Miami vs. Tennessee

Miami and Tennessee have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1985; Tennessee leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Tennessee 2–⁠1.

Miami wins
1
Tennessee wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1985
Longest streak
1 Tennessee
Current streak
1 Tennessee
Last 10 meetings
Tennessee 2–⁠1
Most recent
2003

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠1
Both ranked
2 meetings: Miami 0, Tennessee 2; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
18.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
0–⁠1 Miami’s record at home
At Tennessee
0–⁠1 Tennessee’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Miami first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Miami and Tennessee, 1985 on1300150017001990200020102020

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

Daryl Dickey Tennessee1985

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2002.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Nov 8, 200318Tennessee 10, 6Miami 6at Miami
Nov 9, 20022Miami 26, Tennessee 3at Tennessee
Jan 1, 19868Tennessee 35, 2Miami 7Neutral siteSugar Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.