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Notre Dame vs Tennessee Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENotre Dame4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOTennessee4 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1978Earliest documented
2005Most 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.

8 games
  1. 1978
    Notre Dame31 — 14Tennessee
    Nov 11, 1978Notre Dame won
  2. 1979
    Notre Dame18 — 40Tennessee
    Nov 10, 1979Tennessee won
  3. 1990
    Notre Dame34 — 29Tennessee
    Nov 10, 1990Notre Dame won
  4. 1991
    Notre Dame34 — 35Tennessee
    Nov 9, 1991Tennessee won
  5. 1999
    Notre Dame14 — 38Tennessee
    Nov 6, 1999Tennessee won
  6. 2001
    Notre Dame18 — 28Tennessee
    Nov 3, 2001Tennessee wonNotre Dame Stadium
  7. 2004
    Notre Dame17 — 13Tennessee
    Nov 6, 2004Notre Dame wonNeyland Stadium
  8. 2005
    Notre Dame41 — 21Tennessee
    Nov 5, 2005Notre Dame wonNotre Dame Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2005Notre Dame vs Tennessee41–21Notre Dame won
2004Notre Dame vs Tennessee17–13Notre Dame won
2001Notre Dame vs Tennessee18–28Tennessee won
1999Notre Dame vs Tennessee14–38Tennessee won
1991Notre Dame vs Tennessee34–35Tennessee won
1990Notre Dame vs Tennessee34–29Notre Dame won
1979Notre Dame vs Tennessee18–40Tennessee won
1978Notre Dame vs Tennessee31–14Notre Dame 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.