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Tennessee

SOCON · 1921 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
6–2–1
0.722 Win %
Conference
3rd
1–0 in SOCON

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
122
1902–2026
All-Time Record
872–404–51
0.676 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1938, 1950, 1998
#1 Finishes
3
Top 5: 17 · Top 10: 34 · Top 25: 62
  • 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
  • Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10 · 1× #1
  • Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 6 Top 10
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 7 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 4 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Tennessee head-to-head · History & Eras

1921 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 27EMORY & HENRYUnranked—W 27–0
6Week 6 · Oct 4MARYVILLEUnranked—W 7–0
7Week 7 · Oct 11Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)H2HIND FBSI4–6W 21–0
8Week 8 · Oct 18Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND FBSI6–2–1L 3–14
9Week 9 · Oct 25Florida (FLORIDA)H2HIND FBSI6–3–2W 9–0
10Week 10 · Nov 1Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2HIND FBSI7–0–1L 0–14
11Week 11 · Nov 8Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)H2HIND SOCON4–4–1W 14–7
12Week 12 · Nov 15Sewanee (SEWANEE)H2HIND FBSI6–2W 21–0
14Week 14 · Nov 29Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2HIND SOCON4–3–1T 0–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.146
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+18
-2+20
  • Florida +6
  • Sewanee +6
  • Tennessee Chattanooga +4
  • Mississippi State +4
  • Vanderbilt 0
  • Kentucky 0
  • Dartmouth -2

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #25Better than 82%
Win % Place 32ndBetter than 77%

0.722 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#25W13#22W14#24Regular Season Final#25Post-Season W3#25Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+27
+7
+21
-11
+9
-14
+7
+21
0

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#91914#511915#101916#741919#261920

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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