Furman vs. Tennessee
Furman and Tennessee have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Tennessee leads the series 3–0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Tennessee 3–0, and Tennessee has won the last 3. Share
- Furman wins
- 0
- Tennessee wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1941
- Longest streak
- 3 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 3 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 3–0
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 39.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Tennessee
- 3–0 Tennessee’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Xavier Gilliam Tennessee | 6 tackles, 3 sacks, 5 for loss | 2026 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1942 · The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., Oct 30, 1942
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 5, 2026 | 20Tennessee 56, Furman 9 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 24, 1942 | 17Tennessee 52, Furman 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 20, 1941 | Tennessee 32, Furman 6 | at Tennessee |
Every game is listed as played on the field.