Tennessee vs. Washington and Lee
Tennessee and Washington and Lee first met in 1928 and have played 4 times; Tennessee leads the series 4–0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Tennessee 4–0, and Tennessee has won the last 4. Share
- Tennessee wins
- 4
- Washington and Lee wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1928
- Longest streak
- 4 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 4 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Tennessee 4–0
- Most recent
- 1951
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 27.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Tennessee
- 3–0 Tennessee’s record at home
- At Washington and Lee
- 0–1 Washington and Lee’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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

1950 · Evening star, Oct 30, 1950
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
| Nov 10, 1951 | 1Tennessee 60, Washington and Lee 14 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 28, 1950 | 8Tennessee 27, Washington and Lee 20 | at Tennessee | ||
| Oct 26, 1929 | Tennessee 39, Washington and Lee 0 | at Washington and Lee | ||
| Oct 27, 1928 | Tennessee 26, Washington and Lee 7 | at Tennessee |
Every game is listed as played on the field.