Tennessee vs. Virginia
Tennessee and Virginia have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1927; Tennessee leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Tennessee 4–1, and Tennessee has won the last 2. Share
- Tennessee wins
- 4
- Virginia wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 2 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 2 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 4–1
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 21.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Tennessee
- 2–1 Tennessee’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Tennessee first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Tennessee’s biggest win1927: Tennessee 42, Virginia 0by 42 points
- Virginia’s biggest win1980: Virginia 16, Tennessee 13by 3 points
- Upset1980: Virginia 16, Tennessee 13Virginia had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
Named most valuable
| Andy Kelly Tennessee | 1990 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
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
| Sep 2, 2023 | 12Tennessee 49, Virginia 13 | Nissan Stadium | ||
| Jan 1, 1991 | 10Tennessee 23, Virginia 22 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl | |
| Nov 1, 1980 | Virginia 16, Tennessee 13 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 16, 1940 | 5Tennessee 41, Virginia 14 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 29, 1927 | Tennessee 42, Virginia 0 | at Tennessee |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

