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Southern vs Tennessee State Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Southern and Tennessee State.

PROGRAM ONESouthern2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOTennessee State3 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1977Earliest documented
2011Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

5 games
  1. 1977
    Southern7 — 15Tennessee State
    Oct 29, 1977Tennessee State won
  2. 2007
    Southern41 — 34Tennessee State
    Sep 22, 2007Southern wonAce W. Mumford Stadium
  3. 2008
    Southern32 — 34Tennessee State
    Sep 6, 2008Tennessee State wonNissan Stadium
  4. 2009
    Southern21 — 17Tennessee State
    Sep 19, 2009Southern wonAce W. Mumford Stadium
  5. 2011
    Southern7 — 33Tennessee State
    Sep 3, 2011Tennessee State wonNissan Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2011Southern vs Tennessee State7–33Tennessee State won
2009Southern vs Tennessee State21–17Southern won
2008Southern vs Tennessee State32–34Tennessee State won
2007Southern vs Tennessee State41–34Southern won
1977Southern vs Tennessee State7–15Tennessee State won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.