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. Share
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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–7 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- 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
- Chattanooga’s biggest win1958: Chattanooga 14, Tennessee 6by 8 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1914: Tennessee 67, Chattanooga 0by 67 points
- Upset1958: Chattanooga 14, Tennessee 6Chattanooga had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1904: Tennessee 23, Chattanooga 0Tennessee had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Chattanooga | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–1950 | Scrappy Moore | 0–4 | Bob 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
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

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

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

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

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

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
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.