Chattanooga vs. Vanderbilt
Chattanooga and Vanderbilt first met in 1927 and have played 19 times; Vanderbilt leads the series 18–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 10–0, and Vanderbilt has won the last 15. Share
- Chattanooga wins
- 1
- Vanderbilt wins
- 18
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 15 Vanderbilt
- Current streak
- 15 Vanderbilt
- Last 10 meetings
- Vanderbilt 10–0
- Most recent
- 2003
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Chattanooga
- 0–4 Chattanooga’s record at home
- At Vanderbilt
- 14–1 Vanderbilt’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Chattanooga’s biggest win1945: Chattanooga 13, Vanderbilt 6by 7 points
- Vanderbilt’s biggest win2003: Vanderbilt 51, Chattanooga 6by 45 points
- Upset1945: Chattanooga 13, Vanderbilt 6Chattanooga had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1980: Vanderbilt 31, Chattanooga 29Vanderbilt had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1981: Vanderbilt 28, Chattanooga 14Vanderbilt had a 33% 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

1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1928

1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 28, 1930
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.