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North Carolina vs Tennessee Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorth Carolina8 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD8–20–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOTennessee20 recorded wins
29Recorded meetings
1908Earliest documented
2010Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

29 games
  1. 1908
    North Carolina0 — 12Tennessee
    Oct 3, 1908Tennessee won
  2. 1909
    North Carolina3 — 0Tennessee
    Oct 9, 1909North Carolina won
  3. 1919
    North Carolina0 — 0Tennessee
    Nov 1, 1919Tie
  4. 1926
    North Carolina0 — 34Tennessee
    Oct 2, 1926Tennessee won
  5. 1927
    North Carolina0 — 26Tennessee
    Oct 1, 1927Tennessee won
  6. 1930
    North Carolina7 — 9Tennessee
    Oct 25, 1930Tennessee won
  7. 1931
    North Carolina0 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 24, 1931Tennessee won
  8. 1932
    North Carolina7 — 20Tennessee
    Oct 8, 1932Tennessee won
  9. 1934
    North Carolina7 — 19Tennessee
    Oct 6, 1934Tennessee won
  10. 1935
    North Carolina38 — 13Tennessee
    Oct 5, 1935North Carolina won
  11. 1936
    North Carolina14 — 6Tennessee
    Oct 3, 1936North Carolina won
  12. 1945
    North Carolina6 — 20Tennessee
    Nov 3, 1945Tennessee won
  13. 1946
    North Carolina14 — 20Tennessee
    Nov 2, 1946Tennessee won
  14. 1947
    North Carolina20 — 6Tennessee
    Nov 1, 1947North Carolina won
  15. 1948
    North Carolina14 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 30, 1948North Carolina won
  16. 1949
    North Carolina6 — 35Tennessee
    Oct 29, 1949Tennessee won
  17. 1950
    North Carolina0 — 16Tennessee
    Nov 4, 1950Tennessee won
  18. 1951
    North Carolina0 — 27Tennessee
    Nov 3, 1951Tennessee won
  19. 1952
    North Carolina14 — 41Tennessee
    Nov 1, 1952Tennessee won
  20. 1953
    North Carolina6 — 20Tennessee
    Oct 31, 1953Tennessee won
  21. 1954
    North Carolina20 — 26Tennessee
    Oct 30, 1954Tennessee won
  22. 1955
    North Carolina7 — 48Tennessee
    Oct 29, 1955Tennessee won
  23. 1956
    North Carolina0 — 20Tennessee
    Nov 3, 1956Tennessee won
  24. 1957
    North Carolina0 — 35Tennessee
    Nov 2, 1957Tennessee won
  25. 1958
    North Carolina21 — 7Tennessee
    Nov 1, 1958North Carolina won
  26. 1959
    North Carolina7 — 29Tennessee
    Oct 31, 1959Tennessee won
  27. 1960
    North Carolina14 — 27Tennessee
    Oct 29, 1960Tennessee won
  28. 1961
    North Carolina22 — 21Tennessee
    Nov 4, 1961North Carolina won
  29. 2010
    North Carolina30 — 27Tennessee
    Dec 30, 2010North Carolina wonNissan Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2010North Carolina vs Tennessee30–27North Carolina won
1961North Carolina vs Tennessee22–21North Carolina won
1960North Carolina vs Tennessee14–27Tennessee won
1959North Carolina vs Tennessee7–29Tennessee won
1958North Carolina vs Tennessee21–7North Carolina won
1957North Carolina vs Tennessee0–35Tennessee won
1956North Carolina vs Tennessee0–20Tennessee won
1955North Carolina vs Tennessee7–48Tennessee won
1954North Carolina vs Tennessee20–26Tennessee won
1953North Carolina vs Tennessee6–20Tennessee won
1952North Carolina vs Tennessee14–41Tennessee won
1951North Carolina vs Tennessee0–27Tennessee won
1950North Carolina vs Tennessee0–16Tennessee won
1949North Carolina vs Tennessee6–35Tennessee won
1948North Carolina vs Tennessee14–7North Carolina won
1947North Carolina vs Tennessee20–6North Carolina won
1946North Carolina vs Tennessee14–20Tennessee won
1945North Carolina vs Tennessee6–20Tennessee won
1936North Carolina vs Tennessee14–6North Carolina won
1935North Carolina vs Tennessee38–13North Carolina won
1934North Carolina vs Tennessee7–19Tennessee won
1932North Carolina vs Tennessee7–20Tennessee won
1931North Carolina vs Tennessee0–7Tennessee won
1930North Carolina vs Tennessee7–9Tennessee won
1927North Carolina vs Tennessee0–26Tennessee won
1926North Carolina vs Tennessee0–34Tennessee won
1919North Carolina vs Tennessee0–0Tie
1909North Carolina vs Tennessee3–0North Carolina won
1908North Carolina vs Tennessee0–12Tennessee 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.