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Duke vs Tennessee Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEDuke12 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD12–14–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOTennessee14 recorded wins
28Recorded meetings
1931Earliest documented
2003Most recent season
2Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

28 games
  1. 1931
    Duke2 — 25Tennessee
    Oct 31, 1931Tennessee won
  2. 1932
    Duke13 — 16Tennessee
    Oct 29, 1932Tennessee won
  3. 1933
    Duke10 — 2Tennessee
    Oct 14, 1933Duke won
  4. 1934
    Duke6 — 14Tennessee
    Oct 27, 1934Tennessee won
  5. 1935
    Duke19 — 6Tennessee
    Nov 2, 1935Duke won
  6. 1936
    Duke13 — 15Tennessee
    Oct 24, 1936Tennessee won
  7. 1937
    Duke0 — 0Tennessee
    Oct 9, 1937Tie
  8. 1940
    Duke0 — 13Tennessee
    Oct 5, 1940Tennessee won
  9. 1941
    Duke19 — 0Tennessee
    Oct 4, 1941Duke won
  10. 1946
    Duke7 — 12Tennessee
    Oct 5, 1946Tennessee won
  11. 1947
    Duke19 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 4, 1947Duke won
  12. 1948
    Duke7 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 2, 1948Tie
  13. 1949
    Duke21 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 1, 1949Duke won
  14. 1950
    Duke7 — 28Tennessee
    Oct 7, 1950Tennessee won
  15. 1951
    Duke0 — 26Tennessee
    Oct 6, 1951Tennessee won
  16. 1952
    Duke7 — 0Tennessee
    Oct 4, 1952Duke won
  17. 1953
    Duke21 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 3, 1953Duke won
  18. 1954
    Duke7 — 6Tennessee
    Oct 2, 1954Duke won
  19. 1955
    Duke21 — 0Tennessee
    Oct 1, 1955Duke won
  20. 1956
    Duke20 — 33Tennessee
    Oct 6, 1956Tennessee won
  21. 1973
    Duke17 — 21Tennessee
    Sep 15, 1973Tennessee won
  22. 1976
    Duke21 — 18Tennessee
    Sep 11, 1976Duke won
  23. 1978
    Duke0 — 34Tennessee
    Nov 4, 1978Tennessee won
  24. 1982
    Duke25 — 24Tennessee
    Sep 4, 1982Duke won
  25. 1988
    Duke31 — 26Tennessee
    Sep 10, 1988Duke won
  26. 1989
    Duke6 — 28Tennessee
    Sep 16, 1989Tennessee won
  27. 1993
    Duke19 — 52Tennessee
    Oct 2, 1993Tennessee won
  28. 2003
    Duke6 — 23Tennessee
    Nov 1, 2003Tennessee wonNeyland Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2003Duke vs Tennessee6–23Tennessee won
1993Duke vs Tennessee19–52Tennessee won
1989Duke vs Tennessee6–28Tennessee won
1988Duke vs Tennessee31–26Duke won
1982Duke vs Tennessee25–24Duke won
1978Duke vs Tennessee0–34Tennessee won
1976Duke vs Tennessee21–18Duke won
1973Duke vs Tennessee17–21Tennessee won
1956Duke vs Tennessee20–33Tennessee won
1955Duke vs Tennessee21–0Duke won
1954Duke vs Tennessee7–6Duke won
1953Duke vs Tennessee21–7Duke won
1952Duke vs Tennessee7–0Duke won
1951Duke vs Tennessee0–26Tennessee won
1950Duke vs Tennessee7–28Tennessee won
1949Duke vs Tennessee21–7Duke won
1948Duke vs Tennessee7–7Tie
1947Duke vs Tennessee19–7Duke won
1946Duke vs Tennessee7–12Tennessee won
1941Duke vs Tennessee19–0Duke won
1940Duke vs Tennessee0–13Tennessee won
1937Duke vs Tennessee0–0Tie
1936Duke vs Tennessee13–15Tennessee won
1935Duke vs Tennessee19–6Duke won
1934Duke vs Tennessee6–14Tennessee won
1933Duke vs Tennessee10–2Duke won
1932Duke vs Tennessee13–16Tennessee won
1931Duke vs Tennessee2–25Tennessee 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.