LSU vs. Tennessee
LSU and Tennessee have 34 meetings on file, the first in 1925; Tennessee leads the series 21–10–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 7–3. Share
- LSU wins
- 10
- Tennessee wins
- 21
- Ties
- 3
- Earliest on file
- 1925
- Longest streak
- 10 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 1 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- LSU 7–3
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 10 meetings: LSU 3, Tennessee 7; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 11.8 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At LSU
- 4–9–2 LSU’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 11–4–1 Tennessee’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–1 LSU first
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- LSU’s biggest win2011: LSU 38, Tennessee 7by 31 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1940: Tennessee 28, LSU 0by 28 points
- Upset2000: LSU 38, Tennessee 31LSU had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1959: Tennessee 14, LSU 13Tennessee had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2005: Tennessee 30, LSU 27Tennessee had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2005: Tennessee 30, LSU 27No. 10 Tennessee at No. 3 LSU
- Ranked showdown1959: Tennessee 14, LSU 13No. 1 LSU at No. 13 Tennessee
- Ranked showdown2007: LSU 21, Tennessee 14No. 14 Tennessee at No. 5 LSU
Coach against coach
| Years | LSU | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938–1940 | Bernie Moore | 0–3 | Bob Neyland |
| 1941–1944 | Bernie Moore | 0–3 | John Barnhill |
| 1972–1975 | Charles McClendon | 1–2 | Bill Battle |
| 2000–2001 | Nick Saban | 2–1 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2005–2007 | Les Miles | 2–1 | Phillip Fulmer |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from LSU’s side (Moore 0–3 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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Ryan Perrilloux LSU | 2007 |
| Matt Mauck LSU | 2001 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 10, 1934
1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1939
1942 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1942
1952 · Evening star, Nov 9, 1952
1953 · Evening star, Nov 8, 1953
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
2007 SEC Championship.Photo: KamrynsMom (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
| Nov 21, 2026 | LSU at Tennessee upcoming | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 8, 2022 | 8Tennessee 40, 25LSU 13 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 18, 2017 | 21LSU 30, Tennessee 10 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 15, 2011 | 1LSU 38, Tennessee 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 2, 2010 | 12LSU 16, Tennessee 14 | at LSU | ||
| Dec 1, 2007 | 5LSU 21, 14Tennessee 14 | Georgia Dome | SEC Championship Game | |
| Nov 4, 2006 | 13LSU 28, 8Tennessee 24 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 26, 2005 | 10Tennessee 30, 3LSU 27 | at LSU | ||
| Dec 8, 2001 | 12LSU 31, 8Tennessee 20 | Georgia Dome | SEC Championship Game | |
| Sep 29, 2001 | 7Tennessee 26, 14LSU 18 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 30, 2000 | LSU 38, 11Tennessee 31 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 25, 1993 | 11Tennessee 42, LSU 20 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 3, 1992 | 7Tennessee 20, LSU 0 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 28, 1989 | 11Tennessee 45, LSU 39 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 17, 1988 | 9LSU 34, Tennessee 9 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 8, 1983 | Tennessee 20, LSU 6 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 9, 1982 | 18LSU 24, Tennessee 24 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 11, 1975 | 19Tennessee 24, LSU 10 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 12, 1974 | LSU 20, Tennessee 10 | at LSU | ||
| Dec 30, 1972 | 11Tennessee 24, 10LSU 17 | Neutral site | Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | |
| Oct 28, 1967 | 4Tennessee 17, LSU 14 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 24, 1964 | 7LSU 3, Tennessee 3 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 7, 1959 | 13Tennessee 14, 1LSU 13 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 7, 1953 | Tennessee 32, LSU 14 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 8, 1952 | 8Tennessee 22, LSU 3 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 4, 1944 | 16Tennessee 13, LSU 0 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 31, 1942 | 20Tennessee 26, 19LSU 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 1, 1941 | Tennessee 13, LSU 6 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 2, 1940 | 7Tennessee 28, LSU 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 4, 1939 | 1Tennessee 20, 18LSU 0 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 29, 1938 | 8Tennessee 14, LSU 6 | at Tennessee | ||
| Dec 8, 1934 | Tennessee 19, LSU 13 | at Tennessee | ||
| Dec 9, 1933 | LSU 7, Tennessee 0 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 9, 1926 | Tennessee 14, LSU 7 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 24, 1925 | Tennessee 0, LSU 0 | at Tennessee |
Every game is listed as played on the field.