Memphis vs. Vanderbilt

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Memphis’s biggest win1978: Memphis 35, Vanderbilt 14by 21 points
2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1981: Vanderbilt 26, Memphis 0by 26 points
3. Upset1983: Memphis 24, Vanderbilt 7Memphis had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1979: Vanderbilt 13, Memphis 3Vanderbilt had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1980: Vanderbilt 14, Memphis 10Vanderbilt had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Memphis’s side (Dockery 1–⁠2 against MacIntyre). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1950 · Evening star, Nov 19, 1950

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Memphis vs. Ole Miss63 meetings, Memphis 12–⁠49–⁠2
• Memphis vs. Southern Miss54 meetings, Memphis 21–⁠32–⁠1
• Memphis vs. Mississippi State46 meetings, Memphis 11–⁠35
• Memphis vs. Tulane43 meetings, Memphis 25–⁠17–⁠1
• Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee116 meetings, Vanderbilt 31–⁠81–⁠4
• Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss96 meetings, Vanderbilt 37–⁠57–⁠2
• Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky95 meetings, Vanderbilt 42–⁠49–⁠4
• Vanderbilt vs. Alabama87 meetings, Vanderbilt 19–⁠64–⁠4