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Rutgers vs Vanderbilt Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONERutgers1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOVanderbilt2 recorded wins
3Recorded meetings
1987Earliest documented
2004Most 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.

3 games
  1. 1987
    Rutgers13 — 27Vanderbilt
    Oct 31, 1987Vanderbilt won
  2. 1988
    Rutgers30 — 31Vanderbilt
    Sep 17, 1988Vanderbilt won
  3. 2004
    Rutgers37 — 34Vanderbilt
    Oct 10, 2004Rutgers wonFirstBank Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2004Rutgers vs Vanderbilt37–34Rutgers won
1988Rutgers vs Vanderbilt30–31Vanderbilt won
1987Rutgers vs Vanderbilt13–27Vanderbilt 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.