Tenneessee Future Opponents!

[Sequatchie]

Just a week after it was announced that Tennessee will play two football games against North Carolina.

 

In Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 24, 2011, before the Tar Heels make the trip to Neyland Stadium Sept. 8, 2012. The home-and-home agreement with UNC renews a border-state rivalry that featured 31 meetings between 1893 and 1961.

 

Tennessee and North Carolina met annually from 1945 until the series ended in 1961. The Vols won 11 of their last 13 meetings with the Tar Heels and also lead the all-time series 20-10-1.

 

Tenneessee announced that the Vols and Sooners of Oklahoma have agreed to square off on the gridiron in 2014 and 2015. The Volunteers will travel to Norman, Okla., Sept. 13, 2014, before the schools face one another in Neyland Stadium Sept. 12, 2015.

 

"This matchup is another opportunity for two of the great traditional college football programs to meet on the field,'' UT athletics director Mike Hamilton said. "Both programs have storied histories and rank among the NCAA's top 10 in all-time total wins. Since 1926, Tennessee and Oklahoma rank first and third, respectively, in overall victories.''

 

Despite each program's standing among the nation's elite, Tennessee and Oklahoma have met only twice, with both games taking place at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. The Vols shut out the Sooners 17-0 in the 1939 Orange Bowl (UT's second bowl game ever). Then in the 1968 Orange Bowl, Oklahoma posted a 26-24 victory to even the all-time series at 1-1.

 

Since legendary head coach Gen. Robert R. Neyland coached his first team at Tennessee in 1926, the Vols have won more games (618) than any other school in the country. Oklahoma ranks third nationally with 602 wins since 1926.

 

The last time Tennessee faced an opponent from the Big 12 Conference in the regular season was the 1997 season-opener against Texas Tech, as the fifth-ranked Vols defeated the Red Raiders 52-17 in Knoxville.

Edited December 9, 2005 by Sequatchie

[muffin]

That is two loses.

[gotmilk?]

That is two loses.

 

Na, not a chance!

[rollredroll]

That is two loses.

 

Good thing you have a beat on the nation's current fourth through seventh graders, who will be playing in that first game in 2014.

 

Who do you see as starting QB for the Sooners and Vols in that first matchup?

[muffin]

Good thing you have a beat on the nation's current fourth through seventh graders, who will be playing in that first game in 2014.

 

Who do you see as starting QB for the Sooners and Vols in that first matchup?

Will it even matter?

[gotmilk?]

Will it even matter?

 

Na, Stoops will be gone by then and Oklahoma will have dropped back into the cellar where they were in the early 90's!

[rcombs]

Na, Stoops will be gone by then and Oklahoma will have dropped back into the cellar where they were in the early 90's!

 

Looks like they're already on the way there!

[5A football fan]

it's hard to pick that far ahead and i am a ut fan and a sooners fan always have been so i can't wait

[Sequatchie]

Tennessee has announce that the Oregon Ducks will be in Knoxville in 2010 and the Vols will make the trip to Eugene in 2013.

 

Some other future games

 

2006

 

California - Sept. 2 (Home Season Opener)

Air Force - Sept. 9

Marshall - Sept. 23

 

2007

 

California @ Berkeley (Season Opener)

 

2008

 

UCLA @ Los Angeles (Season Opener?)

NC State (Location??)

 

2009

 

UCLA (Season Opener?)

 

2011

 

North Carolina @ Chapel Hill Sept. 24

 

2012

 

North Carolina

NC State (Location??)

 

2014

 

Oklahoma @ Norman - Sept. 13,

 

2015

 

Oklahoma - Sept. 12

[rollredroll]

Tennessee has announce that the Oregon Ducks will be in Knoxville in 2010 and the Vols will make the trip to Eugene in 2013.

 

I highly recommend Eugene as a destination for UT fans looking to make a road trip in 2013.

 

I've been to three games at the U. of Oregon (all three Ducks wins, including USC in 2001 and Michigan in 2003), and it's a great place - very loud for only 58,000 fans. West Coast football atmosphere is certainly different than down here in the South, but it is enjoyable nevertheless.

 

Oregon is a great state. The people are laid back, excellent golf (check out Bandon Dunes, about two hours from Eugene - fabulous golf on the Pacific Ocean), and a nice variety of adult beverages from the microbreweries.