Game Time Kickoff Windows Announced For Vols Football Games

June 11, 2024

Rick Nyman,

(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Game time windows on the ESPN Family of Networks for the 2024 Tennessee football schedule have been unveiled by ESPN and the Southeastern Conference.

All SEC-controlled games starting with Week 4 (Sept. 21) will have set television windows, with select games tagged as Flex games between the Afternoon and Night windows.

Television start time windows for Weeks 4-14 are defined as follows:

Early: 12 to 1 p.m. ET start
Afternoon: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET start
Night: 6 to 8 p.m. ET start
Flex: Games flexed between the Afternoon (3:30-4:30 p.m. ET) and Night (6-8 p.m. ET) windows

The Volunteers have five Flex games on the slate, including Sept. 21 at Oklahoma, Oct. 5 at Arkansas, Oct. 12 vs. Florida, Oct. 19 vs. Alabama and Nov. 16 at Georgia. All of these games will feature a start time somewhere between 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET or 6-8 p.m. ET.

Tennessee’s consecutive home games against Kentucky (Nov. 2) and Mississippi State (Nov. 9) will feature night kickoffs in Neyland Stadium in the 6-8 p.m. ET window. The Mississippi State contest serves as Homecoming, and it will be the Vols’ first night Homecoming tilt since 2019. It’s the fourth straight year that UT and Kentucky will face off at night.

In addition, Tennessee’s Nov. 23 Senior Day contest against UTEP will start at 1 p.m. ET and be streamed on ESPN+/SEC Network+.

The Vols’ regular season finale at Vanderbilt on Nov. 30 is in the early window (12-1 p.m. ET start).

Tennessee’s first three game times were announced earlier this month. The Vols open the season on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at 12:45 p.m. ET on SEC Network in Neyland Stadium. UT then plays back-to-back night games with the Sept. 7 Duke’s Mayo Classic against NC State at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC from Charlotte followed by a 7:45 p.m. ET home kick versus Kent State on SEC Network.

For all listed windows (Early, Afternoon, Night, Flex), the exact start time within such window(s) will be confirmed no later than six days prior unless otherwise noted below. Fans and viewers looking for more information on this new era for the SEC and ESPN can visit SECNetwork.com/sec-on-abc-and-espn.