Union (Tennessee) vs. Vanderbilt

Union (Tennessee) and Vanderbilt first met in 1919 and have played 3 times; Vanderbilt leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 3–⁠0, and Vanderbilt has won the last 3.

Union (Tennessee) wins
0
Vanderbilt wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
3 Vanderbilt
Current streak
3 Vanderbilt
Last 10 meetings
Vanderbilt 3–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
34 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Union (Tennessee)
0–⁠1 Union (Tennessee)‘s record at home
At Vanderbilt
2–⁠0 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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 Union (Tennessee) and Vanderbilt, 1919 on130015001700192019251930193519401945

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 The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 23, 1935

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 14, 1942Vanderbilt 27, Union (Tennessee) 0at Union (Tennessee)
Sep 21, 1935Vanderbilt 34, Union (Tennessee) 0at Vanderbilt
Oct 4, 1919Vanderbilt 41, Union (Tennessee) 0at Vanderbilt

Every game is listed as played on the field.