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Tennessee vs USC Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONETennessee0 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD0–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOUSC4 recorded wins
4Recorded meetings
1939Earliest documented
1981Most 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. 1939
    Tennessee0 — 14USC
    Jan 1, 1940USC won
  2. 1944
    Tennessee0 — 25USC
    Jan 1, 1945USC won
  3. 1980
    Tennessee17 — 20USC
    Sep 13, 1980USC won
  4. 1981
    Tennessee7 — 43USC
    Sep 12, 1981USC won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1981Tennessee vs USC7–43USC won
1980Tennessee vs USC17–20USC won
1944Tennessee vs USC0–25USC won
1939Tennessee vs USC0–14USC 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.