Claim: In 1900, the Tennessee Volunteers football team (coached by J.A. Pierce) tied with Vanderbilt with T 0-0 score on October 22.
Evidence: The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Tennessee", "Vols" and "UT") represents the University of Tennessee (UT). 
Tennessee's football program began in 1891, organized in large part by Henry Denlinger, a teacher who had played at Princeton. The 1902 team scored on rival Vanderbilt for the first time, and also featured halfback Tootsie Douglas, who booted a 109-yard punt (the field length was 110 yards in those days) in a blizzard, against John Heisman's Clemson Tigers. 
Joseph Audley Pierce (August 31, 1874 – June 23, 1956) was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Tennessee, serving from 1899 to 1900 and compiling a record of 9–4–1.