Centre vs. Tennessee
Centre and Tennessee first met in 1905 and have played 15 times; Tennessee leads the series 10–3–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tennessee 9–1, and Tennessee has won the last 7. Share
- Centre wins
- 3
- Tennessee wins
- 10
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1905
- Longest streak
- 7 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 7 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 9–1
- Most recent
- 1935
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–4 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–3 |
- Average margin
- 26.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Centre
- 0–2 Centre’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 8–3–2 Tennessee’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Centre’s biggest win1924: Centre 32, Tennessee 0by 32 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1915: Tennessee 80, Centre 0by 80 points
- Upset1906: Centre 6, Tennessee 0Centre had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1910: Centre 17, Tennessee 2Centre had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1925: Tennessee 12, Centre 0Tennessee had a 34% 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
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 9, 1924
1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 29, 1929
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 26, 1935 | Tennessee 25, Centre 14 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 29, 1934 | Tennessee 32, Centre 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 4, 1930 | Tennessee 18, Centre 0 | at Centre | ||
| Sep 28, 1929 | Tennessee 40, Centre 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Tennessee 41, Centre 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 23, 1926 | Tennessee 30, Centre 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 7, 1925 | Tennessee 12, Centre 0 | at Centre | ||
| Nov 8, 1924 | Centre 32, Tennessee 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 16, 1915 | Tennessee 80, Centre 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 2, 1912 | Tennessee 67, Centre 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 4, 1911 | Tennessee 0, Centre 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 1, 1910 | Centre 17, Tennessee 2 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 2, 1909 | Tennessee 0, Centre 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 20, 1906 | Centre 6, Tennessee 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 18, 1905 | Tennessee 31, Centre 5 | at Tennessee |
Every game is listed as played on the field.