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2016 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule


Record: 4-0, 1-0 (SEC)
Date   Opponent Time/TV Tickets
Thursday
Sep. 1		 Mountaineers Appalachian State Mountaineers
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 7:30pm ET
SECN		 Won 20-13 (OT)
Saturday
Sep. 10		 Hokies Virginia Tech Hokies
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN		 8:00pm ET
ABC		 Won 45-24
Saturday
Sep. 17		 Bobcats Ohio Bobcats
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 Noon ET
SECN		 Won 28-19
Saturday
Sep. 24		 Gators Florida Gators
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 3:30pm ET
CBS		 Won 38-28
Saturday
Oct. 1		 Bulldogs at Georgia Bulldogs
Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA		 3:30pm ET
CBS		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Oct. 8		 Aggies at Texas A&M Aggies
Kyle Field, College Station, TX		 3:30 or 7/7:15pm ET
CBS or ESPN		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Oct. 15		 Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 Time TBA
TV TBA		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Oct. 22		 Open
Saturday
Oct. 29		 Gamecocks at South Carolina Gamecocks
Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC		 Time TBA
TV TBA		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Nov. 5		 Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 Time TBA
TV TBA		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Nov. 12		 Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 Time TBA
TV TBA		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Nov. 19		 Tigers Missouri Tigers
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN		 Time TBA
TV TBA		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Nov. 26		 Commodores at Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN		 Time TBA
TV TBA		 Buy
Tickets
Saturday
Dec. 3		 SEC SEC Championship Game
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA		 4:00pm ET
CBS		 Buy
Tickets

Tennessee Headlines

    SEC

    2017 SEC Football Schedule Announced

    By Kevin Kelley - Sep. 13, 2016
    View Comments (3)
    1. gator HATER!
      September 13, 2016 at 10:50 pm

      3 straight SEC West road games for Auburn…@ LSU, @ Arkansas & @Texas A&M. That’s harsh

      Reply
    2. Gary Fisher
      September 14, 2016 at 9:33 am

      I would guess CBS starts out 2017 in either Atlanta or Arlington but ESPN sure would love both of them

      Reply
    3. Dominique
      September 28, 2016 at 7:55 am

      I hope abc takes florida vs Michigan

      Reply

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    Tennessee Volunteers

    Tennessee adds seven home games to future football schedules

    By Kevin Kelley - Aug. 30, 2016
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    1. Dave
      August 30, 2016 at 5:07 pm

      Another weak SEC OCC schedule-but then what did you expect? It is not like they they are going to be in the national title hunt for the several years.

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      • Joe
        August 30, 2016 at 5:59 pm

        You are so right. They should be more like Ohio State and schedule schools like Army, Bowling Green, Tulsa, Florida Atlantic,and Tulane. I mean you couple those with that Big Ten schedule of Purdue, Indiana, and Illinois and you have a real contender!

        SEC hate is old. The big difference today is that it is even more pathetic.

      • Maverick
        August 30, 2016 at 10:57 pm

        The SEC has the disgrace known as the SEC East (Vandy, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida, Missouri). And in the SEC West, you have the most overrated football team in college football (Arkansas). Plus, Auburn is in shambles. So to recap, the SEC’s only teams are really Alabama, LSU, Alabama, LSU, and underachieving Georgia.

      • Joe
        August 31, 2016 at 6:10 am

        Again, you think state law requires Georgia to play Georgia Tech.

        Everything you have to say is invalid.

        All you do is whine. And all the SEC does is win. It’s a pattern. And it will continue this year as well. The SEC will win, you will whine and the world goes on. I mean, seriously, it’s 2016. We have the Internet. There really is no reason for you to remain so ignorant. You have had every chance to educate yourself and you have failed.

        It must suck going through life like that. But I guess you are too dumb to even realize it.

      • Jeff
        September 6, 2016 at 5:26 pm

        Joe,

        While you call out the easier games that OSU schedules, you failed to mention the tough ones. To try and get your bias out of this argument on schedule here is a true look at OSU’s schedule vs. Tennessee OOC over the next few years:

        OSU -16: BG, Tulsa, at Oklahoma OSU – 17: Oklahoma, Army, UNLV
        Tenn – 16: App St, VT (n), Ohio, Tenn Tech Tenn – 17: GT (n), Ind. St, UMass, S. Miss
        OSU – 18: Oregon St, at TCU, Tulane OSU – 19: Florida Atl, TCU, Cincinnati
        Tenn – 18: WV (n), ETSU, UTep, Charlotte Tenn-19: Geo St, Chattanouga, UAB, TBD

        You tell me who schedules better.

