Ole Miss vs. Tennessee
Ole Miss and Tennessee have 66 meetings on file, the first in 1902; officially, Tennessee leads 44–20–1; as played, 44–21–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tennessee 7–3, and Ole Miss has won the last 2. The NCAA vacated Ole Miss’s win (2014); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
- Official series
- Tennessee leads 44–20–1
- Ole Miss wins on file
- 21
- Tennessee wins on file
- 44
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 12 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 2 Ole Miss
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 7–3
- Most recent
- 2021
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–4 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–4 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 6 meetings: Ole Miss 4, Tennessee 2; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 19.6 points; 14 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Ole Miss
- 14–6 Ole Miss’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 36–6–1 Tennessee’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–2 Ole Miss first
- Shutouts
- 16
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Ole Miss’s biggest win1969: Ole Miss 38, Tennessee 0by 38 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1922: Tennessee 49, Ole Miss 0by 49 points
- Upset1983: Ole Miss 13, Tennessee 10Ole Miss had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1958: Tennessee 18, Ole Miss 16Tennessee had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1979: Ole Miss 44, Tennessee 20Ole Miss had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1959: Ole Miss 37, Tennessee 7No. 9 Tennessee at No. 5 Ole Miss
- Ranked showdown1957: Ole Miss 14, Tennessee 7No. 7 Tennessee at No. 8 Ole Miss
- Ranked showdown1960: Ole Miss 24, Tennessee 3No. 4 Ole Miss at No. 14 Tennessee
Coach against coach
| Years | Ole Miss | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927–1929 | Homer Hazel | 0–3 | Bob Neyland |
| 1930–1937 | Ed Walker | 0–6–1 | Bob Neyland |
| 1942–1945 | Harry Mehre | 0–3 | John Barnhill |
| 1947–1951 | John Vaught | 2–3 | Bob Neyland |
| 1956–1962 | John Vaught | 5–2 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1964–1969 | John Vaught | 4–2 | Doug Dickey |
| 1974–1976 | Ken Cooper | 1–2 | Bill Battle |
| 1978–1982 | Steve Sloan | 2–3 | Johnny Majors |
| 1983–1991 | Billy Brewer | 1–8 | Johnny Majors |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Ole Miss’s side (Hazel 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
Biggest days
| Dexter McCluster Ole Miss | 25 carries, 282 yards, 4 TD | 2009 Rushing | |
| Mark Robinson Ole Miss | 14 tackles, 2 sacks, 5 for loss | 2021 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 25, 1923
1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 12, 1930
1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 11, 1931
1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 12, 1933
1934 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1934
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; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.