Tennessee vs. Wake Forest
Tennessee and Wake Forest have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Tennessee leads the series 6–1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Tennessee 6–1, and Tennessee has won the last 4. Share
- Tennessee wins
- 6
- Wake Forest wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1937
- Longest streak
- 4 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 4 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 6–1
- Most recent
- 1985
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 20.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Tennessee
- 6–1 Tennessee’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Tennessee’s biggest win1972: Tennessee 45, Wake Forest 6by 39 points
- Wake Forest’s biggest win1946: Wake Forest 19, Tennessee 6by 13 points
- Upset1946: Wake Forest 19, Tennessee 6Wake Forest 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.
From the newspapers

1937 · Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, Sep 27, 1937

1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 1, 1945

1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 27, 1946
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
| Oct 5, 1985 | 16Tennessee 31, Wake Forest 29 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 23, 1972 | 5Tennessee 45, Wake Forest 6 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 31, 1970 | 9Tennessee 41, Wake Forest 7 | at Tennessee | ||
| Nov 3, 1962 | Tennessee 23, Wake Forest 0 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 26, 1946 | Wake Forest 19, 4Tennessee 6 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 29, 1945 | Tennessee 7, Wake Forest 6 | at Tennessee | ||
| Sep 25, 1937 | Tennessee 32, Wake Forest 0 | at Tennessee |
Every game is listed as played on the field.