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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠1
1960s1–⁠0
1970s2–⁠0
1980s1–⁠0
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

  1. Tennessee’s biggest win1972: Tennessee 45, Wake Forest 6by 39 points
  2. Wake Forest’s biggest win1946: Wake Forest 19, Tennessee 6by 13 points
  3. Upset1946: Wake Forest 19, Tennessee 6Wake Forest had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Tennessee and Wake Forest, 1937 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Henderson daily dispatch's story of the 1937 game: CAROLINA IN TIE, DUKE TRIMS v.P.L. Wake Forest Falls Victim r. Tennessee, 32-0; N. c. State Idle

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

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1945 game: HIGH SCORES MARK OPENING OF GRID SEASON in NATION Army, Wake Forest To Battle Saturday In One OF Top Games

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

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1946 game: WAKE FOREST UPSETS TENNESSEE DEACS 0UTCLASS VOLUNTEERS FOR 10 TO 6 TRIUMPH Crowd OF $4,000 See Wakes Record Win

    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, 198516Tennessee 31, Wake Forest 29at Tennessee
Sep 23, 19725Tennessee 45, Wake Forest 6at Tennessee
Oct 31, 19709Tennessee 41, Wake Forest 7at Tennessee
Nov 3, 1962Tennessee 23, Wake Forest 0at Tennessee
Oct 26, 1946Wake Forest 19, 4Tennessee 6at Tennessee
Sep 29, 1945Tennessee 7, Wake Forest 6at Tennessee
Sep 25, 1937Tennessee 32, Wake Forest 0at Tennessee

Every game is listed as played on the field.