Duke and Tennessee have 28 meetings on file, the first in 1931; Tennessee leads the series 14–12–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tennessee 6–4, and Tennessee has won the last 3. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duke’s side (Wade 3–7–2 against Neyland). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Duke TennesseeTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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
1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1931
1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1932
1933 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 16, 1933
1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1936
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.
Photos
Scanned from the 1942 edition of The Chanticleer, the yearbook of Duke UniversityPhoto: Duke University, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1941 game
Scanned from the 1942 edition of The Chanticleer, the yearbook of Duke UniversityPhoto: Duke University, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1941 game
Scanned from the 1942 edition of The Chanticleer, the yearbook of Duke UniversityPhoto: Duke University, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1941 game
Scanned from the 1942 edition of The Chanticleer, the yearbook of Duke UniversityPhoto: Duke University, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1941 game
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
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