Chattanooga vs. Cumberland (TN)

Chattanooga and Cumberland (TN) first met in 1905 and have played 5 times; Chattanooga leads the series 2–⁠1–⁠2. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Chattanooga 2–⁠1.

Chattanooga wins
2
Cumberland (TN) wins
1
Ties
2
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
1 Cumberland (TN)
Current streak
1 Chattanooga
Last 10 meetings
Chattanooga 2–⁠1
Most recent
2008

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1920s1–⁠0–⁠2
2000s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chattanooga
2–⁠1–⁠2 Chattanooga’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Chattanooga’s biggest win2008: Chattanooga 47, Cumberland (TN) 6by 41 points
  2. Cumberland (TN)‘s biggest win1905: Cumberland (TN) 11, Chattanooga 6by 5 points
  3. Upset1905: Cumberland (TN) 11, Chattanooga 6Cumberland (TN) had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chattanooga and Cumberland (TN), 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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: Football Results

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 14, 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

Sep 6, 2008Chattanooga 47, Cumberland (TN) 6at Chattanooga
Oct 4, 1924Chattanooga 0, Cumberland (TN) 0at Chattanooga
Oct 13, 1923Chattanooga 19, Cumberland (TN) 19at Chattanooga
Oct 7, 1922Chattanooga 40, Cumberland (TN) 0at Chattanooga
Oct 31, 1905Cumberland (TN) 11, Chattanooga 6at Chattanooga

Every game is listed as played on the field.