Army vs. Tennessee

Army and Tennessee have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Tennessee leads the series 5–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Tennessee 5–⁠2.

Army wins
2
Tennessee wins
5
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1923
Longest streak
5 Tennessee
Current streak
1 Army
Last 10 meetings
Tennessee 5–⁠2
Most recent
1986

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1960s0–⁠2
1970s0–⁠3
1980s1–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
22.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
1–⁠1 Army’s record at home
At Tennessee
4–⁠1–⁠1 Tennessee’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1923: Army 41, Tennessee 0by 41 points
  2. Tennessee’s biggest win1970: Tennessee 48, Army 3by 45 points
  3. Upset1986: Army 25, Tennessee 21Army had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Tennessee, 1923 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: ARMY WINS FROM TENNESSEE BY A SCORE OF H TO Q West Point Cadets 0utClaSS SouthernerS In The Opening Game

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Sep 30, 1923

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 11, 1986Army 25, Tennessee 21at Tennessee
Sep 22, 1984Tennessee 24, Army 24at Tennessee
Oct 7, 1978Tennessee 31, Army 13at Tennessee
Sep 22, 197310Tennessee 37, Army 18at Army
Oct 3, 1970Tennessee 48, Army 3at Tennessee
Oct 29, 1966Tennessee 38, Army 7at Tennessee
Sep 18, 1965Tennessee 21, Army 0at Tennessee
Sep 29, 1923Army 41, Tennessee 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.