Temple vs. Vanderbilt

Temple and Vanderbilt have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1935; Temple leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Temple 2–⁠1.

Temple wins
2
Vanderbilt wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1935
Longest streak
1 Temple
Current streak
1 Temple
Last 10 meetings
Temple 2–⁠1
Most recent
2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠1
2010s1–⁠0
Average margin
20.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Temple
1–⁠0 Temple’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
1–⁠1 Vanderbilt’s record at home

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 Temple and Vanderbilt, 1935 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1935 game: MIDWEST POWER MACHINES HEAD FOOTBALLS PARADE

    1935 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 14, 1935

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

Aug 28, 2014Temple 37, Vanderbilt 7at Vanderbilt
Sep 30, 2006Vanderbilt 43, Temple 14at Vanderbilt
Oct 12, 1935Temple 6, Vanderbilt 3at Temple

Every game is listed as played on the field.