Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
SouthernCookeville, TNTucker Stadium
2026: 6–1 (4–1 Southern). Last: beat Eastern Kentucky 49–20 at home. Next: at The Citadel, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- W 38–14Monmouth
- W 24–9at Chattanooga
- W 45–19Samford
- W 42–38at Wofford
- L 20–44at Western Carolina
- W 20–15Furman
- W 49–20Eastern Kentucky
- Oct 24at The Citadel
- Oct 31at East Tennessee State
- Nov 7VMI
- Nov 14Mercer
- Nov 21at Mississippi State
Tennessee Tech has played football since 1922 and is officially 458–557–31; 313 of its 1,046 games are in our file. They have won 10 Ohio Valley Conference titles (the last in 2011) and two Big South–OVC Football Association titles, counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Tennessee Tech. The most-played rival is UT Martin: 22 meetings, UT Martin leads 15–7. This season, they’re 6–1.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 458–557–31 official; 113–197–3 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–2 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1435
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 12 · Composite No. 14 in FCS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 12 last in 2025
- Bowl record
- 0–3 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 75 since 1929, 313 games
2026 season 6–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs Monmouth | W 38–14 | 63% |
| Sep 5 | at Chattanooga | W 24–9 | 54% |
| Sep 12 | vs Samford | W 45–19 | 89% |
| Sep 26 | at Wofford | W 42–38 | 63% |
| Oct 3 | at Western Carolina | L 20–44 | 60% |
| Oct 10 | vs Furman | W 20–15 | 76% |
| Oct 17 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 49–20 | 76% |
| Oct 24 | at The Citadel | Preview | 73% |
| Oct 31 | at East Tennessee State | Preview | 48% |
| Nov 7 | vs VMI | Preview | 93% |
| Nov 14 | vs Mercer | Preview | 58% |
| Nov 21 | at Mississippi State | Preview | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterOn the 2026 team
- Jax Leatherwood1,858 passing yards, 19 TD (leads Tennessee Tech in passing yards)
- Gabe Nunez37 catches, 540 yards, 3 TD (leads Tennessee Tech in receiving yards)
- M.J. Flowers397 rushing yards, 3 TD (leads Tennessee Tech in rushing yards)
- Tre’ Holloway33 catches, 406 yards, 5 TD (leads Tennessee Tech in receiving touchdowns)
- Omari Philyaw38 tackles, 1 INT
- Eric Weatherly27 catches, 284 yards, 4 TD
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Tennessee Tech.
Program strength since 1929
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- UT Martin
7–15 in 22
- 2016 L 23–44
- 2017 L 0–24
- 2018 L 13–38
- 2019 L 14–55
- 2020 L 7–40
- 2021 L 3–42
- 2022 L 28–45
- 2023 L 41–44
- 2024 W 10–9
- 2025 W 20–17
Won the last two.
- Southeast Missouri State
8–12 in 20
- 2016 W 21–20
- 2017 L 3–31
- 2018 L 38–70
- 2019 L 37–43
- 2020 L 21–24
- 2021 W 28–17
- 2022 L 20–34
- 2023 L 3–28
- 2024 L 3–34
- 2025 W 42–23
Won the last one.
- Eastern Illinois
7–13 in 20
- 2015 L 20–51
- 2016 L 24–30
- 2017 L 23–24
- 2018 L 38–52
- 2019 W 40–29
- 2020 L 20–28
- 2021 L 14–28
- 2022 W 20–17
- 2024 W 23–6
- 2025 W 21–9
Won the last three.
