Middle Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt
Middle Tennessee and Vanderbilt first met in 1915 and have played 19 times; Vanderbilt leads the series 16–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 7–3, and Vanderbilt has won the last 4. Share
- Middle Tennessee wins
- 3
- Vanderbilt wins
- 16
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1915
- Longest streak
- 12 Vanderbilt
- Current streak
- 4 Vanderbilt
- Last 10 meetings
- Vanderbilt 7–3
- Most recent
- 2018
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–4 |
- Average margin
- 27.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Middle Tennessee
- 0–4 Middle Tennessee’s record at home
- At Vanderbilt
- 12–3 Vanderbilt’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 9
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Middle Tennessee’s biggest win2001: Middle Tennessee 37, Vanderbilt 28by 9 points
- Vanderbilt’s biggest win1926: Vanderbilt 69, Middle Tennessee 0by 69 points
- Upset2005: Middle Tennessee 17, Vanderbilt 15Middle Tennessee had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Middle Tennessee | Series | Vanderbilt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2018 | Rick Stockstill | 0–4 | Derek Mason |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Middle Tennessee’s side (Stockstill 0–4 against Mason). 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.
From the newspapers

1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 23, 1951
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.