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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Tennessee and Washington and Lee, 1928 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 Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Powers Of Duke Fails To Score, but Keeps League Point Lead

    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, 19511Tennessee 60, Washington and Lee 14at Tennessee
Oct 28, 19508Tennessee 27, Washington and Lee 20at Tennessee
Oct 26, 1929Tennessee 39, Washington and Lee 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 27, 1928Tennessee 26, Washington and Lee 7at Tennessee

Every game is listed as played on the field.