| Opponent | Games | TNTC record |
|---|---|---|
| UT Martin | 22 | 7–15 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 20 | 8–12 |
| Eastern Illinois | 20 | 7–13 |
| Tennessee State | 19 | 8–11 |
| Murray State | 18 | 10–8 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 17 | 5–12 |
| Jacksonville State | 17 | 4–13 |
| Chattanooga | 15 | 6–9 |
Every opponent (81)
Every program Tennessee Tech has played, A to Z, with Tennessee Tech’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- App State 1–1
- Arkansas 0–1
- Arkansas State 0–1
- Auburn 0–1
- Austin Peay 7–7
- Ball State 0–1
- Bowling Green 0–2
- Central Arkansas 0–1
- Central Methodist 1–0
- Charleston Southern 2–0
- Chattanooga 6–9
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Concordia (AL) 1–0
- Cumberland (TN) 2–0
- Davidson 1–0
- East Carolina 0–1
- East Tennessee State 0–1
- East Texas A&M 1–1
- Eastern Illinois 7–13
- Eastern Kentucky 5–12
- Florida State 0–1
- Furman 2–3
- Gardner-Webb 4–2
- Georgia 0–3
- Hampton 2–0
- Houston 0–1
- Indiana State 1–1
- Iowa 0–1
- Iowa State 0–1
- Jacksonville State 4–13
- Kansas 0–1
- Kansas State 0–2
- Kennesaw State 1–3
- Kentucky 0–2
- Kentucky Christian 1–0
- Lambuth 1–0
- Lane College 1–0
- Lindenwood 3–1
- Louisville 0–1
- Maryville (TN) 1–0
- Memphis 0–3
- Mercer 1–1
- Miami (OH) 0–1
- Middle Tennessee 0–2
- Monmouth 1–0
- Murray State 10–8
- New Mexico 0–1
- North Alabama 1–1
- North Carolina Central 1–1
- North Dakota 0–1
- North Greenville 1–0
- Northern Illinois 0–2
- Northern Iowa 0–1
- Ohio 0–3
- Oregon 0–1
- Pikeville 1–0
- Robert Morris 1–0
- Samford 5–5
- Sewanee 3–8–2
- South Carolina State 1–1
- South Florida 0–1
- Southeast Missouri State 8–12
- TCU 0–1
- Tennessee 0–7
- Tennessee State 8–11
- The Citadel 0–1
- Tulsa 0–1
- UAB 0–2
- UNLV 0–1
- UT Martin 7–15
- Utah State 0–1
- UVA Wise 1–0
- Vanderbilt 0–6–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
- VMI 1–0
- Western Carolina 3–2
- Western Illinois 2–2
- Western Michigan 0–1
- Wisconsin 0–1
- Wofford 1–2
Conference titles
12, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1922–1929
- Mississippi Valley Conference 1930–1931
- Independent 1943–1948
- OVC 1978–2022
- Big South-OVC 2023–2024
- OVC-Big South 2025
- Southern Conference since 2026
- 2026Joined the Southern Conference from the OVC-Big South in football, announced August 13, 2025. Source
Tennessee Tech’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 1996 | Jim Youngblood LB |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 5 since 1972
- First-round picks
- 0
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1435 | ||||
| 2025 | 11–2 | 8–0 | 1429 | ||||
| 2024 | 7–5 | 6–2 | 1350 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–7 | 1–4 | 1238 | ||||
| 2022 | 4–7 | 2–3 | 1178 | ||||
| 2021 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1157 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–5 | 1186 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–6 | 3–5 | 1186 | ||||
| 2018 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1056 | ||||
| 2017 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1134 | ||||
| 2016 | 5–6 | 5–3 | 1286 | ||||
| 2015 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1198 | ||||
| 2014 | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1238 | ||||
| 2013 | 2–1 | 1268 | |||||
| 2012 | 3–8 | 1–7 | 1228 | ||||
| 2011 | 7–4 | 6–2 | 1373 | ||||
| 2010 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1295 | ||||
| 2009 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 1246 | ||||
| 2008 | 3–9 | 1–7 | 1122 | ||||
| 2007 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1214 | ||||
| 2006 | 4–7 | 4–4 | 1196 | ||||
| 2005 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1223 | ||||
| 2004 | 6–5 | 3–4 | 1253 | ||||
| 2003 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1164 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–2 | 1258 |
Every season back to 1929 (50 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1264 | |||||
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1259 | |||||
| 1999 | 0–1 | 1256 | |||||
| 1998 | 0–1 | 1253 | |||||
| 1997 | 0–1 | 1251 | |||||
| 1991 | 0–1 | 1252 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1259 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–1 | 1261 | |||||
| 1987 | 0–1 | 1263 | |||||
| 1986 | 0–1 | 1268 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–1 | 1271 | |||||
| 1984 | 0–1 | 1266 | |||||
| 1981 | 0–1 | 1273 | |||||
| 1980 | 1–0 | 1294 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–1 | 1211 | |||||
| 1978 | 1–0 | 1192 | |||||
| 1977 | 1–0 | 1184 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–1 | 1169 | |||||
| 1975 | 1–1 | 1194 | |||||
| 1974 | 1–0 | 1158 | |||||
| 1973 | 0–1 | 1106 | |||||
| 1972 | 1–0 | 1133 | |||||
| 1971 | 1–0 | 1111 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–1 | 1078 | |||||
| 1960 | 0–2 | 1069 | |||||
| 1958 | 0–1 | 1068 | |||||
| 1953 | 0–1 | 1057 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–1 | 1067 | |||||
| 1951 | 0–2 | 1086 | |||||
| 1950 | 0–1 | 1083 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–1 | 1077 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–2 | 1070 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–3 | 1066 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–2 | 1068 | |||||
| 1945 | 0–2 | 1087 | |||||
| 1943 | 0–1 | 1117 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–1 | 1129 | |||||
| 1941 | 1–1 | 1150 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–2 | 1105 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1–1 | 1125 | |||||
| 1938 | 1–0 | 1130 | |||||
| 1937 | 1–0 | 1126 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–0–1 | 1099 | |||||
| 1935 | 0–1 | 1089 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1094 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1093 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–0–1 | 1100 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1087 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1092 |
Officially 458–557–31 since 1922 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 113–197–3 (313 of its 1,046 games are on file). Our file starts in 1929; the program began in 1922. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1944, 1954–57, 1959, 1961, 1963–70, 1982–83, 1989, 1992–96: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.