 11 Arkansas
Coach against coach
| Years | Arkansas | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1997 | Danny Ford | 0–5 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1998–2007 | Houston Nutt | 2–5 | Phillip 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
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 Arkansas | 1971 |
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.