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Can Vols beat top-ranked Texas?

Texas · Tennessee

Here's Tennessee football record vs AP No. 1 teams. When Tennessee football plays Texas, it will be the 20th time the Vols have faced an opponent ranked No.

Tennessee football is no stranger to facing No. 1 teams , but it hasn't been all that successful against them for the last four decades. The Vols haven't beaten an AP No. 1-ranked team since beating Auburn 38-20 on Sept. 28, 1985.

KEY POINTS

Nov. 7, 1959: LSU, W 14-13
Oct. 20, 1979: at Alabama, L 27-17
Oct. 18, 1980: Alabama, L 27-0
Sept. 28, 1985: Auburn, W 38-20
Nov. 10, 1990: Notre Dame, L 34-29
Sept. 17, 1994: Florida, L 31-0
Sept. 20, 1997: at Florida, L 33-20*
Nov. 9, 2002: Miami, L 26-3
Sept. 19, 2009: at Florida, L 23-13
Oct. 24, 2009: at Alabama, L 12-10
Oct. 15, 2011: LSU, L 38-7
Oct. 20, 2012: Alabama, L 44-13
Oct. 26, 2013: at Alabama, L 45-10
Oct. 15, 2016: Alabama, L 49-10
Oct. 21, 2017: at Alabama, L 45-7
Oct. 20, 2018: Alabama, L 58-21
Oct. 19, 2019: at Alabama, L 35-13
Nov. 13, 2021: Georgia, L 41-17
Oct. 15, 2022: Alabama, W 52-49*
Nov. 5, 2022: Georgia, L 27-13
Nov. 18, 2023: Georgia, L 38-10

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