South Carolina vs. Tennessee
South Carolina and Tennessee have 42 meetings on file, the first in 1903; officially, Tennessee leads 27–11–2; as played, 29–11–2 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. Share
- Official series
- Tennessee leads 27–11–2
- South Carolina wins on file
- 11
- Tennessee wins on file
- 29
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 12 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 1 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 6–4
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–7 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–3 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: South Carolina 0, Tennessee 1
- Average margin
- 14.2 points; 17 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At South Carolina
- 8–10–2 South Carolina’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 19–3 Tennessee’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- South Carolina’s biggest win2022: South Carolina 63, Tennessee 38by 25 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1929: Tennessee 54, South Carolina 0by 54 points
- Upset2014: Tennessee 45, South Carolina 42Tennessee had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2013: Tennessee 23, South Carolina 21Tennessee had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1992: South Carolina 24, Tennessee 23South Carolina had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2001: Tennessee 17, South Carolina 10No. 12 South Carolina at No. 9 Tennessee
Coach against coach
| Years | South Carolina | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–1998 | Brad Scott | 0–5 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1999–2004 | Lou Holtz | 0–6 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2005–2008 | Steve Spurrier | 2–2 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2010–2012 | Steve Spurrier | 3–0 | Derek Dooley |
| 2018–2020 | Will Muschamp | 1–2 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2021–2023 | Shane Beamer | 1–2 | Josh Heupel |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from South Carolina’s side (Scott 0–5 against Fulmer). 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
| Spencer Rattler South Carolina | 30 of 37, 438 yards, 6 TD | 2022 Passing | |
| Pharoh Cooper South Carolina | 11 catches, 233 yards, 2 TD | 2014 Receiving | |
| Denarius Moore Tennessee | 6 catches, 228 yards, 1 TD | 2010 Receiving | |
| Jauan Jennings Tennessee | 7 catches, 174 yards, 2 TD | 2019 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1919 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Nov 9, 1919
1929 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 8, 1929
1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 28, 1942
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2006.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
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.