Boston College vs. Tennessee
Boston College and Tennessee have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1940; Tennessee leads the series 8–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tennessee 8–2, and Tennessee has won the last 2. Share
- Boston College wins
- 2
- Tennessee wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1940
- Longest streak
- 6 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 2 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 8–2
- Most recent
- 1992
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Boston College 1, Tennessee 1; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 9.8 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Boston College
- 1–3 Boston College’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 4–0 Tennessee’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 Boston College first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Boston College’s biggest win1940: Boston College 19, Tennessee 13by 6 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1947: Tennessee 38, Boston College 13by 25 points
- Ranked showdown1940: Boston College 19, Tennessee 13No. 6 Tennessee at No. 4 Boston College
- Ranked showdown1992: Tennessee 38, Boston College 23No. 16 Boston College at No. 17 Tennessee
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
| Heath Shuler Tennessee | 1992 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
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
| Jan 1, 1993 | 17Tennessee 38, 16Boston College 23 | Neutral site | Hall of Fame Bowl | |
| Nov 5, 1988 | Tennessee 10, Boston College 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 31, 1987 | Boston College 20, 13Tennessee 18 | at Boston College | ||
| Sep 15, 1979 | Tennessee 28, Boston College 16 | at Boston College | ||
| Sep 17, 1977 | Tennessee 24, Boston College 18 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 10, 1964 | Tennessee 16, Boston College 14 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 15, 1947 | Tennessee 38, Boston College 13 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 16, 1946 | 8Tennessee 33, Boston College 13 | at Boston College | ||
| Nov 15, 1941 | Tennessee 14, 18Boston College 7 | at Boston College | ||
| Jan 1, 1941 | 4Boston College 19, 6Tennessee 13 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.