Chattanooga vs. Tennessee

Chattanooga and Tennessee first met in 1904 and have played 42 times; officially, Tennessee leads 37–⁠2–⁠2; as played, 38–⁠2–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tennessee 10–⁠0, and Tennessee has won the last 11. The NCAA vacated Tennessee’s win (2019); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2028 at Tennessee; 2029 at Tennessee. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Tennessee leads 37–⁠2–⁠2
Chattanooga wins on file
2
Tennessee wins on file
38
Ties
2
First meeting
1904
Longest streak
24 Tennessee
Current streak
11 Tennessee
Last 10 meetings
Tennessee 10–⁠0
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠3–⁠1
1910s0–⁠3–⁠1
1920s0–⁠3
1930s0–⁠4
1940s0–⁠6
1950s1–⁠9
1960s0–⁠7
2010s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
26.7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chattanooga
1–⁠6–⁠1 Chattanooga’s record at home
At Tennessee
32–⁠1–⁠1 Tennessee’s record at home
Shutouts
22

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Chattanooga’s biggest win1958: Chattanooga 14, Tennessee 6by 8 points
  2. Tennessee’s biggest win1914: Tennessee 67, Chattanooga 0by 67 points
  3. Upset1958: Chattanooga 14, Tennessee 6Chattanooga had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1904: Tennessee 23, Chattanooga 0Tennessee had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsChattanoogaSeriesTennessee
1946–⁠1950Scrappy Moore0–⁠4Bob Neyland

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chattanooga’s side (Moore 0–⁠4 against Neyland). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chattanooga and Tennessee, 1904 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 1908 game: Tennessee Defeats Chattanooga.

    1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 22, 1908

  • The The times dispatch's story of the 1913 game: Football Results Yesterday

    1913 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Nov 2, 1913

  • The Evening star's story of the 1914 game: wALK-AwAY FOR TENNESSEE. Chattanooga Gains First Down But Once in Contest.

    1914 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 1, 1914

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1916 game: TENNESSEE TURNS DEFEAT INTO A WIN

    1916 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 5, 1916

  • The The Chattanooga news's story of the 1920 game: VOLS WEIGHT DECIDES ISSUE TenneSSee's Heavier Eleven Batters Chattanooga for 35 to O Victory. HOLT IS STAR OF FRACAS

    1920 · The Chattanooga news, Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct 18, 1920

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

Aug 31, 202415Tennessee 69, Chattanooga 3at Tennessee
Sep 14, 2019Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0vacatedat Tennessee
Oct 11, 2014Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 10at Tennessee
Sep 20, 196915Tennessee 31, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Nov 5, 196610Tennessee 28, Chattanooga 10at Tennessee
Sep 19, 1964Tennessee 10, Chattanooga 6at Tennessee
Oct 26, 1963Tennessee 49, Chattanooga 7at Tennessee
Oct 27, 1962Tennessee 48, Chattanooga 14at Tennessee
Oct 28, 1961Tennessee 20, Chattanooga 7at Tennessee
Oct 22, 196012Tennessee 35, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 24, 1959Tennessee 23, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Nov 8, 1958Chattanooga 14, Tennessee 6at Tennessee
Oct 12, 195719Tennessee 28, Chattanooga 13at Tennessee
Oct 13, 19566Tennessee 42, Chattanooga 20at Tennessee
Oct 8, 1955Tennessee 13, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 9, 1954Tennessee 20, Chattanooga 14at Tennessee
Oct 10, 1953Tennessee 40, Chattanooga 7at Tennessee
Oct 11, 1952Tennessee 26, Chattanooga 6at Tennessee
Oct 13, 19513Tennessee 42, Chattanooga 13at Tennessee
Oct 14, 195014Tennessee 41, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 8, 1949Tennessee 39, Chattanooga 7at Tennessee
Oct 9, 194820Tennessee 26, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 11, 1947Tennessee 26, Chattanooga 7at Tennessee
Oct 12, 19468Tennessee 47, Chattanooga 7at Tennessee
Oct 13, 194518Tennessee 30, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 12, 1940Tennessee 53, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 14, 1939Tennessee 28, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Nov 5, 19386Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Sep 26, 1936Tennessee 13, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Sep 24, 1932Tennessee 13, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Oct 5, 1929Tennessee 20, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Oct 8, 1921Tennessee 21, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Oct 16, 1920Tennessee 35, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga
Nov 4, 1916Tennessee 12, Chattanooga 7at Chattanooga
Oct 31, 1914Tennessee 67, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Nov 1, 1913Tennessee 21, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Nov 19, 1910Tennessee 6, Chattanooga 6at Tennessee
Nov 20, 1909Chattanooga 0, Tennessee 0at Chattanooga
Nov 21, 1908Tennessee 35, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Nov 2, 1907Tennessee 57, Chattanooga 0at Tennessee
Dec 3, 1905Chattanooga 5, Tennessee 0at Chattanooga
Nov 19, 1904Tennessee 23, Chattanooga 0at Chattanooga

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.