(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE – Tennessee's 2020 football opponents have been finalized, including the addition of SEC Western Division foes Texas A&M (home) and Auburn (away), as the league unveiled the full slate of matchups on Friday evening. The complete 2020 schedule…
Vols guard Yves Pons has decided to return to the University of Tennessee for his senior season on Rocky Top. Pons declared for the NBA Draft last spring, but he has announced that he is no longer a draft prospect.…
BIRMINGHAM (Press Release) - The Southeastern Conference has established September 26 as the new kickoff for its 2020 football season to allow its universities to focus on the healthy return of their campus communities and the gradual re-introduction of athletics,…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has dismissed defensive lineman Emmit Gooden hours after his arrest on aggravated domestic assault. Team spokesman Bill Martin confirmed that Gooden was dismissed from the program Thursday night. Gooden was arrested Thursday morning and charged…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee tight end Austin Pope says he had surgery Thursday to repair a herniated disk in his back. Pope shared the update in a Twitter post, saying he had been dealing with a lot of nerve…
Vols assistant coach football coach Jay Graham has received a six month show cause penalty, stemming from his time as the running backs coach at Texas A&M. The NCAA infractions committee says Graham violated recruiting rules, so he can't do…
(utsports.com) After successfully introducing a mobile ticketing option for single-game football tickets in 2019, Tennessee Athletics is transitioning to mobile ticketing for all ticket options across all ticketed sports in 2020-21. Mobile tickets, which exist digitally on smart phones and…
Tennessee’s athletic budget for 2020-21 is based on the Volunteers having fans in the stands for the upcoming football season but still includes a $10.1 million cut in revenues. University President Randy Boyd said Friday reducing the number of fans…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The Tennessee Lady Vols will host UConn on Jan. 21 in the second game of the Revival Series between the college basketball rivals. Naismith officials announced the date of the second game Tuesday. UConn won the…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On a day where dad is the one who's supposed to receiving gifts, the father of Tennessee football is giving back to four Hamilton County football programs. Future NFL Hall of Famer and former Tennessee…
Former Tennessee basketball coach Donnie Tyndall has been named the new head coach at Chipola Junior College in Florida. Tyndall was fired after one season at Tennessee in 2015, and he was hit with a 10-year show cause penalty. That…
During a zoom call with reporters on Thursday, Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt announced his team hopes to break out the black jerseys against Kentucky this season. Pruitt said the plan is to later auction the jerseys off with the proceeds…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt says running back Tim Jordan is no longer on the team after he was arrested May 30 in Florida on gun and marijuana charges. Jordan would have been a senior for the…
(utsports.com) IRVING, Texas – Tennessee football legends Willie Gault (1979-82), Bobby Majors (1969-71) and Al Wilson (1995-98) were announced to the 2021 National Football Foundation (NFF) College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the organization announced Tuesday. The 2021 list includes 78…
If you want to talk about wild football finishes, the 2016 Georgia-Tennessee game certainly fits the bill. You had two touchdowns in the final 20 seconds with one touchdown turning Vols receiver Jauan Jennings into a UT legend. The Voice…
(utsports.com) PASADENA, Calif. -- Making his college football debut on the famous and historic Rose Bowl Stadium turf, Peyton Manning was formally introduced to the football world when he trotted onto the field in Pasadena as a true freshman at Tennessee…
(utsports.com) Tennessee football legend Johnny Majors passed away early Wednesday in Knoxville. He was 85. A 1987 inductee of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame, John Terrill (Johnny) Majors played for the Volunteers from 1954-56 and…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Athletics will host the first "Big Orange Connect," a virtual fan appreciation event featuring head coaches and administration, at 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 3. Volunteer fans can watch the event live for free on Tennessee…
(utsports.com) Southeastern Conference leadership on Friday voted to allow voluntary, in-person athletics activities on league campuses starting Monday, June 8. Each SEC institution will make localized decisions regarding when and how student-athletes shall return. "We are prepared and excited for…
UNDATED (AP) -- The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible…
More than half of ACC schools also plan to reopen this fall.
Is every hot-shot high school football player going to Tennessee, or does it just feel that way? The Vols got another verbal commitment on Monday from three star offensive lineman Colby Smith of North Carolina. He's the 8th player to…
Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, Vols quarterback Brian Maurer took to his Instagram account Friday to announce he has been fighting depression. He said it started when he was in the 7th grade when his father was sentenced…
UNDATED (WDEF) -- Tennessee receiver Marquez Callaway and safety Nigel Warrior did not get to hear their name called in the 2020 NFL Draft. However, that doesn't mean they won't be joining the long list of Vols that move on…