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Rutgers vs Tennessee Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONERutgers1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOTennessee3 recorded wins
4Recorded meetings
1979Earliest documented
2002Most 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.

4 games
  1. 1979
    Rutgers13 — 7Tennessee
    Nov 3, 1979Rutgers won
  2. 1983
    Rutgers0 — 7Tennessee
    Oct 29, 1983Tennessee won
  3. 1985
    Rutgers0 — 40Tennessee
    Nov 2, 1985Tennessee won
  4. 2002
    Rutgers14 — 35Tennessee
    Sep 28, 2002Tennessee wonNeyland Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2002Rutgers vs Tennessee14–35Tennessee won
1985Rutgers vs Tennessee0–40Tennessee won
1983Rutgers vs Tennessee0–7Tennessee won
1979Rutgers vs Tennessee13–7Rutgers 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.