    2. Dil
      August 30, 2016 at 7:29 pm

      Why do SEC fanz avoid the significant details when comparing OOC schedules? Joe seems to forget that the B1G, B12 and P12 play 9-game conference schedules, whereas the SEC does not. Sure there are exceptions, but besides the OOC rivalry games (Fla-FSU, Geo-GT, SoCar-Clem). a higher ratio of SEC programs do not play on campus OOC home-home series compared to other P5 conferences (unless you’re only focusing on Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Mizzo, Miss St). A far higher ratio of SEC primary OOC games are scheduled on “neutral” fields. Until that balance changes to playing more OOC campus home-home series, the SEC deserves much of the OOC scheduling criticism which it receives.

      So which “neutral” field games is Alabama lining up for 2019-21?

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      • Day
        August 31, 2016 at 1:10 pm

        “So which “neutral” field games is Alabama lining up for 2019-21?”

        Who cares?

        Bama continuously being invited to these games is HUGE! Bama has the rareness of being so good that big cities like Dallas, ATL, & Orlando want them there, they bring fans, they spend money plus it is great for recruiting & is a big play check. You seem like someone that is already on here that is using another name since you sound exactly like them. Pretty sure you would not being complaining if your team was playing a neutral site game, you just want to complain about Bama.

    3. Joe
      August 30, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      Dil is one of those ‘football fans’ that think all Power Five teams are Oklahoma and Ohio State.

      Clearly, they aren’t.

      Teams in the Big Ten and Big 12 take weeks off in the conference schedule because the teams in their conference aren’t any good. So, playing 9 games against the likes of Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Texas Tech is not even close to playing Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and LSU. It’s not even close.

      Let me know when your conference has as many players drafted year in and year out as the SEC and we’ll talk. Until then, your argument is invalid.

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      • Jeff
        September 6, 2016 at 5:07 pm

        We probably won’t be hearing from Joe for awhile after his conference’s embarrassing performance last weekend. That said, props to Alabama for holding up their end of the bargain for the SEC, as they are clearly a top 4 team in the country. Aside from Alabama, this conference may be the 3rd or 4th best conference in the nation this year. People like Joe continue to push the perception of the SEC that may have been true 7 or 8 years ago, but is clearly a farce today. You need evidence? Not only did the SEC go a dreadful 6-6 out of conference, they went 4-8 vs. the spread, which proves perception is far from reality. I would argue the 2nd or 3rd best team in the SEC just lost to the 5th or 6th best team in the B10 on a neutral field; which is humiliating. Before you make the argument that it wasn’t a truly neutral field, remember that you have been arguing for years that the SEC wins neutral field games that are played down south. Cheers to the fall of the SEC!

    4. Title IX
      August 31, 2016 at 11:16 am

      LOL at Maverick calling Florida (10-4) weak. Florida was a national championship contender until Will Grier got suspended. 6-0 with him, 4-4 without him. Most teams don’t finish .500 when the starting qb is gone.

      9 conference game people need to realize that STRENGTH of SCHEDULE MATTERS!!!
      SEC 8 games + P5 > ACC 8 games + Notre Dame > B1G 9, Big 12-2 9, Pac 12 9

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      • Maverick
        August 31, 2016 at 1:06 pm

        Let’s look at their wins to start 6-0: 1.) New Mexico State @ home, 2.) East Carolina @ home, 3.) @Kentucky who lost an out of conference game to Louisville, 4.) Tennessee @ home who lost out of conference game @ home to Oklahoma, 5.) Ole Miss who lost out of conference game @ Memphis. 6.) Missouri (who sucks)

        Florida should go 6-0. Then they sucked the rest of the way. The SEC East was weak.

        Also, the SEC plays the least amount of Power 5 games. ACC, despite 8 conference games, plays more power 5 games. The Big 10, Big 12 and Pac 12 play 9 conference games plus at least 1 power 5 OOC game on average. Great teams play 2 Power 5 ooc games. Get your facts straight, you clown.

      • Joe
        August 31, 2016 at 5:43 pm

        By Maverick’s logic, Toledo was clearly the best team last year.

        I mean, the beat Arkansas. And Arkansas beat LSU. And LSU beat Florida. Florida beat Ole Miss. And Ole Miss beat Alabama, so clearly Toledo would have beat Alabama but Alabama was too chicken to play Toledo.

        It’s rigged I tell you… RIGGED!

        Isn’t it funny, though… His ignorance is probably what makes him so bitter… But he doesn’t have to remain ignorant. He just chooses to at this point.

