Missouri vs. Tennessee

Missouri and Tennessee have 12 meetings on file, the first in 2012; officially, Missouri leads 6–⁠4; as played, 6–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tennessee 6–⁠4. The NCAA vacated Tennessee’s two wins (2019 and 2020); they don’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Missouri leads 6–⁠4
Missouri wins on file
6
Tennessee wins on file
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2012
Longest streak
4 Tennessee
Current streak
1 Missouri
Last 10 meetings
Tennessee 6–⁠4
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s5–⁠3
2020s1–⁠3
Both ranked
1 meeting: Missouri 1, Tennessee 0
Average margin
23.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Missouri
3–⁠3 Missouri’s record at home
At Tennessee
3–⁠3 Tennessee’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Missouri’s biggest win2018: Missouri 50, Tennessee 17by 33 points
  2. Tennessee’s biggest win2022: Tennessee 66, Missouri 24by 42 points
  3. Ranked showdown2023: Missouri 36, Tennessee 7No. 14 Tennessee at No. 16 Missouri

Coach against coach

YearsMissouriSeriesTennessee
2013–⁠2015Gary Pinkel2–⁠1Butch Jones
2021–⁠2023Eli Drinkwitz1–⁠2Josh Heupel

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Missouri and Tennessee, 2012 on130015001700201520202025

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.

Every game

Nov 11, 202316Missouri 36, 14Tennessee 7at Missouri
Nov 12, 20225Tennessee 66, Missouri 24at Tennessee
Oct 2, 2021Tennessee 62, Missouri 24at Missouri
Oct 3, 202021Tennessee 35, Missouri 12vacatedat Tennessee
Nov 23, 2019Tennessee 24, Missouri 20vacatedat Missouri
Nov 17, 2018Missouri 50, Tennessee 17at Tennessee
Nov 11, 2017Missouri 50, Tennessee 17at Missouri
Nov 19, 2016Tennessee 63, Missouri 37at Tennessee
Nov 21, 2015Tennessee 19, Missouri 8at Missouri
Nov 22, 201419Missouri 29, Tennessee 21at Tennessee
Nov 2, 201310Missouri 31, Tennessee 3at Missouri
Nov 10, 2012Missouri 51, Tennessee 48at Tennessee

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.