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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0–1 |
- 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
- Army’s biggest win1923: Army 41, Tennessee 0by 41 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1970: Tennessee 48, Army 3by 45 points
- Upset1986: Army 25, Tennessee 21Army had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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.
From the newspapers

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, 1986 | Army 25, Tennessee 21 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 22, 1984 | Tennessee 24, Army 24 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 7, 1978 | Tennessee 31, Army 13 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 22, 1973 | 10Tennessee 37, Army 18 | at Army | ||
| Oct 3, 1970 | Tennessee 48, Army 3 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 29, 1966 | Tennessee 38, Army 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 18, 1965 | Tennessee 21, Army 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 29, 1923 | Army 41, Tennessee 0 | at Army |
Every game is listed as played on the field.