The Tennessee football team has been around for quite a while and over the course of its existence, the Vols managed to go undefeated against these teams.
The Tennessee football team has been around since 1891 and it should surprise no one that over that time, the program has had a great deal of success. Of course, the program has also had more success against some than others.
There are actually quite a few teams that the Volunteers have had the ultimate success against. There are several FBS teams the program has never lost to over the years.
It’s a no-brainer that none of those teams happen to be part of the SEC. The Vols have lost at least once to every school in their own conference. That shouldn’t be a surprise. However, there are a couple of Power 5 conferences that have a few teams Tennessee football has never lost to over the years.
Tennessee football vs the Big 12
The Volunteers are undefeated against four current Big 12 teams. That sounds rather impressive when talking about the school against Power 5 programs, but when it comes to this particular conference, the reason they haven’t lost to these teams is that they haven’t played them all that much.
Iowa State: The Volunteers have played the Iowa State Cyclones exactly once. That’s impressive on its own, considering both programs have been around since the late 1890s. The two schools met in 1982, and Tennessee football took home a 23-21 victory.
Kansas: The Volunteers and Jayhawks had an abridged series back in the 1970s and then never played again. Tennessee eked out a 28-27 win in 1973 and then worked their way to a 17-3 victory in 1974.
Oklahoma State: Like Iowa State, the Vols and the Cowboys have only met once in the history of either program. They did meet more recently than any of the other teams that Rocky Top is undefeated against, as they beat OSU 31-0 back in 1995.
TCU: The Horned Frogs might have gotten themselves near the top of the mountain in 2022, but when the Tennessee football team met TCU, the amphibians weren’t much of a match. The two schools faced off in 1973 and 1976, and Tennessee won by a combined score of 80-7.