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    UMass Minutemen

    UMass swaps Mississippi State and Tennessee dates in 2017

    By Kevin Kelley - Jul. 14, 2016
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    1. chipmunk1480
      July 14, 2016 at 3:01 pm

      This still gives no reason for the swap.

      Reply
    2. Bill
      July 14, 2016 at 5:08 pm

      The reason? The SEC is getting their 2017 schedule worked out and they decided these games needed to move to make it work.

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    3. Tony Simms
      July 19, 2016 at 11:59 pm

      Tennessee plays Georgia Tech on Labor Day. I can guarantee they switched to Indiana State on the 9th to give them a complete breather (although the opponent was UMASS

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    4. Alberto
      July 28, 2016 at 4:59 pm

      UMASS WILL WIN
      Go!
      Go U!
      Go UMass!
      GO UMASS!!

      Reply

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    Battle at Bristol

    Battle at Bristol to be televised in primetime by ABC

    By Kevin Kelley - Jun. 1, 2016
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    1. Matt
      June 2, 2016 at 8:12 am

      shocker… not

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    2. lost in Va.
      June 2, 2016 at 10:04 am

      My man Hermie Sadler should get a sideline gig here!

      Reply
    3. Cobra
      June 2, 2016 at 10:47 am

      Just another SEC team finding a patsy ooc schedule.
      Come on SEC haters turn it on.

      Reply
      • Drew
        June 2, 2016 at 11:23 am

        Well, if you insist

        Tennessee OOC
        9/1 Appalachian St (home)
        9/10 VaTech (neutral)
        9/17 Ohio (home)
        11/5 Tennessee Tech (home)

        It’s funny that, even when no “haters” have mentioned anything, SEC fans still whine about them. It’s really simple: play two decent teams (or one decent team if you ever go to 9 conf games), don’t play scrubs in October/November, go on the road occasionally. That’s what most everyone else does.

      • lost in Va.
        June 2, 2016 at 3:42 pm

        I’ll say it now………UT vs. Appy St. will be a 6-7 point game…..not 44-17, etc.

      • bill
        June 2, 2016 at 4:18 pm

        So when ohio state had virginia tech as the only even half way decent team on their schedule a couple years ago it was scheduling up?….but its just another cupcake when tennessee plays them on a neutral site?

    4. Goldy Gopher
      June 2, 2016 at 11:17 am

      Drive fast turn left

      Reply
    5. Day
      June 2, 2016 at 12:43 pm

      Hopefully they can pack the house & turn this into a regular game site for all teams to visit.

      Reply
      • Drew
        June 2, 2016 at 12:51 pm

        nearby AQ schools – Kentucky, West Virginia, Clemson. UNC/Duke/Wake/NCSt not that far. Clemson is the only one within 200 miles though

        150,000 at a college football game will be cool

      • Shep
        June 3, 2016 at 9:52 am

        Number of schools in that list that could actually draw at least 1/4th of that attendance – 1, Clemson.

    6. Cobra
      June 3, 2016 at 12:10 pm

      Drew, ask Michigan how it felt to play Appy State?
      List us your team and conf schedule.

      Reply
      • Drew
        June 3, 2016 at 2:28 pm

        Michigan probably felt pretty good, they beat Appy St 52-14 in 2014. Bet you forgot that

      • Shep
        June 3, 2016 at 4:43 pm

        I was at that game, got free tickets from work. UM looked real good, and then proceeded to get shut out at Notre Dame in their next game and finish the season 5-7. You left that part out.

      • Andrew
        June 4, 2016 at 7:44 am

        that a bad Michigan team blew out Appy St shows how weak the Mountaineers were

    7. TasteMeTaint
      June 5, 2016 at 6:43 pm

      So this is the best game ABC can come up with, 2 middle of the pack teams in their own conferences?

      Reply
    8. steveo @ collegefootballfan.com
      June 6, 2016 at 8:50 pm

      Prime time sucks. They got many hotel rooms nearby? Traffic is going to be a bear getting 150,000 fans out of there after midnight.

      Reply
      • David
        June 7, 2016 at 1:31 pm

        They do it all the time after a NASCAR night race at Bristol. For a football game, there will be a lot more busses and charters though.

    9. JOHN
      September 8, 2016 at 6:42 pm

      TENNESSEE HOME GAMES AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY THAT WILL BE COOL

      Reply

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    Tennessee Volunteers

    Tennessee adds South Alabama to 2021 Football Schedule

    By Kevin Kelley - Oct. 19, 2015
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