This Game Date in Tennessee Football History – November 30th

November 29, 2019

NOVEMBER 30 (15-2-2)

November 30^th, 1946. 8th-ranked Tennessee takes on Vanderbilt in Nashville. The Volunteers squeak by the Commodores 7-6. The victory gives Tennessee its’ fourth Southeastern Conference Championship and sixth conference crown under General Neyland as the Big Orange finished 5-0 in SEC play. The General had retired from military service that year and returned for the start of his third and final stint as UT’s head coach.

The 40th meeting between Tennessee and Vanderbilt was another rough-and-tumble affair as they squared off in Nashville (Courtesy Univ. of Tennessee)

1893 W, 12-6 ASHEVILLE ATHLETES
1899 W, 41-0 KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
1905 L, 0-29 Alabama (N) @ Birmingham, Ala.
1911 L, 0-12 Kentucky State
1916 T, 0-0 KENTUCKY STATE
1922 W, 14-7 KENTUCKY
1933 W, 27-0 Kentucky
1939 W, 19-0 Kentucky
1940 W, 20-0 Vanderbilt
1946 W, 7-6 Vanderbilt
1957 W, 20-6 VANDERBILT
1963 W, 14-0 VANDERBILT
1968 W, 10-7 Vanderbilt
1974 T, 21-21 Vanderbilt
1985 W, 30-0 VANDERBILT
1991 W, 45-0 VANDERBILT
1996 W, 14-7 Vanderbilt
2002 W, 24-0 KENTUCKY
2013 W, 27-14 Kentucky