Rivalry leaderboard
Tennessee-Vanderbilt Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 51/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 115
- Series record
- Tennessee 81-30-4 Vanderbilt
- Tracked years
- 1892-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
18 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1997Week 15
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 10, Tennessee 17
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 3 Tennessee · 7-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1995Week 14
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 7, Tennessee 12
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Tennessee · 5-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1968Week 12
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 10, Vanderbilt 7
Winner: Tennessee
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 3-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1989Week 14
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 10, Tennessee 17
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 8 Tennessee · 7-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1996Week 15
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 14, Vanderbilt 7
Winner: Tennessee
No. 9 Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 7-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1987Week 14
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 36, Tennessee 38
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 16 Tennessee · 2-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 2004Week 13
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 38, Vanderbilt 33
Winner: Tennessee
No. 15 Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 5-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1970Week 14
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 24, Vanderbilt 6
Winner: Tennessee
No. 4 Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 18-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1992Week 14
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 29, Vanderbilt 25
Winner: Tennessee
No. 18 Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 4-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1971Week 12
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 7, Tennessee 19
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Tennessee · 12-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1973Week 14
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 17, Tennessee 20
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 20 Tennessee · 3-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1965Week 12
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 3, Tennessee 21
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Tennessee · 18-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1969Week 12
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 27, Tennessee 40
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Tennessee · 13-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1955Week 11
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 14, Tennessee 20
Winner: Tennessee
No. 19 Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Tennessee · 6-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1974Week 13
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 21, Tennessee 21
Result: Tie
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Tennessee · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1932Week 9
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 0, Tennessee 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Tennessee · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1927Week 9
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 7, Vanderbilt 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1919Week 4
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Vanderbilt 3, Tennessee 3
Result: Tie
Unranked Vanderbilt vs. Unranked Tennessee · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 2000Week 14
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 28, Vanderbilt 26
Winner: Tennessee
No. 25 Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 2-point margin
Ranking 1/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1946Week 12
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 7, Vanderbilt 6
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1913Week 8
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee 6, Vanderbilt 7
Winner: Vanderbilt
Unranked Tennessee vs. Unranked Vanderbilt · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.